2011 Ram spotted, what's new?
Captain
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From: Dyess, TX
The Viper engine was not a truck motor but it went in anyhow with no changes.
With that said I do not think you will see an expansion of SRT in the next couple years, this of course includes the Ram. Right now all their focus is getting the small market cars moving, which is what is killing this auto company right now. They were in the worst position of the big three when gas went up years ago and they are still the worst off. If they can get into that market (with re-worked Fiat's) they will be in a better position to "play" with things like a new SRT Ram. They do need to learn from the SRT-10 experience though.... MPG needs to be resonable (single digit city will not cut it) and they need to keep it under 50K. If they make it all-wheel drive I might even buy one as a DD!
With that said I do not think you will see an expansion of SRT in the next couple years, this of course includes the Ram. Right now all their focus is getting the small market cars moving, which is what is killing this auto company right now. They were in the worst position of the big three when gas went up years ago and they are still the worst off. If they can get into that market (with re-worked Fiat's) they will be in a better position to "play" with things like a new SRT Ram. They do need to learn from the SRT-10 experience though.... MPG needs to be resonable (single digit city will not cut it) and they need to keep it under 50K. If they make it all-wheel drive I might even buy one as a DD!
It was a truck motor... (sort of)
The 6.4 will probably end up in the truck. I hope.
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From: Mt. Clemens
My parents just purchased a PT cruiser because they where on a budget and the car was reasonably priced plus they wanted to buy American. After a week of owning the car the average mpg was 16.8 from a 2.4 liter. Slightly better than my truck. If Chrysler is going to be competitive they better step it up especially when Japenese cars in the same price range are getting 21 to 23 mpg with the same size engine.
It may end up in the truck as a performance motor in a limited capacity. My only point was that they aren't looking at it as a work horse motor in the trucks, at least right now. Everyone can speculate all they want, the official word is that it's a no go.