Ram Rampage compact pickup previewed for Brazil

Ram’s long-rumored entry-level pickup is about to make its official debut on the Brazilian market. Probably referred to as Rampage, and designed collectively by groups in Brazil and in america, the truck will slot on the backside of the corporate’s vary and have a unibody structure.

Embedded above, the preview video printed by the Stellantis-owned model means that the Rampage will borrow a handful of styling cues from the full-size 1500. Its grille incorporates a large “RAM” emblem, its headlights look 1500-esque, and its tailgate has an built-in spoiler. It additionally incorporates a sculpted hood with “RAM TURBO” emblems on each side. Ram is preserving the inside below wraps in the meanwhile, and have in mind the mannequin depicted within the video might be an upscale trim stage. Base fashions will undoubtedly look much more, effectively … fundamental.

Most sources declare the Rampage will share its structure with the Jeep Commander bought in a number of international markets, the Alfa Romeo Tonale and the Dodge Hornet. If that is correct, it should land as a unibody mannequin somewhat than with body-on-frame structure. Brazilian web site Autos Segredos writes that the scaled-down 1500 will stretch about 197 inches lengthy, 73 inches huge and 71 inches tall. For context, the Ford Maverick (which additionally makes use of a unibody structure) measures roughly 200 inches lengthy, 73 inches huge and 69 inches tall.

Official specs have not been printed; Ram merely promised that the truck will provide “unequalled energy,” a advertising and marketing jingle we are able to interpret in vastly other ways relying on the context. Fanatic web site Mopar Insiders believes the Rampage will launch with a 2.0-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engine and {that a} gasoline-powered 2.0-liter turbo-four will likely be supplied a little bit later within the manufacturing run. Entrance-wheel drive will seemingly come commonplace, and we’re guessing that all-wheel drive will likely be supplied at an additional price on not less than some trim ranges.

Ram will launch extra particulars concerning the Rampage (assuming that is the title chosen) within the coming weeks, and gross sales in Brazil ought to begin by the top of 2023. It is too early to inform whether or not the truck will likely be bought in America, although we would not be stunned if it stays abroad. Ram stresses the Rampage was “developed in partnership with america,” however that is not a assure that it will likely be obtainable right here.

When it arrives in showrooms, the Rampage (a reputation final utilized by Dodge between 1982 and 1984) will not be the smallest truck in Ram’s international household. Go to one of many firm’s Mexican showrooms and you will find the 176-inch-long 700, which is a badge-engineered Fiat Strada.

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