BLAM! A Ram: 2014 Ram 1500's Pentastar V6, Torqueflite 8 Impress - TechnologyTell
var tt_sections =... /* ]]> */ Having recently spent a week in the Ram 1500 Big Horn Edition so equipped, I can render a “probably” answer to that question. Like my previous truck tests , I really didn’t get to load up the Ram with any weight to speak of, not counting 700-plus newspapers on my weekly paper route at the daytime gig. I can’t help it, I just don’t need to haul that often, and I didn’t know anyone who needed help moving to a new place or anything like that. So I didn’t get to test its hauling abilities, but based on its ability to haul large quantities of an intangible — let’s just call it posterior for the sake of family friendliness, m’kay. — I’d say the Ram 1500’s Pentastar 3. 6-liter V6 and ZF 8-speed transmission are more than up to the task for moderate load-handling tasks. I did an untimed 0-to-60 run with my father riding shotgun, and he remarked that the Ram 1500’s acceleration felt much stronger than his 2010 Ford F-150 with its 3. 7-liter V6 and six-speed slushbox. The Ram 1500 we tested never felt like the lumbering, huge truck it was, at least not where acceleration was concerned. Source: www.technologytell.com
