2010 Heavy-Duty Rams now shipping

The first 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups are on their way to dealers. Production began last week in Saltillo, Mexico and the trucks should be on dealer lots within three weeks.
The big Rams are the first new products that will be coming from Chrysler for the 2010 model year. New vehicle development came [...]

2011 chassis cab specs leaked

The 2011 Dodge Ram chassis cabs specifications have been leaked from Chrysler, revealing a Hemi V8 power boost to 383 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque; the Cummins turbodiesel will remain at 305 hp, with 610 lb-ft of torque courtesy of a variable-geometry turbocharger. The Hemi will benefit from an active intake. For more, see [...]

2010 Dodge Ram R/T revealed

A certain auto blog has been crowing over spy shots (taken from its corporate brother, a pickup truck dot-com) of the 2010 Dodge Ram R/T. One of them was clearly taken at a corporate event held nearly a year ago; Allpar has had a similar photo posted since then (click on the photo to see [...]

Jeep, Ram to stay with NewCo

Buried deep within Robert Manzo’s declaration – on page 100 of nearly 200 pages – is a liquidation analysis, describing what would happen if Chrysler were to wind down its businesses, presumably instead of attempting to split into the New and Old (Good and Bad) Chryslers. 
Before beginning, we must note that under the “NewCo” assets [...]

Ram wins Ward’s award

 
The 2009 Dodge Ram won Ward’s“2009 Interior of the Year” award in the popular-priced truck category. The Ram has won 15 awards since its introduction last fall.

Tom Murphy, executive editor of Ward’s AutoWorld magazine, wrote, “The editors find the Dodge Ram’s new interior extremely comfortable and well-conceived. The saddle stitching on the seats and instrument [...]

Rumor: Nissan coming to SHAP?

[Corrected]
We have not verified this, but we were just told that some die makers have been recalled to the Mt. Elliott Tool and Die Shop to work on tooling for a new Nissan to be built at Sterling Heights. A derivative of the Nissan Cube was to be built in Japan for Chrysler, but plans may now [...]

Dodge Ram increases market share

While it still missed its February 2008 mark by 36.19 percent, the Dodge Ram pickup added 5.71 percent to its share of the market share by posting the smallest deficit of any full-size pickup sold in the U.S.
In February 2008, the Ram came in with a 15.93 percent piece of the full-size pickup market; last [...]