Hot Girls and American History Makes for Awesome Ram Trucks Commercial

Ram's motto is Guts and Glory, which is exactly what painter Emanuel Leutze captured in his famous American Revolution tribute "Washington Crossing the Delaware".

And in the spirit of the Internet, where no subject is untouchable, the whole scene was recreated using sexy models wearing suggestive period-themed clothing. We want to be outraged and angry with Ram for doing this. But really, we'll take bikini blondes dressed as General Washington over a boring history lesson any day. And if the revolution is all about civil liberties, can you name a more important one than the freedom to watch V8 trucks and hot girls together?

Historical mockery aside, the painting has a very deep meaning. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze grew up in America and returned to his native Germany as an adult. Washington Crossing the Delaware was started in 1948, when the revolution began to grip Europe. Leutze hoped it the American example would encourage change and reform. Ironically, the original piece was destroyed by the British Air Force during a World War 2 bombing raid.

However, a copy also existed because the original had been damaged in a fire back in 1850. This is the one currently residing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City. What does that have to do with a truck? Absolutely nothing, but Guts and Glory needs a bit of glamor from time to time.