Ram

The 2013 Ram 1500 took the industry by storm with a refreshed exterior, a refined suspension system and the powerful Hemi drivetrain – easily making this one of the best half ton trucks on the marketing and showing that all of those awards handed to the Ram team over the past six months weren’t just the result of marketing fluff.

The Chrysler Group offers an array of modifications through their Mopar aftermarket catalog to help a standard production Ram 1500 compete with the mighty Ford SVT Raptor F150 but a new report suggests that the Ram Brand might be looking to offer a factory-built version of their Ram Runner package to allow Ram owners to fight the Raptor without the headache of building their own offroad performance pickup.

Ram has announced pricing for the popular ProMaster commercial van lineup with 5-year / 100,000 mile warranties.

J.D. Power and Associates has named Ram Truck the most improved brand in its 2013 dependability study. The overall industry average improvement was five percent, but Ram still doesn't rank first.

The Chrysler Group has long been lead in monthly and annual sales by models like the Ram Trucks, the minivan lineup and the large sedans including the Dodge Charger and the Chrysler 300 but in January 2013, some surprising models found themselves atop the list of the company’s bestselling vehicles.

The 2013 Ram 1500 has been busy over the past few months scoring awards from all sorts of automotive authority but today, the Chrysler Group announced a new towing capacity for the 2013 Ram Heavy Duty that makes the Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 the most capable trucks on the market today – with a maximum towing capacity of 30,000 pounds.

Add to the mounting accolades of the totally refreshed 2013 Ram 1500 with its selection as Four Wheeler Magazine's Pickup Truck of the Year.

The Chrysler Group has been making good use of an 8-speed automatic transmission for some time now in their Pentastar V6-powered vehicles including the Dodge Charger, the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the new Ram 1500 but starting later this year, the versions of those vehicles powered by the mighty 5.7L Hemi will also feature the fuel-friendly 8-speed automatic transmission.