The ghost returns
Dodge dropped it. Then came the Ram.
It’s been years.
The midsize Dakota is back, but not with the crosshair grille. Not this time.
The name lives, but the badge is Ram.
This isn’t just nostalgia bait. It’s a play for a segment that has exploded while the brand slept. Since the last one died in 2011, the midsize truck market has become crowded. Lucrative. Chaotic.
What’s under the hood
We don’t have blueprints yet. Just rumors and educated guesses.
Likely scenario: a turbocharged four-cylinder. Or maybe the big gun. The Hurricane twin-turbo inline-six could slide into the SRT version. It probably won’t be standard issue though.
Visually, it’s going to look like the older sibling. The 1500. Ram doesn’t reinvent the wheel; they scale it.
Build? Body-on-frame.
You heard it. No car-like unibody tricks here. This thing is meant to be rugged, like the Colorado or the Ranger.
The platform will be a traditional truck chassis. Not a passenger car with a tailgate.
Trims and the price tag
Pricing? A black hole right now.
Ram usually copies its own success formula.
Expect a low-cost Tradesman. A middle-child Laramie. Maybe a fancy Limited for those who want leather in a midsize box.
Then there’s the noise makers.
The off-road Rebel.
The performance-obsessed SRT.
We’re watching those separately because they’ll do things the base models won’t.
It’s early days.
Too early for exact MSRPs.
But when the info drops? We’ll update this. Until then, guesswork is all we have. 🚜
