If someone sells pick-up trucks nowadays, there would be no takers. And rightly so. In these skyrocketing gas prices, more and more consumers settle for fuel efficient SUVs and sedans rather than the gas-churning (and wieldy, if I may add) trucks and pickups. It makes practical dollar sense.
However, these luxury cars only reign supreme in city streets and well-paved highways. Try driving any sedan or luxury vehicle along muddy swamps and torturous rough roads with humping payload and you’d immediately sense the car’s conked-out cry of exhaustion.
Now comes Chrysler’s 2009 Dodge Ram 1500. It’s one hell of a full-size pickup, with macho look oozing all over.
Sliding inside the Dodge Ram proved a surprise. For a moment I thought I was in the wrong car. And who wouldn’t? The remodeled panel dashboard felt easy on the eyes, with shiny gauges and soft touch materials all around. If there is one word that describes its interiors, I think it would be “storage”. It contains revolutionary, well- disguised storage spaces—behind the doors, under the rear seats, dual glove boxes, and bins in foldable bed walls. Nope, you are not hearing things. Watch our mouth when we say “bed” as in sleeping bed.
Putting this brute beast to a test drive was no laughing matter. Its 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 delivers an incredible 390 horsepower output from the previous 345, and a 407 pound torque that can easily pull out boats and trailers like mere child’s toys. And here lies the crux of matter: a pickup truck is built to carry payload. In this sense, Dodge Ram 1500 performs extremely well.
With superb road handling to its roster of pluses, Chrysler’s improved and renovated Dodge Ram is a runaway winner among its class despite its extra fuel bucks. But heck, who’s complaining?
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