Dodge discontinued the Dakota pickup truck due to poor sales, which were partly Dodge's fault but also a result of customers' move toward full-size pickups.

That's the story of this 1992 Dodge Dakota with a Mopar Magnum V8 under the hood for sale by WeBeAutos in the town of Calverton on Long Island, New York.

Based on Dodge’s first-generation mid-size pickup, the 1989 Shelby Dakota was actually the first V8 rear-drive vehicle that Shelby had worked on in decades.

The Dodge 5.9 Magnum V8 is arguably the most popular of the Magnum engines, which were introduced in 1992 as an improved and more advanced version of the A Series-based Chrysler LA series engines.

Many of the Dakota's options: the 3.9-liter V6, the 5.2-liter V8, and the 5.9, were actually common with the second-gen Dodge Ram 1500, and because of this, in many ways, the lighter, nimbler ...

2008 Dakota For 2008, Dodge's mid-size Dakota pickup gets a new optional V8 that's much more powerful than the one it replaces, yet it is also more refined and fuel-efficient. The Dakota also has been ...

Follow along as we punch out the Dodge Dakota's 360 Magnum V8 to a monstruous 408 fire-breathing cubes and add a blower to boot, only on truckinweb.com, the official website of Truckin' magazine ...

Excluding the 392 HEMI V8 and Hughes Performance-built Chrysler 46RE four-speed automatic transmission, this pickup truck received $5,450 in Holley upgrades ...

The 2007 Dodge Dakota--positioned as a good compromise between compact pickups and full-size trucks--ranks as the only mid-size pickup with available V8 power, and has a best-in-class tow rating of up ...

Carroll Shelby's V8-Powered Dodge Dakota Carroll Shelby's unique new '89 Dodge Dakota brings proven Mopar VS power to the mini-truck scene with all the style and performance you've come to expect ...

Sales of the current Dakota slumped last year, and Dodge was forced to put on big incentives. For 2008, Dodge will give the top-line 4.7-liter V8 Dakota a big power boost -- from 230 hp to 290 hp.

Follow along as we take an up close and personal look at this amazing 1989 Dodge Dakota 4x4 Off Road truck! See all the amazing details of the off road truck in this months Off-Road Magazine!