The end is near...
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11-29-2010, 07:56 PM
It not so much that they are being tight lipped about it as they are pushing the new Challenger, Charger, Durango, and the new Ram trims. Oddly enough, the line between a 1500 and a 1/4 ton truck is becoming blurred like crazy. Love it or hate it, it is indeed where the market is heading.
If I thought for one minute that I would be using the bed of my new ram as a medium to haul with, I would have either gone to Chevy or looked at a 2500.
If I thought for one minute that I would be using the bed of my new ram as a medium to haul with, I would have either gone to Chevy or looked at a 2500.
Oh I hear ya, Chris. Before you got your 4th Gen, I got into it with a gang of 4th Gen owners in that section. I had an opportunity to pull a 7700# tractor on a huge 2 axle trailer that I've pulled a few times with my truck with both a Ford F150 and a 4th Gen Ram 1500 Hemi in Georgia this past summer.
I gave my honest evaluation that the Ford pulled best DESPITE having a 100+ HP disadvantage, followed by my 3rd Gen. I was honest in that the 4th Gen "white knuckled" me while towing with it and I literally felt fatigued when I was thru . Was not a power thing, but a handling issue. No question they gave up hauling/towing and in the design phase in favor of making other areas stronger.
You'da thought I talked bad about these guys mother's. LOL...
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11-29-2010, 08:14 PM
Here's what it might look like....or something similiar
http://www.leftlanenews.com/ram-divi...ta-pickup.html
http://www.leftlanenews.com/ram-divi...ta-pickup.html
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11-29-2010, 09:20 PM
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11-29-2010, 09:25 PM
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I think Im going for an AWD car next .... I dont need a truck. Lol.
A friend of the family has a 300c with a Hemi and AWD in white for $15k ..... I would do it but it wouldnt be the best move for me right now. As long as it doesnt have a 4-banger and its fast, I think Ill get by just fine.
A friend of the family has a 300c with a Hemi and AWD in white for $15k ..... I would do it but it wouldnt be the best move for me right now. As long as it doesnt have a 4-banger and its fast, I think Ill get by just fine.
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11-29-2010, 09:37 PM
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I know everyone already knows this. 2011 is the last year of the Dakota TRUCK, as we know it. 
I was talking to the local dealer, as I was trying to trade my negative equity Dakota in on a 2010 Ram 1500 and he mentioned that the Dakota in 2012 will be built on the Caravan chassis. They truly are making a car out of the truck...
Oh well, to all good things, and end must come... Some where there must be a weeping emoicon....
I was talking to the local dealer, as I was trying to trade my negative equity Dakota in on a 2010 Ram 1500 and he mentioned that the Dakota in 2012 will be built on the Caravan chassis. They truly are making a car out of the truck...
Oh well, to all good things, and end must come... Some where there must be a weeping emoicon....
this sounds very vvery familiar lol
as for though to links i almost puked
i mean the rampage isnt a "new concept" but that other...... thing wtf
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11-29-2010, 10:14 PM
Hmmm, if it's done in the style of an El Camino and you could get it with a Hemi that would actually be a pretty sweet vehicle. Not necessarily useful as a truck but a lot of fun.
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11-29-2010, 10:21 PM
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