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This is a discussion thread titled "2009 dodge ram???", within the Tundra forum, part of the Truck Forums category.
I do not think that is it. It looks a bit shopped, and NOTHING like the prototype pictures that Dodge released. Let me see if I can track those down. They changed the Ram to follow the current lines of the brand, like the Dakota.
I remember that one. Here's the one I saw, courtesy of Tundra Truckz. I tend to take this more seriously than a shop posted on the internet.
When a Dodge Ram pickup approaches from behind, there's no mistaking it from any other vehicle.
The Ram's front-end design has an over-the road, semitractor look to it. The design message is clear to those viewing it in their rearview mirrors: "Get out of my way." Other pickups look sedate by comparison.
But sources who have seen the re-engineered, restyled 2009 Ram say Dodge is moving away from the semitruck look toward something closer to the segment-leading Ford F-150. Spy photos have been scarce, but they hint at a look closer in spirit to the current Dodge Nitro or reskinned 2008 Dakota.
The exterior design has been the pickup's signature since the 1994 Ram debuted.
Jim Hall, an analyst at AutoPacific Inc. in suburban Detroit, says Chrysler can ill-afford to relinquish its design edge because the pickup market is the industry's most competitive.
"The current Ram is incredibly polarizing," he said. "If you have a product where half the public hates it and half loves it, that's OK."
With new entries from Toyota and Nissan and expected declines in sales volume in the segment over the next decade, the Ram's unique selling proposition is styling.
"If they lose their styling edge, they have to find another selling proposition, and that's not easy in what has become the most competitive large pickup market on the planet," Hall says.
Interior design is one area in which the Ram has fallen behind the Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado pickups.
Ralph Gilles, Chrysler vice president for Jeep, truck, advance interior and component design, says the next-generation Ram will be the first Chrysler vehicle to use a revised design process originating at the automaker's new advanced interior studio.
Chrysler's goal is to involve suppliers earlier in the process so the automaker can dictate what it wants, rather than have the end product be dictated by the suppliers' capabilities.
Getting the interior right in the 2009 Ram is crucial.
Says John Wolkonowicz, an analyst at Global Insight in Lexington, Mass.: "Ford raised the bar in 2004, and GM did in 2007. The Dodge pickup today is really uncompetitive from an interior standpoint."
Never again will I own a Dodge ! Their Customer Service is Crap too !
I agree but Dodge sell's more vs Toyota Tundra anyday . To be honest I like the Ram styling and always think there Design is Good the Ken worth Styling has also looked Better then anything The Toyota Tundra has done but Mopar Quality still's lack's and I wouldn't ever buy one or GM.
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I don't know if Toyota Quality is improving on the truck side hell the 5.7 liter cam issues and the Transmission failures enought reasons I would avoid this new Gen truck at all cost (been there done that )
I think when Toyota get's to big for there head's Quality has indeed slipped there. Toyota brand new Texas plant/new vendors is enought reason's this is happening .Sure the quality and improvments are better from a Toyota when it comes to build quality but first year stuff with new engine,New Tx plant etc on the Newer second Tundra (NO thanks) you can kept it I'll wait off..
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2009 dodge ram???
. To be honest I like the Ram styling and always think there Design is Good the Ken worth Styling has also looked Better then anything The Toyota Tundra has done but Mopar Quality still's lack's and I wouldn't ever buy one or GM.
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