We’d spec a $48,3 Laramie with an 8.4-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, leather upholstery, and heated and cooled front seats for utility and luxury. Tradesman trucks start at $35,770, but don’t include automatic emergency braking or a usefully sized touchscreen. Higher-spec trucks have fancy add-ons like a head-up display and a surround-view camera system, not to mention strong crash-test scores from the IIHS and the NHTSA. Ram omits automatic emergency braking from base 1500s, which dings its score.
For an 8-foot bed, you’ll have to shop elsewhere, but Ram will sell the usual scores of utility add-ons, from bed liners to tailgate locks to cargo tie-downs. Ram takes a pass on the regular cab body style-it’s all extended and crew cabs here, and the latter offers scads of leg room and reclining rear seats to go with a 5-foot-7 or a 6-foot-4 bed.
Life’s all about choices, right? We’d choose Ram’s more sophisticated suspension setup versus its rivals the more complex air-spring setup doesn’t have perfect ride control, so it’s a take-it-or-leave-it line item. Turbodiesel Rams will take a very long time to earn back their additional cost in fuel savings a TRX offsets that meager eco-conscious move in any case, with its 702-hp supercharged V-8. The base 305-hp V-6 performs well enough to drive everyday and to tow and haul on occasion the brappy and torque 395-hp V-8 does everything well, and comes closest to the F-150’s sky-high towing ratings.
The four-engine lineup squares up the Ram well against performance rivals, but it’s more a two-horse race here. It’s a loss, but one that Ram makes up for with interior style that’s the best of its kind in Limited and Laramie Longhorn editions, with their refined trim choices and balanced designs. With the usual color and grille differences, all sport a conventional truck body that’s lost the tractor-trailer look that used to distinguish the Ram from Ford and GM pickups. Ram sells the Ram in Tradesman, Big Horn, Rebel, Laramie, Laramie Longhorn, and Limited trims.
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