This year's Detroit show promises to be a very interesting one. It's the first US show since the election of Donald Trump, but it's also likely to be dominated by future car tech like autonomous driving, smartphone connectivity and so on.
"Guys? Guys? I think I'm stuck."
Not if Ram has anything to do with it! In a motoring world increasingly dominated by complexity and baffling specifications, it's a nice change to see a new model introduced presumably just because it makes a truck look really cool.
The Ram 1500 Rebel Black aims to build on the success of the standard Ram 1500 Rebel, a pick-up that reputedly brings "an aggressive, one-of-a-kind, off-road design to the full-size truck segment". Sadly it isn't based on the wild Ram Rebel TRX seen at LA, this Ram offered only with the regular Pentastar V6 (305hp) or Hemi V8 (395hp) engines.
Marking the Black out are, wouldn't you know, a few black design elements, namely the wheels (on 33-inch off-road tyres), brush guard and 'Katzkin' interior. It is available in all Rebel body colours, but who wouldn't want black having looked at these pics? Oversteering in the snow never looked so intimidating.
Otherwise it's standard Ram Rebel, which means uprated Bilstein dampers, skid plates, tow hooks and "other off-road-ready features" for the intrepid explorer in you.
After its debut at Detroit - we'll be sure to go and have a look - the Rebel Black will arrive in US dealerships this March. Prices start at $45,590 plus a $1,320 destination charge, or about £37,000. If a V6 Raptor doesn't fit the bill...