AutoWeek Long-Term Vehicle Wrap-Up: 2010 Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 - AutoWeek
But a tear or two might have been shed as the silver tailgate of our long-term 2010 Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 faded from view. Our year with the Ram can be distilled to this: We loved it. That wasn't a given when the truck showed up at One AutoWeek Tower. The Ram was the last all-new product Chrysler churned out before its white-knuckle ride through bankruptcy. And Chrysler bet big on the truck, abandoning leaf springs for coil springs in the rear suspension, a move that had many truck purists shaking their heads. More than one AutoWeek editor declared the Ram to be the best-riding truck--loaded or unloaded--that we've come across. Now, just because we're city dwellers doesn't mean we took it easy on the Ram. Yet this mill becomes a gas sipper, relatively speaking, at highway speeds when the cylinder-deactivation system coverts the V8 to a V4. Overall, we burned off 1,609 gallons of gasoline to rack up 24,330 miles on the Ram, with overall fuel economy... The Ram's interior, on the other hand, is above average. The leather-covered seats were comfortable and held up well during long stints on the road. Source: autoweek.com
