While I always wondered how good a
super lean air-fuel ratio dual sparkplug 5.7 Hemi V8 with a six speed manual could do in a second gen Ram 2wd,
I guess the more reasonable question now would be
what could a 3.6 V6 do in a highly aero new generation Dakota?

While I have heard pretty good MPG numbers on 3.6 V6 full sized modern Rams at a steady 70 mph,
the modern Ram has gotten so much heavier, taller and wider than the 1994 Ram.

Is it too much to ask that a pickup with an 8 foot standard bed get 30 MPG at 70 MPH on a windless, level, smooth, concrete highway?

If the EPA would relax the NOx standard just a little I am confident it is possible.