Dodge Ram 3500 - The Car Connection
The Ram pickup may have shed its Dodge brand name for its own Ram brand, but it's still the work-tough, proven truck it has been since the early 1980s. The first generations of the Ram didn't use the mega-numbering scheme of today's trucks, but... Read More Below » The Ram pickup may have shed its Dodge brand name for its own Ram brand, but it's still the work-tough, proven truck it has been since the early 1980s. The first generations of the Ram didn't use the mega-numbering scheme of... Back then, it was gasoline only, but in 1989, the Ram added the Cummins 5. 9-liter in-line six-cylinder as an option, generating 160 horsepower and a whopping (for the time) 400 pound-feet of torque. As the years went on, the power and capability of the Ram pickup grew, whether diesel or gasoline, though it wasn't until 1993 that the second-generation Ram pickup hit the market, carrying on until 2001, but ushering in a new era of design for... New during the second-generation Ram's run was a monster 8. 0-liter V-10 gasoline engine. During the last years of the second-generation Ram, the trucks began to grow more luxurious, with options like leather upholstery and heated seating available. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
