Does anyone know when these will hit the dealers?

MDS in a truck sounds great for fuel mileage.

 

MDS really making that much difference in a truck is questionable IMO. It depends on you keeping your foot light and that rarely happens to the point that the buyer expects.

All the reviews of the HEMI with MDS that I've read have fallen short of the MPG claims offered by DC. Posters here offer mixed reviews. In a truck as heavy and un-aerodynamic as the RAM, going light on the throttle to save mileage (allowing MDS to function as advertised) is going to result in performance that'll barely get you out in traffic. Maybe on a flat, downhill highway with a tail wind. Moving a 3500 - 4000 lb car is one thing, moving a 5000lb - 6000lb truck is another.

MDS is a marketing tool that works best in the controlled confines of the test facility. In the real world I believe it falls short.

You want mileage, buy a diesel.

As for the 2006 RAM, I don't like it - it looks like a big Dakota now.. They screwed up the front when they got rid of the curved headlights and flattened the fenders. My opinion..

 

Well it's not a 1500...but the dealer I work for currently has a 06 Ram 2500 quad cab, 4x4 Long bed, CTD in stock.......

 

GeeWillikers is correct. For a two-and-a-half to three plus ton truck with the aeros of a brick MDS is more marketing hype than anything else. One of the reasons I hassled my dealer on my order so much to get an '05 was to avoid this silliness. Were MDS user switchable (meaning the driver could completely disable it at will) it might have been a different story.

I'll believe it is worthwhile when I see the real-world data, not the corporate BS.

All the best.

 

So you have actually driven it and seen this for yourself?