There are more pickup trucks sold in the US than in any other country around the world, but this video that I found on YouTube features a handful of newer Ram 1500 trucks playing in German mud.
I don’t speak German, so I really don’t have any idea what the cameraman is saying to the drivers of these Ram 1500 pickups, other than “stop!” However, the language of mud is universal and in this video, these Ram trucks do a fine job of getting muddy with relatively limited resources.
What I found to be most interesting about this video is that all of these Ram 1500 pickups appear to be higher end models. I have often heard that American full sized trucks are very expensive in foreign markets and the fact that the trucks shown in this video are Sport, Outdoorsman and Laramie models leads me to believe that the owners likely paid big money for these trucks. Fortunately, a big price tag hasn’t stopped them from taking to an area of loosely footed slopes and a couple deep mud holes – and they caught the fun on camera!
Crank up your speakers and enjoy watching a handful of German Ram 1500 owners playing in the mud.
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