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More details have come to light since Fargo pointed us to the Dodge Ram 1500 diesel and hybrid systems on Dodge’s web site. The Ram 1500 currently sells with either a 545RFE five-speed automatic (standard on V8s) or the four-speed automatic (standard on V6). Gas mileage with the V6 is rated at 14/20 on both [...]
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Ram engineers will be chatting about trucks, including the drivetrain, on Wednesday, December 8, at 6:30 pm Eastern time at Dodge’s own ramzone.com site. Allpar will be participating, with the chat included on the Allpar.com home page.
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Buyers who have been waiting for a Ram with a Cummins diesel V8 or a hybrid-electric powertrain may be in luck, if new entries in dealers’ Star systems are accurate. The 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 in both regular and quad cab is showing up with a 5.0 liter V8 diesel engine, most likely the one [...]
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Ram Trucks is celebrating its recent win at the Texas Truck Rodeo, an annual competition organized by the Texas Auto Writers Association, with a new marketing and advertising campaign, confined to the Texas region. Not only did the 2011 Ram 1500 win the coveted “Truck of Texas” title, but Rams swept every category they entered, [...]
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pickuptrucks.com‘s Mike Levine wrote that two sources had told him of a forthcoming name change to Ram trucks. When the 1994 Ram was launched, with class-leading powertrains, interiors, styling, and overall design, the company changed the name of their trucks from “D-x50″ to “Ram x500,” essentially adding a zero. The names have remained that way [...]
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The Republic announced that pioneering diesel engine maker Cummins is adding 350 professional jobs in Columbus, Indiana, buying an office building to accommodate them (possession of the building is expected in the first quarter of 2011). Cummins vice president Mark Gerstle said the expansion was almost entirely due to international expansion. The technical and professional [...]
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