Dodge Avenger The mid-size 2011 Dodge Avenger sedan gets a new drive train, new suspension pieces and new front and rear clips as Chrysler tries to rehab the image of this rental-car mainstay. The Avengers sheet metal carries over virtually unchanged. Inside, the Dodge Avenger gets a new dash, which looks great, with convincing quantum leaps in style and materials. The lower half of the Avengers dash seems to wear lower-grade plastic than the 200, and some of the same carryover gauges and buttons are more noticeable, surrounded by better-quality bits. A 2.4-liter, 173-horsepower four-cylinder carries over from last years Dodge Avenger as the base engine in the 2011 Dodge Avenger, but the new 3.6-liter pent star V-6 is new across the board to the Chrysler lineup. The new V-6 drops 283 horsepower in the front-drive Avengers engine bay, with 260 pound-feet of torque twisting through a six-speed automatic transmission. In five different trims, the 2011 Dodge Avenger spreads out standard ...
