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more about #2009dodgeram1500 more comments → camp6ell: so, who actually paid for this test? i had the terrible misfortune of watching the exact same crap on motorweek this morning. more » avarno: I call shenanigans. How is that they tested a 5.4 F-150, but used a 6.2 Silverado. This test is useless unless the vehicles are competitively equipped. more » tenbeers: jeepers, mister, can I still hang out here? I don't own a single car, only two pickups. *kicks dirt* more » TriShield: The Silverado is by far the ugliest. In fact it's the most style-free, yet ugly truck I've ever seen. Quite an achievment compared to the last F-150. ... more » RoninianHoon: How much will it cost me to replace a headlight vrs my old 88' k1500-series Chevy? Trucks are used different than cars, they should be designed as suc... more » Dollarbill4: Despite the economy in these here, "United States of Merica", there will always be a place and a need for the pickup. The heartland is still the heart... more » MushyHeirloom: I always thought the Tundra, particularly in extended-cab form, was supremely ugly. All full-size trucks are trying for this anti-trophy of sorts thes... more » theeastbaykid: I was just using the 351-powered $2000 '96 F250 LeMon-mobile to tow our race car, and that thing is great. Why you'd spend $40k on a "luxury truck" is... more » oldskoolparts: own a truck, you'll never be at a loss for friends more » tenbeers: Dear GM: I know you're busy trying to not die, but if you find some time, please make the 6.2 available in the Silverado with a regular cab, short bed... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): If I had to go out and buy a truck today, I think it would have to be F-150. In fact, if they offered a diesel six in it capable of around 30mpg highw... more » ptmeyer84: The Cheby needs moar 4:10 gears. more » lilwillie: "We're going to come right out and say reviewing trucks is, in a way, a bit silly. Trucks, and specifically the half-ton truck segment, are frequented... more » smalleyxb122: It's not that we don't want a new truck. We just don't need a new truck. Trucks last a loooong time. And the rust and dents that would have a car owne... more » Graverobber: Lead photo looks like the parking lot outside the new Clayton City Missouri Waffle House. more » -
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Jalopnik's 2009 Pickup Truck Comparison Head-To-Head Jubilee Event Challenge Spectacular!
We've had an abnormally high number of pickup truck first drives recently — the 2009 Ford F-150, the 2008 Toyota Tundra, the 2009 Chevy Silverado and the 2009 Dodge Ram. Why? Because we've been working in conjunction with PickupTrucks.com to bring you a full blown comparison on the 2009 models of every half-ton truck currently for sale in the 'merican market and here it is. It's got all the numbers on towing, handling, braking and acceleration — everything a serious truck buyer could ever need. Frankly, that's the easy part. The subjective determination of which one's the best? That's harder to nail down, but it's what we're here for. More » -
#2009dodgeram
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie: First Drive
The folks at Chrysler have been making a lot of waves on the sea of trucks with their non-traditional approach to the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500. Instead of leaving well-enough alone, for 2009 Dodge has re-done quite a bit — revamping the rear end with coil (rather than leaf) springs, rethought what a truck bed could do with the Rambox storage system and restyled the interior. Aside from the newly reskinned body, it's largely these three features which Chrysler hopes will differentiate the new Ram from its full-size truck competition, but as we all know, a truck is more than just the sum of its parts. More » -
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2009 Dodge Ram, Reviewed
We haven't had a chance in the saddle of the new 2009 Dodge Ram yet, but PickupTrucks.com guru Mike Levine had a chance to review and test drive pretty much every single version of the new hauler from the Ram-headed brand. Mike's put together a pretty exhaustive look at the whole lineup of all new Ram pickups, and what's his verdict? More » -
#detroitautoshow
Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Revealed Amid Crowd of Cows
Here it is folks, the crowd of cows has parted — more on that later — to reveal the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. It's a double-horned blast of new truck-love from the car company owned by Cerberus. As we've told you before the new pickup's got all sorts of horn-y hotness like the RamBox cargo management system available in the crew cab which includes a weatherproof, lockable, illuminated and drainable storage bin built into each of the bed rails — with a total of 8.6 cubic feet of space. That's enough room to hold up to 10 cases of 12-ounce beverages — we'll let you choose which beverage in your RamBox, but we'd choose bottles of Bell's Oberon. But there's even more drink storage locations — like the "store in the floor" storage bins with removable liners, big enough for ten 12-ounce beverages and ice. But why are we still talking? Here's the live reveal and the official press release after the jump. More » -
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Detroit Auto Show: Mooo, Cow!
Despite our reveal a few days back — Dodge's now ready to officially reveal the new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 in a few minutes and we're here live. As we've told you before, the new Ram will be revealed in a few moments amid a stampede of rampaging Texas longhorn steer — as seen above in their holding pen on Congress down the street from Cobo. And by stampede we mean it'll probably be the 125 of them docilely meandering up Congress Ave, around the corner and up toward the press risers set up here in front of the hall. But — think of how much fun it'd be if a few of them went a bit astray? And did we mention the press risers are bright red? Oh, the potential humanity. In the meantime we're going to listen to CEO Bob "The Builder" Nardelli — we wonder if we'll see him and Jim Press give each other a bit of a hug. We hear some think they won't. -
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2009 Dodge Ram 1500
Since those wily Mopar-lovin' bastards at Allpar and the never-lovin' Mopar aristocrats at the Times (who knew they were such trouble-makers!) have gone and dropped the cover on the new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500, we've decided to drop trou on our embargoed pictures of the new Ram-headed bull-dodging pickup truck. The newly hotted-up Ram (thanks to chief truck designer Ralph Gilles) gets a similarly new 5.7-liter Hemi V8 — giving it more horsepower than the previous generation, 380 hp. And a similar boost in torque up to 404 lb-ft. But it's not just under the hood where the Ram's seeing some monumental changes. There's also the RamBox cargo management system available in the crew cab which includes a weatherproof, lockable, illuminated and drainable storage bin built into each of the bed rails — with a total of 8.6 cubic feet of space. That's enough room to hold up to 10 cases of 12-ounce beverages — we'll let you choose which beverage in your RamBox, but we'd choose bottles of Bell's Oberon. But there's even more drink storage locations — like the "store in the floor" storage bins with removable liners, big enough for ten 12-ounce beverages and ice. Also, check out that interior — suh-weet! All we've got to say is — well played Dodge. Your move Ford. Oh and yeah, we've also got a press release after the jump, but if you want the real skinny on the new Horn-y hauler, there's a pretty good site we know of with more detail than you can shake a horn at. More »
