Friday 11th February 2005

Dodge launches biggest pickup ever

Yes it's got a Hemi -- but it's also huge...

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Dodge's all-new 2006 Ram Mega Cab is being touted as the biggest pickup cab ever. Parent company DaimlerChrysler hasn't said when or if it'll be marketed in Europe.

You get a choice of two engines, a 5.9-litre Cummins turbo-diesel, available on the 2500 and standard on the 3500 model, is rated at 610 lb-ft of torque and 325bhp. It is available with a new six-speed manual or automatic transmission. The 5.7-litre Hemi V8 is standard on the Dodge Ram Mega Cab 1500 and 2500 models, offering 345bhp and 375 lb-ft of torque, available with a five-speed automatic transmission.

Amenities offered include a full-screen navigation radio, rear-seat DVD entertainment system, power-sliding rear window, heated front bucket seats, power sunroof and adjustable pedals. You get 145.2 cubic feet of interior space with reclining rear seats, tilting back from a 22 to 37 degree seatback angle, leg room of 44.2 inches and split rear seats.

The company blurb patters on, "The Laramie trim features a chrome front fascia appliqué, creating a rugged yet premium look. It features a dual-lamp system, yet is designed with the premium look of quad headlamps. Lamps are precise in appearance and extend deep into the fender, giving the Dodge Ram Mega Cab’s front end presence a truly distinctive look from both front and side views."

You also get an instrument panel "with precise gauges and large, user-friendly buttons and knobs. In addition, generous storage bins and compartments, flexible-sized cup holders, and premium materials create a functional and upscale atmosphere within the all-new 2006 Dodge Ram Mega Cab."

The only question is where you'd park it.

[will_t]

What do you "pickup" in something like this ?

Will

[polarbert]

a restaurant, swimming pool, bank, golf course!

[V8 Archie]

Blurb said:

power-sliding rear window

That sounds like fun, but surely it's a little irresponsible to suggest such behaviour in the blurb.

[Bill Carr]

What is the bloody point?

[Plotloss]

Bill Carr said:

What is the bloody point?

Pickups are the biggest sellers in the US and Americans compare status by size...

[Esprit]

where will it ever end? *shakes head*

[thanuk]

polarbert said:

a restaurant, swimming pool, bank, golf course!

The load bed is actually pretty small, the double cab and bonnet take up most of the length

[graham lunn]

I am convinced there is something seriously wrong with my car tastes, I have Lotus V8 which has yet to go for 100 miles without a problem, a clio diesel and I think this big diesel pickup, totally impractical would be a laugh to drive!

Please send appropriate medication

[jcosta]

NOT the biggest by a long stretch. Please look up the International CXT. Now that's big.

[Davel]

The next 'must have' for the school run?

Grandma in the back on rocking chair.......

[chickensoup]

Its just a bloody lorry with a car body on it

How long before an HGV pickup?

[M-G]

Blurb said:

flexible-sized cup holders,

There really can't be much else in the cabin if they have to list the cup holders as a feature!

I particularly like the

Blub said:

large, user-friendly buttons

for American super-size fingers?

[orisha-oko]

Is actually the biggest light pick up ! the International CXT is more like a medium size truck and is a completely different thing. the international is actually a commercial truck with a bed in the back!
About the other guy that says the diesel is impractical in this "light" truck, is that we are not really concern about the economy of the diesel but of the pulling torque that this diesel create that can tow up to 15,500 pounds trailer, which is really good for a full size "light" truck.
Im in Atlanta Ga and trucks are the biggest sellers in here in the US and mostly is needed for small business or construction and i agree that is impractical for the narrow and small streets of uk!!
But the driving expreience on this trucks are really good ! actually i got a the 1500 of this truck ver!

[v8thunder]

Anti-progressive engineering. George Dubya Bush with wheels. I couldn't give a monkey's if it sells well in America - yes, you should be able to drive what you want, but surely the companies should be working on a way to make them fuel efficient - and no, 'Gas is cheap over here' is not an argument. Imagine how much further you could go and how less money you'd spend if it wasn't so thirsty.

[z_chromozone]

Forget your X5's, k-n's and Dodge et al. On the school run I'll be mostly driving



Speedbumps phah


Z

[andytk]

v8thunder said:

- and no, 'Gas is cheap over here' is not an argument.

Er, yes it is. Or this thing wouldn't exist.

but it does so, QED, you're wrong.

[dinkel]

www.rockcrawler.com/features/newsshorts/04september/international_cxt.asp

Quite sick . . .

www.playgroundcorvetteclub.com/photos/pickup.jpg

www.dragtrucks.com/photo/hottrucks11/63%20chevy%20pickup.jpg

www.blindriverfestivals.algoma.on.ca/pics/nairn-muddy%20pick%20up.gif

www.plmini.com/pictures/large/pick_up.jpg

www.minidome.nl/graphics/duits%201-43/Schuco%20VW%20kever%20bus%20pick%20up.jpg

http://christophe.cathy.free.fr/Pick%20up%2050.jpg

www.dyna.co.za/cars/Bentley_48_Pick-up_Grey_sf.jpg

http://members.cox.net/regtrash/PU.jpg

www.okruhy.cz/images/galerie/11-13-99/pick-up-1.jpg

My choice:
www.sportcars.nl/cars/elcamino59.jpg

[dsf3g]

"The Laramie trim features a chrome front fascia appliqué, creating a rugged yet premium look. It features a dual-lamp system, yet is designed with the premium look of quad headlamps. "


This is what I hate about American cars... non-functional hood-scoops, fake side air intakes, fake this, fake that... why does everything on American cars have to be fake?

>> Edited by dsf3g on Friday 11th February 17:02

[Balmoral Green]

Canyonero

[baztard]

Balmoral Green said:

Canyonero

Mmmmm is that a Daewoo Musso???