It is not unusual to see lesser, Fiat-primarily based Ram pickups — like the Strada and Toro-derived Ram 700 and 1000 — roaming Latin American roadways. Ram is doing the job on nevertheless a different compact truck for the region, especially focusing on the Brazilian market place. And this 1 is carrying a ton of buzz, if the first teaser’s any indicator.
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The new pickup is rumored to be named Rampage. Like the Toro and Ram 1000, it’ll be built upon the identical Modest Extensive 4×4 system that underpins the Jeep Compass and goes effectively back to the FCA times — other than it’ll be a bit extended.
In a video clip revealed last 7 days, Ram Brazil discovered that the new product has been created with aid from Auburn Hills.
The vast majority of specifics bordering the truck are nonetheless unidentified, but the teaser does glow a light-weight on a “Ram Turbo” badge, which spills a clue as to what powertrains we can count on. Mopar Insiders offers the same two-liter turbocharged inline-four that’s landed in anything from the Compass to the new Dodge Hornet and Wrangler 4xe. This motor will probably carry flex-gasoline functionality, which is a need to for Brazil. A diesel mill is envisioned to be supplied as nicely.
Sad to say, Ram loyalists who have been ready for the brand name to deliver a Maverick competitor to the U.S. will most likely have to keep killing time. Stellantis has a heritage of giving scaled-down pickups south of the border that it’s struggled to make a company situation for stateside. There have been rumblings of a midsize variation of the battery-electric Ram 1500 REV demonstrated to sellers, however the timeframe for its arrival is anyone’s guess.
In the meantime, we’ll have to admire the Rampage from afar. Ram Brazil did not supply any timeline for a full reveal, but it simply cannot be very considerably off now.