The 12 months is 2008. Issues are wanting grim for the worldwide auto trade and the remainder of the monetary world. Gasoline costs are climbing, sending consumers to small automobiles en masse. The North American Worldwide Auto Present in Detroit was nonetheless in January, and Dodge was there with a brand new Ram 1500 pickup truck for 2009. And 16 years later, that pickup truck remains to be on sale.
Sure, the fourth-generation Dodge Ram that debuted on the present that 12 months remains to be out there as a brand new truck at present. The Ram 1500 Traditional will stay for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, a Ram spokesperson confirmed to Motor1. You will not discover it on the automaker’s web site simply but, however we have been assured that particulars are being sussed out earlier than the 2024 configurator goes stay.
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As for these particulars, that is one thing we do not have data on at the moment. For 2023, the Ram 1500 Traditional was out there in simply two trims: work-friendly Tradesman and macho-ready Warlock. Of these, the Tradesman provided consumers an old-school single-cab/lengthy field structure, together with Quad and Crew Cab configurations. The Warlock was Quad or Crew solely.
Small modifications to choices are attainable, however contemplating it is a 16-year-old platform, do not anticipate any ground-shattering changes. Each trims have a standard-issue 3.6-liter V6 with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 provided as an improve. An eight-speed computerized handles the ability, and although the bones date to the top of the George W. Bush period, there is a 7.0-inch touchscreen within the heart stack. And there are buttons. Numerous buttons.
The suspected lack of modifications additionally means the bottom worth seemingly will not change a lot, both. Frankly, it is the rationale the Ram 1500 Traditional remains to be a factor. 2023 fashions began at $34,340, together with Ram’s $1,995 vacation spot cost. That is roughly $6,000 lower than the most cost effective 2024 Ram 1500, and $4,000 beneath entry-level F-150s and Silverado 1500s. For cost-conscious consumers wanting a brand new full-size truck, that makes the Traditional a tempting morsel.
Nonetheless, when Ram introduced the outdated truck could be constructed alongside the fifth-gen mannequin again in 2019, nobody on employees anticipated it to stay round this lengthy. With a facelifted (and Hemi-less) Ram coming for 2025, may 2024 lastly be the top for the 1500 Traditional? Verify again with us subsequent 12 months to seek out out.
