The trend is clear: Nobody wants to make a compact pickup anymore. The 2005 model year seems to mark the death of the compact and renaissance of the midsize. Previous Dakotas have been ahead of the ...

The third generation of the Dodge Dakota was unveiled in 2004 for the 2005 model year and morphed into the mid-size pickup segment available in two cab versions, the Club Cab and the Quad Cab.

After it competed in last year's Truck of the Year, the newly redesigned Dodge Dakota begged for a closer look, so we welcomed a 2005 Dakota Quad Cab 4x4 Laramie into our family of long-term vehicles.

This truck has definitely been working out. After pumping some serious iron with Ram, Durango and its other Dodge big brothers, the 2005 Dakota has become a chiseled, muscular brute of a truck, ...

When it comes to a preference for "midsize" pickups, the Dodge Dakota has enjoyed pick-o’-litter status among truck buyers for quite a while—of course, we’re talking about a pretty small litter here.

NASHVILLE – With trucks, as with cars, size is returning to the marketplace. Consequently, consumers are finding manufacturers pushing the limits of compact and midsized classifications for their ...