2027-2028 RAM DAKOTA midsize pickup revealed!

[BourbonRunner]

Be glad your Gladiator name isn't going on the same body.

Yeah, because where would they stuff the 392 in the Dakota, right?

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[KIWelder]

You better start praying morning and night because it won’t happen by itself. Lol

I know that's right!

 

[acruz44]

...I kinda like it?

 

[Signing Spock]

Little misleading…Stellantis/Ram hasn’t confirmed that this is what will come to us.

like others have said, the South American market/safety regulations are very different…so I’d assume this isn’t the North American Dakota.

If it is, cool. Not good, but not bad. Like almost all of FCAs projects over the last decade+

Just spells good things for the Gladiator though that was being questioned about being retired after this generation (2028 or so right?). Def won’t have to worry about that now I don’t think…unless they can the Gladiator to build this.

 

[JmattNYC]

I just hope my '24 JT engine will give me the same 402,000 miles my '21 Ranger did.

That would be awesome!! Good luck

 

[KIWelder]

I'm gonna give it my best effort!

 

[TheModernJeeper]

Still have my 01 dakota from HS, somehow its still turning on and driving w/ same engine. A/C & heater sucks though.Still lasted 10x longer than my tacoma(piece of junk).

Not too sure about that 4cyl turbo.

 

[Jeeper44mag]

Not too sure about that 4cyl turbo.

I can tell you there's no way I'm buying any gasoline engine stressed to those hp/displacement levels. 80+hp/half-liter.... no thank you. That's literally MORE THAN TWICE the output/stress of a 5.7L pushing 400 hp (~35/half-liter). Do I want 400 hp & 400 lb/ft of torque? Sure. Do I want it so badly that I'll sacrifice reliability to get it in a package that weighs 100 lbs less? Heck no. BRING BACK THE DIESEL.... Not some little souped up go-cart racing engine.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I can tell you there's no way I'm buying any gasoline engine stressed to those hp/displacement levels. 80+hp/half-liter.... no thank you. That's literally MORE THAN TWICE the output/stress of a 5.7L pushing 400 hp (~35/half-liter). Do I want 400 hp & 400 lb/ft of torque? Sure. Do I want it so badly that I'll sacrifice reliability to get it in a package that weighs 100 lbs less? Heck no. BRING BACK THE DIESEL.... Not some little souped up go-cart racing engine.

Once upon a time 7.0+ liter engines put out less than 200 hp!

They had to kill them off because they just ran forever and ever and ever under such low stress!

They tried to trick people with odometers that rolled over at 99,999, but it didn't work!

 

[Jeeper44mag]

Once upon a time 7.0+ liter engines put out less than 200 hp!

They had to kill them off because they just ran forever and ever and ever under such low stress!

They tried to trick people with odometers that rolled over at 99,999, but it didn't work!

My dad's '74 Honda Civic had ~52 hp in a 1.237 Liter engine (~21hp/half-liter). That thing ran for over 240,000 miles before the odometer quit working after ~12 yrs. We drove it for another 6 years after that. The only thing we ever did was gas, tires, brakes, and scheduled 3500 mile oil changes. Still ran (with a slipping clutch) when he traded it in on a new '93 Accord.

 

[legacy_etu]

The proportions are off between the wheels and the flares. Wheels are too small in diameter and need more offset to push them to the edge of the flares. Also, the forward rake looks . Makes it look like someone threw on mismatched tire sizes just to get to work.

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