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For the diesel version of the Journey (rebadged Fiat and renamed to Freemont) here in Europe it's 30k KM between oil changes/service.

To be fair highway speed here is 130km/hr which is 81miles/hr so the Cx is going to be more important than in the USA/Canada. At 90 km/hr the mileage is much, much better.

Fair 'nuff. I used this link for the conversions: http://www.vangeyn.net/mpg/ . It's not clear whether it's imperial or US. The KM/l values are accurate though. -Brad

Oh, I forgot to mention that for now it's all Fiat MultiJet2 diesel engines over here. 140hp and 170hp. Torque is much higher on the diesels so the HP rating is misleading. 0-60 times are 10 seconds for the 170hp and 11.2 for the 140 CV diesels. Fiat claims about 37mpg (28.3mpg city/44mpg highway), the leading Italian car magazine, Quattroruote (means 4 wheels), measured about 27mpg (27mpg city/31.3mpg highway) in real-world tests. There's also an active Facebook group at www.facebook.com/FiatFreemont (again, in Italian). -Brad

Hello everyone! I'm from the USA but I've been living in Italy for nigh on 20 years. My father was very faithful to Chrysler over the years and we had a series of Dodge Dart variants around for many, many years as I was growing up. I actually drove his '71 Dart round trip cross country in 1989 and 1991 (yes, twice!) only having to replace the alternator on one of those trips. I was on a student budget back then so I did it myself. As you may have heard, Fiat and Chrysler/Dodge are now in bed together and we're starting to see Fiat-branded Chrysler products here in Italy. The very first is going to be the Dodge Journey which has been renamed the "Fiat Freemont" over here. I ordered one about a month ago and it should be arriving in about another month to a month and a half. It's going to be the Fiat Freemont not only in Italy but I believe the rest of Europe and in Brazil as well where the Fiat brand is well known. There's an Italian forum for the Fiat Freemont which has just started up. If anyone wants to bring the voice of experience over to this side of the pond, it would be more than welcome. The forum is at: http://freemontisti.altervista.org . I'm looking forward to driving a Dodge again! Best regards, Brad