And when those shoulders contain the optional Ramboxes, the body of this truck is even better. As the single best looking truck on the market, it’s big broad shoulders look perfectly the part. However, that boxy body is undoubtedly what’s turning many would-be truck buyers onto the “new” Ram brand. You’ll find your jawline tightening, you hands clenching, and your calf muscle twitching as you proverbially ram (pun very much intended) your way through congestion with the required degree of arrogant aplomb. But, get it into a closed-off, tightly confined city environ and it starts to bear the brunt of its boxy, aggressive shape.
#12 dodge ram rambox driver
High speed handling is about what you’d expect (it’s a pickup truck, not a backroad barnstormer), and the steering is a bit too vague, but the overall isolationist effect of the well tuned acoustics and perfectly damped suspension work wonders towards reducing driver fatigue. This, combined with the broad paces the Hemi engine seems to enjoy taking, makes it an excellent long haul cruiser easily capable of eating entire provinces with little to no effort. In fact, as the only half ton pickup truck to utilize coil springs in both the front and rear suspensions, the Ram unquestionably provides the most comfortable ride of all, with an almost car-like feel that gets better the faster you go. Of course, that doesn’t preclude amenities, and the Ram can still be equipped with a variety of luxurious options like heated and cooled seats, a heated steering wheel, a (very useful) 110 volt inverter, and a smorgasbord of off-road oriented powertrain options ranging from disconnecting sway bars to locking differentials to a factory-equipped winch.Īs a result of this excellent interior and enviable powertrain, it’s a damn fine truck to drive. Although the F-150 will blow away pretty much everything in the luxury department (when fully equipped), the fully loaded Ram’s is a much more workable interior, with massive storage bins, hard-wearing and easily cleaned surfaces, and big, glove-friendly buttons and controls. Inside, the 2011 Ram is stupendously well designed arguably even better designed than the perennial class leader from the Blue Oval folks.
Although fuel misers will find fault with the five speed automatic gearbox, the truck’s performance doesn’t seem to be impacted in the least, and even pulling heavy loads is accomplished with about as much ease as you can expect from a half ton pickup truck. Churning out 390 horsepower and 407 pound-feet of torque, it’s not exactly laggardly, and the acceleration it delivers is very good indeed. Sure, the twin-turbo EcoBoost has a healthy amount of modernity and technology on its side, but it’s hard to beat the sound of that 5.7 litre V8… in fact, it’s so hard to beat that I’d wager no one has, yet. Not that the Ram 1500 isn’t a damn fine automobile in its own right in fact the now re-legendary Hemi engine is still one of the strongest in the market. And for the Dodge Ram, it’s the Rambox storage system. For the Land Rover brand, it’s their Terrain Response system.
For the Ford F-150, it’s the addition of the twin-turbo EcoBoost engine.
You know, it’s amazing how a single idea can carry an otherwise pretty decent vehicle into the realm of brilliance. Published on Augin Test Drives by Dan Fritter
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