Ram 1500 Rebel Wasn't Inspired by the David Bowie Song
13 Jan 2015, 09:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just one week ago, we reported how the Ram Trucks company tweeted on how "life's more fun off the beaten path." It was initially thought that Detroit Motor City would be the place of ...
2016 Ram Truck Teased, Updated 2500 Power Wagon to Debut at Detroit
6 Jan 2015, 08:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors and especially Ford upped the pickup truck game in the last 12 month by a huge margin. To put things into perspective, the arrival of the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 with its aluminum bod...
Fiat-Chrysler 2014 US Sales Up 16 Percent, 3rd Place Volume-Wise After Ford and GM
5 Jan 2015, 16:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sales figures are in for Fiat-Chrysler USA FCA US LLC as well and they’re looking good, even though the volume isn’t on par with the other two of the so-called Big Three from Detroit Mot...
Clutch Interlock Switch Defect Leads to the Recall of Older Dodge Pickup Trucks
30 Dec 2014, 07:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in May, the safety watchdogs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation on 2004 to 2006 model year Dodge Ram pickup trucks over a potential clutch interlock s...
Kokomo Transmission Plant Receives $266M Investment Over Increasing Demand
25 Dec 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / To make a long story short, the Kokomo Transmission Plant produced some 300,000 eight-speed automatic gearboxes in 2013. In the first eleven months of 2014, the FCA US LLC-owned facility manufacture...
Fastest Monster Truck In the World Record Goes to the Raminator of Hall Brothers Racing
16 Dec 2014, 09:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in the swinging ‘60s, a handful of pickup truck owners started jacking the suspension, fitting huge rubber and toughening up the chassis for the fun of mud bogging and truck pulling. Desp...
Ram Pickup Truck Recalled, 149,150 Older Examples Affected
4 Dec 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Chrysler Group recently announced it’s recalling heaps of pickup trucks. According to the American manufacturer, the voluntary call back covers 149,150, all of them located in the United S...
Glitchy Power Modules Persuade Chrysler to Investigate the Problem
25 Aug 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The total integrated power module is one of the most important electronic devices fitted to any modern automobile. Like all devices, these things aren't without fault. After a few hundred owner...
Chrysler Posts $619 Million Net Income in the Second-Quarter
6 Aug 2014, 15:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / That figure translates to a 22 percent hike compared to the second-quarter of 2013, which is encouraging news after a slightly embarrassing first-quarter. Chrysler also posted sales earnings of $20....
Chrysler Group Posts July 2014 Sales, Every Brand Reports Sales Increases
1 Aug 2014, 13:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In its 52nd consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains, all of the Chrysler Group's brands posted good results in comparison to July 2013. Some highlight stats include seven nameplates tha...
Jeep Commander, Grand Cherokee Recalled Over Ignition Switch Fault
23 Jul 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's not like only GM has hit it low with those millions of vehicles called back over very diverse safety or non-compliance defects. Now Chrysler is recalling almost 800k SUVs over the same pro...
2015 Ram SAE J2807 Towing Capacities Announced
16 Jul 2014, 17:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you didn't know yet, the Society of Automotive Engineers is here to make sure that truck manufacturers rate their pickup lineups correctly for maximum towing capacity. The standardized SAE J...
Dodge Ram 1500 Investigated Over Drivetrain Failure
30 Jun 2014, 18:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - following multiple complaints from frustrated owners, the agency started investigating the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck ove...
Pentastar V6 Still Prone to Cylinder Head Failure
17 Jun 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Chrysler replaced the cylinder heads on 7,500 vehicles equipped with the Pentastar V6 back in 2012, the automaker announced it will extend the warranty coverage on each and every car fitted wi...
Ram Patenting Two-Way Tailgate Design
7 Jun 2014, 12:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Pickup fans, rejoice! A handful o patent drawings filed by the Chrysler Group hint that the next-generation Ram truck will utilize a radical two-way split tailgate design. According to the United...
Chrysler Recalls 159 Ram 1500 Trucks Due to Possible Transmission Flaw
28 Apr 2014, 15:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Chrysler Group announced today that an estimated 159 trucks need to be inspected and, if necessary, have their gearboxes replaced by an authorized dealership service as soon as possible. An u...
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...