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Not content material with confirming it should lastly launch its first international mid-size dual-cab ute in 2028, Ram has now additionally revealed it should introduce its first SUV in the identical 12 months.
As reported by Automotive Information, Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa informed monetary analysts on Friday, October 31 that Ram is concentrating on an on-sale date in 2028 for its first SUV.
No different particulars had been offered, however Mr Filosa stated Ram’s all-new SUV and mid-size pickup will give the model – which at present sells solely the Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and, within the US, the Ram ProMaster supply van – a “way more complete product vary”.
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As with its smaller pickup, which may very well be referred to as the Dakota, Ram is but to substantiate whether or not its first SUV might be produced in each left- and right-hand drive for international consumption.
Nonetheless, Mr Fliosa confirmed the SUV might be supplied with each petrol and extended-range electrical car (EREV) powertrains.
In September, Ram stated it had cancelled improvement of the all-electric Ram pickup that was to have been referred to as the REV – a reputation which is able to now apply to what it was referring to because the Ramcharger, which Ram says would be the world’s first ever range-extended full-size pickup.
That leaves the door open for Ram to make use of the Ramcharger identify for the EREV model of its upcoming SUV, which some reviews insist might be a big, body-on-frame wagon.
As a part of the Stellantis group that additionally contains Jeep, Dodge, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati, Ram has a number of ladder-frame platforms at its disposal.
Whereas a contemporary report final week indicated the Ford Ranger-sized ‘Dakota’ dual-cab might be primarily based on a special chassis to the Jeep Gladiator, each of these ladder chassis – and the Jeep Wrangler SUV’s – are more likely to be too compact for the Ram SUV.
Though Stellantis has additionally dedicated to producing a new-generation Dodge Durango in 2029, the massive SUV that at present bears that identify – launched in 2011 – is predicated on the identical car-like monocoque platform because the previous-generation (WK2) Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Sarcastically, the unique (1997-2003) Dodge Durango was primarily based on the identical Chrysler DN ladder chassis because the Dodge Dakota pickup, as was the second technology (2004-2009).
It’s extra probably due to this fact, that the Ram SUV will share lots of its parts with the now-Jeep-branded Grand Wagoneer, which is accessible within the US with Hemi petrol V8, Hurricane petrol six and, quickly, range-extended hybrid powertrains.
Primarily based on the Ram 1500 pickup, the newest Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer had been launched within the US in 2021 – initially with out Jeep branding – however final month Stellantis confirmed the previous might be phased out by 2026, making the present 2025 mannequin 12 months its closing iteration, whereas manufacturing of the Grand Wagoneer will proceed.
If the upcoming Ram SUV does make use of the Ramcharger identify, it could comply with the lead of the Dodge model, whose earlier Ramcharger fashions had been SUV counterparts to its full-size pickups, earlier than the Ram model was separated from Dodge in 2009.
The final Ram pickup-based Dodge Ramcharger SUV was discontinued within the US in 1993, however a third-generation mannequin continued to be offered in Mexico between 1999 and 2001.
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