oh and apparently that crappy 2.7 V6 is lingering on in this car.
http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/avenger.html
It’s only marginally better than the 2.5 mitsubishi found in the first generation JA cars. It manages to sound like an engine and not a pencil sharpener with a screw driver in it.
Hey, remember when you could get a 2G dodge stratus 2.7 V6 with a 5 speed manual? It was called the R/T, and nobody bought it. But it was pretty sweet.
Also pretty sweet was the Sebring GTC convertible with the same setup. You can get the coupe, but that’s gross.