New 2009 Dodge Ram

[amsoilman]

Here are some interesting pictures of the 2009 DODGE RAM! They are not the ones shown previously that had the new front sheetmetal on a current ram body!



CHECK it out!





2009 Dodge Ram pickup trucks

 

[Signal73]

Adding a little charger/nitro look to the line eh? I guess like everything else it will have to grow on me...

 

[MRFost]

That's a 0. 5 Ton, as you can see from the 5? lug nuts!

Looks kinda targeted at the Stupor duty.

 

[BTowler]

The lugnuts are about all you can see!

 

[MMeier]

Saw several of those around here beginning of last week, think they were headed toward Kingman Az. IIRC

 

[16919]

Sure hope they don't go to a benz diesel instead of the cummins..... or worse a v8 diesel.

 

[SNiebaum]

Those type of pictures are anything but revealing... looks like Dodge will get turning lamps on the sport mirrors. The body lines are obscured by blocking under the camo... . and the top pic is deceiving... is it a mega cab or a new quad cab, the body lines on the sheet metal don't match with the body lines on the camo... and if it's a mega cab... it's on a 1500 chassis(5 bolt axles). Currently, the 1500 mega is on a 2500 frame...



The 1500's are getting a V diesel, V6 or V8 apparently is still in the air after all the initial talk and testing was with a 5. 6L V8... it will be a Cummins though.

 

[JasonCzerak]

The cab is prolly a real crew cab. in between the quad and hte mega ya think? 3 or 4 more inches in back would make a WORLD of a difference in the quad.

 

[klenger]

J. White wrote: “They are only using the 2009 front for cooling testing right now. The rest of this mule is for the moment the 2003+ Ram. ”

Yawn

 

[Grizzly]

Not much to see. That's a 1500, what about the 2500 to 5500? Will they go to the new style in 2010?

 

[jwgary]

Did now one else see this?

I clicked on the link further on down in the story (below the images) about the new transmissions. Oo. An automatically shifted manual running through a dual clutch on two concentric shafts. How cool is that?!!

 

[JasonCzerak]

I clicked on the link further on down in the story (below the images) about the new transmissions. Oo. An automatically shifted manual running through a dual clutch on two concentric shafts. How cool is that?!!

It's not new. Audi has had the DSG. Tho be nice. Imagine that, 2 SBC clutches and programmability over how the manual launches. Make for some easy and consistent launches. Tie in a line lock as well and make diesel drags and sled pulls push button

 

[Champane Flight]

Boxy?

I hope they don't start looking like the rest of the crap, the Chevys look like boxes... .

 

[BTowler]

I hope they don't start looking like the rest of the crap, the Chevys look like boxes... .

... made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same...

 

[Champane Flight]

Got that right...

... made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same...

They come ready for the huge rims, and the rubber band tires... :-laf

 

[opjohnny]

Looks like they don't have a flat roof anymore. Got the ridges in there now. Might hold up better to hail.

 

[Grizzly]

Looks like they don't have a flat roof anymore. Got the ridges in there now. Might hold up better to hail.

I don't see how that would help any on a hail storm about 1/2" size or bigger.

 

[FATCAT]

I clicked on the link further on down in the story (below the images) about the new transmissions. Oo. An automatically shifted manual running through a dual clutch on two concentric shafts. How cool is that?!!

This "new" transmission concerns me ... it seems to me that Dodge will try to do away with a real manual transmission and replace it with some computer controled nightmare, phony-balogna, psudo-manual.



If this nonsense infects the 2500-5500 trucks and the manual trannies are done away with, then we will know that Dodge is out of the truck business, and I'll be out of a Dodge.

 

[Boondocker]

I saw 4 brand new heavy duty trucks in Vegas today. They looked like 06-07 sheet metal, chassis cabs: 1 standard, 2 quad, 1 crew. 2 were pulling horse trailers - no horses, hay, or any signs of cowboyism. Plus, the 2 trailer towers each had a big steel block on the flatbed, purely for adding weight. The 4-door had a crappy, old utility body. The other had a plain jane enclosed cargo trailer.

It was a funny group, these brand new trucks, all with yellow, matching rear mudflaps, and crappy old stuff either bolted or hitched to them, not to mention the dead weight. They were running together and running hard. I was looking for communication and measuring gear, but couldn't spot any. I see a lot of test vehicles, usually cladded, between here and Death Valley. These weren't disguised at all and didn't look like the suspected 09 style.

 

[opjohnny]

Grizzly, knowing the bean counters, I bet they used it as a reason to use thinner sheetmetal.