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It's powerful enough for casual truck users, and is rated at 17/25 mpg-18 mpg city when stop/start technology is specified, making it the best full-size truck by a wide margin. The hoary old Chrysler V-6, a 3.7-liter that made an anemic 210 horsepower, has been dropped in favor of a Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 tuned to make 305 horsepower and 269 pound-feet of torque. The Laramie Longhorn remains the standout of the lineup, with unique burl walnut real-wood trim and plush leather. Ram designers designed the new rotary selector to be easy to use with work gloves, and it's intended to be the same across a wide range of seating options and layouts. And, perhaps most notably, trucks with the new eight-speed automatic will get a new rotary shift selector-located just on the left side of the lower center stack, with buttons for the transfer case located conveniently just below. The interior look has been only modestly redesigned, but materials and trims are completely new, with the center stack reworked and all-new climate-control interfaces and multimedia and infotainment systems. The Ram's interior gets many of the same improvements that Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep vehicles have seen over the past couple of years. And there are five new exterior hues, including some two-tone themes.
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Polished stainless steel running boards have been added down below, and a new 6'-4” bed option is offered in Crew Cab models.
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Headlamps also get a new design, with a twin-beam projector design plus LEDs now used in the running lamps, turn signals, side-marker lamps, and tail lamps. New vertically oriented foglamps have been added, while 4WD models get larger openings for the tow hooks. Designers have made the front grille slightly taller, and added a new upper fascia panel, while the Ram crosshair grille is now flush. All that said, on the outside there's not all that much to distinguish the 2013 model from the 2012-unless you're already a Ram or Dodge fan. Over the years, its scaled-down big-rig look makes it easy to spot from a distance. Chrysler calls the Ram 1500 “the most recognizable pickup on the road,” and we fully agree.