I always avoided them because the you get better power and similar milage with a 318. I will not think twice about a slant 6 powered truck though- I had a few 225s that were great.
If the price was right I wouldn’t hesitate to daily drive a mopar v6 but it’d have to be a drive it till the wheels fall off beater.
I pulled a 3.6 out of a dakota I used as a donor for IFS & rack & pinion steering- had it for sale for months complete throttle body to pan with a trans attached. It started at $400, then $100, then free. Turns out I literally couldn’t give it away. It got disassembled and scrapped. I kept the starter and hardware.
A Dakota engine would be a 3.9 Magnum/LA derivative.
Different (considerably older) engine family than the 3.6L Phoenix/Pentastar.
I researched until I couldn't stand it anymore and threw down for a 2017.
To me it seems newer=better when it comes to that particular hunk of plastic and aluminum....
