The braking numbers are a very interesting thing with the VX because they vary a lot.
On the high end, Car & Driver said it took the VX 182 ft. to stop. Although it is important to note that for some reason the article I have tests 70-0 mph braking, not the usual 60-0 mph most folks use.
Now contrast this with the lowest figure I've seen - Petersen's 4 Wheel & Off-Road 2000 4x4 of the Year issue states that the VX went from 60-0 mph in 108.48 ft.!
I believe it was Joe_Black that told me that the VX brakes are lifted right off the Trooper, which is appreciably heavier than the VX. So the VX sort of has oversized brakes.
I'm pretty sure that my Dodge Avenger was rated at 124 or 126 ft, but it felt a like it stopped a bit better than the VX, or at least it felt smoother. It was certainly a good bit lighter, and if the VX is in that neighborhood that's great. The trouble with the Avenger was that Dodge never gave it the oomph it deserved. It was nicer than a lot of other 2-door sport coupes and handled better, had a nice and roomy back seat, and looked way better (my opinion). But you could go out and get a faster car for less money, if that's all you cared about. Despite the numbers, it had brisk acceleration, but to sell more of them they needed to drop in the Intrepid's 215 hp engine into it or something along those lines. The ES that I had was powered by a Mitsubishi V6 mated to an automatic tranny and was basically almost all Mitsubishi under the sheetmetal. The base version was all Chrysler, mated to a 5-speed. The auto was faster. The Sebring coupe was the same car, but the Sebring convertible was built off the Chrysler Cirrus platform.
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