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What comes to mind when you think of the color orange? No, besides pumpkins. That's right, the Dodge Challenger ! Now, you can combine the two and make a Challenger-o-lantern, just in time for Halloween. We know, the example provided by Dodge doesn't exactly show off their pumpkin chopping skills, but they've at least included a stencil for you to try it yourself. For you truck guys, there's even a 2009 Dodge Ram stencil. galleryPost('dodgeoween', 3, 'Dodgeoween'); [ Chrysler ]
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Product: 2009 Dodge Ram TV Show / Movie: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Episode / Scene Name: Automatic for the People / Driving up to the nuclear power plant, the 2009 Dodge Ram is sure looking clean and shiny, isn't it? Welcome to Adventures In Automotive Product Placement — our irregular series where we highlight the pay-for-play car stars of the silver and small screens. Spot a blatant automotive product placement on the airwaves? Send it to us at tips-at-jalopnik-dot-com.
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Rumors have been swirling of a new smaller-displacement Cummins diesel for the 2010 Dodge Ram 1500. But until now, nobody had any idea exactly what size the new oilburner would be. According to a sticker spotted under the hood of a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 , the new diesel will displace five liters. What we find particularly funny is that the sticker specifies the air-conditioning refrigerant charge for each of the Ram's available engines, but all the engines have the same charge specification, so the sticker doesn't really need to specify engine displacement in the first place. The heavy-duty Ram 2500 and 3500 are currently available (and evidently will continue to be) with a 6.7-liter straight-six Cummins diesel; the new five-liter mill should be for light-duty Rams, to go up against GM's 4.5-liter Duramax diesel , Ford's 4.4-liter diesel , and maybe even a diesel V8 from Toyota. Whether or not Chrysler will be sharing this engine with Nissan as they are with the Hemi remains...
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At today's Motor Press Guild meeting out in Cali, Chrysler's Jim Press confirmed to PickupTrucks.com Mike Levine that the new next-generation Nissan Titan will not only be built on the Dodge Ram platform — which we've already confirmed — but that yes, that thing would have a Hemi. Sweet. Although Nissan may still be denying it, Levine's got more at his site. [ PickupTrucks.com ]
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We haven't had a chance in the saddle of the new 2009 Dodge Ram yet, but PickupTrucks.com guru Mike Levine had a chance to review and test drive pretty much every single version of the new hauler from the Ram-headed brand. Mike's put together a pretty exhaustive look at the whole lineup of all new Ram pickups, and what's his verdict? "After driving several Ram models in a variety of scenarios, we're still as enthusiastic about the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 as we were when it was first reveled at the Detroit auto show. Most half-ton truck buyers don't need three-quarter-ton towing and hauling capability in their pickups, and we think most people will find the improved ride comfort a more-than-fair tradeoff for trailering and payload ratings that equal what the Ram could do in 2008." Sounds to us like Dodge is making a laser-light-like move directly at the half-ton market — maybe the remaining engineers over at Chrysler have the right idea after all. Head on...
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Chrysler's plan to move the 2009 Dodge Ram off lots in this era of high gas prices seems to revolve partially around lowering the starting price to just $22,170, which is almost $1,000 less than the current starting price for a Dodge Ram 1500 regular cab. That low starting price comes with an increase in features on the interior, a more aerodynamic design and the RamBox , a reflection of the Charmin-soft truck market. The Ram Quad starts at a competitive $26,225 and the Ram Crew 1500 is priced from $32,530. If you want all the toys, you can get the Dodge Ram Laramie Ram Crew 1500 4x4 with the 5.7-Liter Hemi for $44,140. We're still wondering whether a competitive price and the promise of RamBox will be enough to move trucks — especially considering the new F-150s right around the corner, and nobody knows what to expect out of pricing for it. Dodge's full 2009 Ram pricing below the jump. galleryPost('2009DodgeRam1500Ext', 3, 'No Coke, Pepsi'); Pricing for...
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In two months, when the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram launches into the softest truck market in decades. In an effort to clear the store shelves and encourage sales on the new truck Chrysler is offering a whopping 6 years of 0% financing on the 2008 Dodge Ram to help motivate buyers into the showroom to empty the lots. The deal, announced on a conference call today, seems to be part of an "oh shit we've gotta move steel" trend at Chrysler these days. Who could forget the $2.99 gas incentive , or the "hey lets get cow crap all over downtown Detroit" stunt. Man, that one was the greatest. [ Auto News via Pickuptrucks.com ]
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Yet again, we've got another shot of what's purported to be a 2009 Dodge Ram R/T (or perhaps it's a 2010 Dodge Ram SRT8 or maybe even a 2011 Dodge Ram Rumble Bee...whatever) caught over at Micro Center at 14 Mile and John R in Troy. Again, we've no idea what it is, but it's obviously some kind of test vehicle — whether mule or otherwise. Whatever it may be, please feel free to continue the speculation — as usual — in the comments below. That's what they're there for apparently. ( Hat tip to James! )
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Yesterday we shook some trees to see if anything would fall out resembling a Dodge Ram R/T or SRT-10 by tossing out wild speculation on some nondescript spy photos. We don't know if that got some gears turning, but today a brief flash of what looks to be the 2009 Ram R/T showed up in a promo video for the Rambox . So of course we took a screen capture, waved a magic anti-distortion wand over it and ta-da! A sportier, spicier Dodge Ram. Now if only we could do that wand trick with the Chrysler Sebring. galleryPost('ramsomething', 3, 'Maybe This Is The Dodge Ram RT');[ Dodge via Auto Blog ]
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What is this now? A blacked out new 2009 Dodge Ram with a manufacturers plate lurking around a Waterford Race Track in Michigan? Why it certainly is. Why would a truck already unveiled be all blacked out and at a race track? Perhaps it's the hi-po model. Oh how delightfully gossiptastic. We have very literally zero proof this is anything other than a run of the mill Ram, but we're going to throw it out that this may be the Ram SRT-10, maybe just the R/T, but it's being subjected to some laps around the track. True or not we're willing to start some rumors. galleryPost('ramsomething', 3, 'Might Be Something Powerful, Might Be Nothing'); [ Dodgetalk ]
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The good folks over at PickupTruck.com picked up on this interesting press release from Chrysler. It looks as though Chrysler LLC will be building on its relationship with Nissan Motors by building a full-sized trucks for the Japanese-European automaker. Dodge, as you all know, just came out with the new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 . Nissan's largest truck is the half ton Titan, which is seriously aging. Should we therefore assume that the truck is going to be a half ton replacement for the Titan? Possibly, but according to PickupTruck.com the Salitllo plant, which is slated for this future production, currently makes the three-quarter and one-ton Dodge Rams. Is Nissan moving up? Details are scarce, but it looks as though Cerberus has found a way to build more cars without having to worry about selling them. Press release below the jump. (UPDATE#1, it looks as though the truck will be a full size light duty replacement for the Nissan Titan) . Chrysler Will Make Full Size Truck for Nissan AUBURN...
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We were breaking stories like madmen at Detroit, after our world exclusive drive through Cobo we went to see the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 to have the world's first tailgate using the awesome new RamBox feature. And who volunteered to down the first bottle? Why that would be Dan Bodene of Chrysler Communications. Drink it down boys. galleryPost('ramtailgate', 3, 'World Exclusive Dodge Ram Tailgate');
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Here it is folks, the crowd of cows has parted -- more on that later -- to reveal the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. It's a double-horned blast of new truck-love from the car company owned by Cerberus. As we've told you before the new pickup's got all sorts of horn-y hotness like the RamBox cargo management system available in the crew cab which includes a weatherproof, lockable, illuminated and drainable storage bin built into each of the bed rails -- with a total of 8.6 cubic feet of space. That's enough room to hold up to 10 cases of 12-ounce beverages -- we'll let you choose which beverage in your RamBox, but we'd choose bottles of Bell's Oberon. But there's even more drink storage locations -- like the "store in the floor" storage bins with removable liners, big enough for ten 12-ounce beverages and ice. But why are we still talking? Here's the live reveal and the official press release after the jump. galleryPost('2009DodgeRam1500ExtL'...
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Since those wily Mopar-lovin' bastards at Allpar and elsewhere have gone and dropped the cover on the new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500, we've decided to drop trou on our embargoed pictures of the new Ram-headed bull-dodging pickup truck. The newly hotted-up Ram (thanks to chief truck designer Ralph Gilles) gets a similarly new 5.7-liter Hemi V8 -- giving it more horsepower than the previous generation, 380 hp. And a similar boost in torque up to 404 lb-ft. But it's not just under the hood where the Ram's seeing some monumental changes. There's also the RamBox cargo management system available in the crew cab which includes a weatherproof, lockable, illuminated and drainable storage bin built into each of the bed rails -- with a total of 8.6 cubic feet of space. Also, check out that interior. All we've got to say is -- well played Dodge. Your move Ford. Oh and yeah, we've also got a press release after the jump, but if you want the real skinny on the new Horn-y hauler...
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It took Paul Brant 13 years to stash away sufficient coinage to obtain a $25,000 Dodge Ram half-ton pickup- this after he bought a pickup/Neon combo with $36,000 in change back in 1994. Sheriff's deputies escorted him to the Dodge dealership, which gives the whole affair the scent of a publicity stunt (in our no-doubt-excessively-cynical view). To make such a feat possible, Mr. Brant had to accumulate an average $5.27 per day in change, seven days a week; he stored his coins in coffee cans, piggy banks, and water jugs. [Associated Press]
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