Ram’s Next Truck Could Be The Tacoma Rival Everyone’s Been Waiting For

After years of anticipation and manufacture speculation, Ram’s long-awaited midsize pickup for the North American marketplace yet appears to beryllium moving person to reality. The thought has been nether information since astatine slightest 2021, and past year, Ram confirmed that a caller exemplary would officially marque it to market.

While cardinal details are inactive nether wraps, a caller study sheds airy connected 1 of the biggest questions surrounding the truck: its underlying architecture.

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As Ram has remained rather tight-lipped astir its mid-size pickup implicit the past mates of years, the net has been near to speculate if it would service arsenic a rival to the Ford Ranger, Toyota Tacoma, Chevrolet Colorado, and GMC Canyon successful adopting a body-on-frame design, oregon if it would beryllium a unibody model, rivaling the Hyundai Santa Cruz and Ford Maverick.

Well, according to Mopar Insiders, it volition beryllium a body-on-frame rival to the Tacoma, Ranger, and others. It’s understood that the caller Ram’s chassis volition beryllium akin to that of the Jeep Gladiator.

The study besides notes that Ram plans to connection the caller motortruck exclusively arsenic a four-door Crew Cab. Production is expected to statesman successful 2027 astatine the company’s Belvidere Assembly Plant successful Illinois. According to Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis, the exemplary is intended to capable the spread near by the discontinued 1500 Classic, offering a much affordable introduction constituent successful the lineup.

What About Price?

For the caller midsize pickup to beryllium successful, pricing volition beryllium key. In the US, some the Ford Ranger and Toyota Tacoma commencement astatine astir $33,000, mounting a wide baseline that Ram would beryllium astute to match. Offering a scope of powertrains could besides boost appeal, particularly if a performance-focused variant is portion of the mix.

One anticipation mightiness beryllium the 3.0-liter twin-turbo Hurricane six, already successful usage crossed different Stellantis models, which could springiness Ram a credible reply to the Ranger Raptor.

The past mid-size pickup from Ram sold successful the US was the Dakota, but it was axed successful 2011. Ram presently sells 2 smaller pickups successful overseas markets. The archetypal is the Rampage, sharing its unibody underpinnings with the Jeep Compass and Commander, portion the 2nd is the 1200, featuring a ladder-frame plan and serving arsenic a sister exemplary to the Fiat Titano and Peugeot Landtrek.