A brawny and rugged truck with massive attitude
It’s 2015 and some of you may have returned to the office or your business with a really bullish kick-butt attitude. So here is something to rev your engine even more even though it will not be available in South Africa. But then again, if you are bullish enough, you can simple import one - can’t you?
The new 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel brings a one-of-a-kind off-road design to the full-size truck segment. “Offering an off-road-style package on the Ram 1500 has been on our to-do list for some time but the right combination didn’t present itself until now,” said Bob Hegbloom, president and CEO – Ram Truck Brand, FCA US LLC. “The Rebel drops right into a core segment of the truck market with unique design cues and can-do attitude backed by Ram Truck engineering.
“New exterior design highlights Rebel features an all-new grille with prominent billet silver “RAM” letter badge. Departing from the brand’s iconic “cross-hair” designs, the blacked-out Rebel grille tops a completely new black off-road front bumper design with a durable powder-coated surface, which incorporates a powder coated, billet silver skid plate, new front tow hooks and new LED fog lamps. Black bezel bi-functional projector headlamps with LED marker lights lie beneath an aluminum, twin-snorkel sport hood.
The Ram 1500 Rebel features all-new 17-inch aluminum wheels. Among the most elaborate designs found in mass production, the new one-piece wheel incorporates matte black painted accent pockets and multi-angled surfaces linked to the Rebel’s off-road bias.
The rearview is a bold new “RAM” stamped tailgate with blacked-out lettering. The “Rebel” and “4×4” badge emphasise the truck’s uniqueness. Rebel includes an optional backup camera, providing a better field of vision when manoeuvring.
Inside the Rebel is every bit as brawny and rugged as it is outside, featuring dramatic, industry-exclusive seating elements. High-durability technical grain vinyl seats are finished in Radar Red and Black with Sedoso fabric inserts embossed with the Toyo tyre tread pattern. The Rebel’s heated steering wheel is wrapped with semi-perforated black leather, accented with Radar Red X-stitches.
The Rebel’s trail-running capability gets a boost with 1.0-inch raised ride height for improved off-road approach, departure and breakover angles. Bilstein supplies front and rear shocks with unique tuning and a new steering calibration is matched to the Rebel’s increased ride height.
Rebel is available exclusively as a crew cab model with 5 feet/seven-inch bed length. Both 3,6-litre Pentastar V-6 and 5,7-liter HEMI power trains are offered, as is a choice of either 4X2 (HEMI only) or 4X4 configurations. RamBox is optional.
The 3,6-litre Pentastar V-6 engine (Ward’s 10 Best Engines Award winner three years in a row) with variable-valve timing (VVT) offers 227kW. The legendary 5,7-litre HEMI V-8 with fuel-saving cylinder shut-off and VVT provide 295kW. Ram 1500 Rebel trucks are available in 4×2 or 4×4 powertrains with 3,92 or 3,21 gear ratios.
The class-exclusive eight-speed automatic transmission (TorqueFlite 8) – standard equipment with the Rebel’s 3,6-litre V-6 Pentastar and 5,7-litre HEMI V-8 engines, which improves drivability and enhances fuel efficiency.
The 2015 Ram 1500 is built at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant (Warren, Michigan), which has built more than 12,5 million trucks since it started operations in 1938. Crew Cab and Regular Cab models of the 2015 Ram 1500 are built at the Saltillo Truck Assembly Plant in Saltillo, Mexico.
Source: Netcarshow.com
