Ram Trucks

Ram Trucks

Type	Division of Chrysler LLC
Industry	Automobile
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Area served	North America
Key people	Fred Diaz, Jr. (CEO of RAM Division)
Products	Small to moderate payload pick-up trucks
Parent	Chrysler Group LLC
Website	RamTrucks.com

Ram Trucks (formally known as the Ram Truck Division) is a United States-based brand of light to mid-weight pickup trucks established in 2009 as a division of Chrysler Group LLC.

Background

Ram Trucks was established as a subsidiary of Chrysler in 2009, as a spinoff from Dodge, using the name of the popular Dodge Ram line of pickups that is now sold under the Ram banner. According to Chrysler, the Ram brand will concentrate on "real truck customers," rather than casual truck buyers who buy trucks for image or style.

The Ram brand was created following Chrysler's alliance with Italian automaker Fiat, and the plans called for Dodge switching to an exclusively car-based lineup with all pickup and future heavy-duty trucks by Chrysler being sold under the Ram brand. This was to start in the 2010 calendar year. There is also a possibility of adopting Fiat's Iveco Daily commercial van to fill the gap of the Sprinter which Mercedes ended the production of in 2008. The goal was to increase truck sales "from today's 280,000 to 415,000 by 2014".

Executives at Chrysler have stated their intention to compete in the semi-trailer truck category with Ram, a possibility that is aided by Fiat's ownership of Iveco and an already available network of Dodge dealers. Even though the Ram trucks are marketed separately from Dodge cars, Ram Division President Fred Diaz stated, "Ram trucks will always and forever be Dodges. Ram will always have the Dodge emblem inside and outside and they will be vinned as a Dodge. We need to continue to market as Ram so Dodge can have a different brand identity: hip, cool, young, energetic. That will not fit the campaign for truck buyers. The two should have distinct themes."

The Ram brand logo features the head of a ram, formerly the logo used by Dodge.

Trucks

For specifically foreign-market models (designed by Chrysler Europe, etc.), see below.

Also note that from 1927 to 1928, all trucks built by Dodge were actually sold under the Graham name, as that company held the marketing rights at that time.

Current

• Ram (1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, 5500, Heavy Duty, and Chassis Cab) (1981–present)

• 1500 (ST, Tradesman, Express, SLT, Outdoorsman, Sport R/T, Lone Star, Big Horn, Sport, Laramie, Laramie Longhorn)

Former

NOTE: all models here were badged as Dodge models since these predate the move to make Ram a separate marque.

• Dodge Bighorn (1973–1975)
• Dodge B Series (1948–1953)
• Dodge Commercial (1928–1930, 1933–1938)
• Dodge C Series (1960–1975)
• Dodge D50 (1979–1980 as rebadged Mitsubishi Forte)
• Dodge D Series (1957–1980, see also Dodge Town Panel, Town Wagon, and Warlock)
• Dodge Heavy-Duty (1942–1949)
• Dodge Light Truck (1939–1956, see also Dodge C Series)
• Dodge L Series (1965–1975)
• Dodge Merchant's Express (1928–1930)
• Dodge Ram 50 (1981–1993 as rebadged Mitsubishi Forte)
• Dodge Dakota (1987–2011)

Military trucks carrying the Ram Trucks brand name

• 

  Dodge T214-WC54 ambulance
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  Dodge WC 51 Weapon Carrier
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  Dodge WC 53 Carryall
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  Dodge WC-52 Weapon Carrier 1942

WWI

• M1918 light repair truck (G-10)

T202 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505)

• Dodge VC-1
• Dodge VC-2
• Dodge VC-3
• Dodge VC-4
• Dodge VC-5
• Dodge VC-6

T203 - 1½ ton, 4x4 series truck (G-621)

• Dodge VF-401
• Dodge VF-402
• Dodge VF-403
• Dodge VF-404
• Dodge VF-405
• Dodge VF-406
• Dodge VF-407

T207 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505)

• Dodge WC-1
• Dodge WC-3
• Dodge WC-4
• Dodge WC-5
• Dodge WC-6
• Dodge WC-7
• Dodge WC-8
• Dodge WC-9
• Dodge WC-10
• Dodge WC-11

T211 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505)

• Dodge WC-12
• Dodge WC-13
• Dodge WC-14
• Dodge WC-15
• Dodge WC-16
• Dodge WC-17
• Dodge WC-18
• Dodge WC-19
• Dodge WC-20

T214 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-502)

• Dodge WC-51
• Dodge WC-52
• Dodge WC-53
• Dodge WC-54
• Dodge WC-55
• Dodge WC-56
• Dodge WC-57
• Dodge WC-58
• Dodge WC-59
• Dodge WC-60
• Dodge WC-61
• Dodge WC-64

T215 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505)

• Dodge WC-21
• Dodge WC-22
• Dodge WC-23
• Dodge WC-24
• Dodge WC-25
• Dodge WC-26
• Dodge WC-27
• Dodge WC-40
• Dodge WC-41
• Dodge WC-42
• Dodge WC-43

T223 - 1½ ton, 6x6 series truck (G-507)

• Dodge WC-62
• Dodge WC-63

T236 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (Canadian built)

• D3/4 APT

M-37 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-741)

• Dodge M-37
• Dodge M-42
• Dodge M-43
• Dodge XM-711B1

T137 - 1 ton, 4x4 series truck

• Dodge M-601
• Dodge M-615

M-880 - 1¼ ton, 4x4 series truck

• Dodge M-880 German: de:Dodge W 200
• Dodge M-881
• Dodge M-882
• Dodge M-883
• Dodge M-884
• Dodge M-885
• Dodge M-886
• Dodge M-888
• Dodge M-890

4x2 variants:

• Dodge M-891
• Dodge M-892
• Dodge M-893

European Dodge trucks

• Dodge Spacevan (formerly the Commer Spacevan)
• Dodge 50 Series (later the Renault 50 Series)
• Dodge 100 / Commando series
• Dodge 300
• Dodge 500
• Dodge VF2 (formerly the Simca VF2)

External links

• Official website