Ram Heavy Duty Now Available with Black Package
3 Apr 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Great demand for the Ram 1500 Black Express convinced the truck manufacturer to port the visual package to the Heavy Duty model. This is now here to please those who like the menacing looks, but nee...
Ram Beats Chevrolet Silverado Sales in March
2 Apr 2014, 12:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the first time in 15 years, manufacturers' reports indicate that the Ram pickup outsold Chevy's Silverado by a mere 285 units, becoming the second-best selling truck in this segment. A...
High-Performance Pickup Trucks: A Deep Dive
27 Feb 2014, 15:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It was 1925 when the first factory-built pickup truck became available in dealerships. It was called the Ford Model T "Runabout with Pickup Body" and sold for 281 dollars. It took Ford ano...
Ford, GM & Chrysler to Adopt Unified Towing Standard for Pickup Trucks
11 Feb 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford, General Motors and Chrysler will use a common standard to rate the towing capacities of their light-duty pickup trucks beginning with the 2015 model year, Automotive News reports. Adopted a...
Chrysler Pondering Third Ram Pickup Truck Plant
4 Feb 2014, 14:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler is reportedly considering adding a third truck plant to meet strong demand for Ram pickups in North America. Despite vowing never to build another assembly plant in North America, Sergio...
Future Ram 1500 Styling Revealed by TV Commercial?
3 Jan 2014, 13:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A new TV commercial aired during the last two regular season NFL games of 2013 may have revealed Ram’s future design take on the 1500 pickup truck. The 30-second spot, which features a truc...
Most Popular New Vehicles of 2013 Announced
30 Dec 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With 2013 drawing to a close, AutoTrader has announced the top 20 most popular new vehicles of the year. Half of the list is made out of pickup trucks, with the Ford F-150 retaining its spot as the ...
2013 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger & Ram 1500 Recalled Over Transmission Issues
9 Dec 2013, 11:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group is recalling approximately 5,663 cars and pickup trucks to inspect their automatic transmissions, the Detroit-based manufacturer announced last week. “Output shafts installed...
Pickup Truck Sales: Ford F-150 Crushes Chevy Silverado, Ram 1500
4 Dec 2013, 14:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Ford and Chevrolet are enjoying a tight battle in the musclecar market, the Blue Oval company continues to smash its Detroit rival as far as pickup sales go. Last month, Ford sold enough F-Ser...
Ram Goes Artsy with “The Farmer in All of Us” Photography Book
27 Nov 2013, 14:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in February, the Ram Truck brand declared 2013 the “Year of the Farmer” and launched its touching “Farmer” campaign by releasing a Super Bowl ad that honored the hard wo...
Ram Not Planning Chevrolet Colorado Rival, Will Rely on 1500 EcoDiesel Instead
22 Nov 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Now that Chevrolet has revealed the new Colorado midsize pickup truck, we can’t help but wonder whether or not Ford and Ram will rejoin the segment with new Ranger and Dakota trucks or new nam...
Ford F-Series Sales in 2013 Surpass 2012 Figures
19 Nov 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This year’s Ford F-Series sales have surpassed the total numbers of Blue Oval-badged pickup trucks sold in 2012, the Detroit-based automaker announced today. With more than 645,000 examples...
Chrysler to Introduce Human Lung-Inspired CNG Tanks on Pickup Trucks
13 Nov 2013, 13:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler, currently the only manufacturer to offer mass-production CNG-powered pickup trucks, has developed a patent-pending technology that mimics human lungs in order to increase compressed natura...
Diesel Ram Truck Runs 10-second Quarter Mile
6 Nov 2013, 16:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Pickup trucks making quarter mile runs are no longer a rare sight. We’ve shown you anything from mid-engined Chevys to wheel-standing trucks, but we have yet to see a diesel-powered Ram doing ...
Chrysler Reveals Five Mopar-Modified Vehicles Ahead of SEMA
30 Oct 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Following their 2013 SEMA preview in which they’ve announced no less than 20 Mopar-modified concept vehicles, Chrysler has released photos and details on four of them ahead of the event that&r...
GM Dealers Unhappy with 2014 Silverado Price Hike
22 Oct 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / GM’s decision to raise pricing of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks wasn’t well received by dealers across the US, who claim the new vehicles are “selling v...
Pickup Truck Sales to Hit 2 Million Units for First Time in 6 Years
23 Sep 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Sales of pickup trucks in the United States could hit two million units this year for the first time since 2007, USA Today reports, quoting an Edmunds.com research, adding that current numbers are s...
Ram 1500 Rumble Bee Concept Headed for Production?
20 Sep 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ram’s newly-unveiled 1500 Rumble Bee concept could spawn a production pickup truck. According to Edmunds, Chrysler is set to take the vehicle to some dealer shows to find out whether or not to...
Toyota Pondering Diesel Tundra Pickup Truck
31 Aug 2013, 08:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With Ram and Nissan already set to introduce diesel-powered pickup trucks, Japanese automaker Toyota is reportedly considering a similar option for the Tundra. Speaking to Edmunds, Toyota corpora...
GM Confirms Chevrolet, GMC Diesel Trucks
26 Aug 2013, 14:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With Ram having already launched the first diesel light-duty pickup truck and Nissan readying a Cummins-powered Titan, General Motors has confirmed plans to introduce diesel engines on the upcoming ...