Ram’s still far-off midsize pickup is shaping up to be a rugged body-on-frame pickup if this report from
Automotive News is correct. We would assume that because its supplier sources claim the smaller Ram will be built at the same Toledo plant as the current
JL Wrangler and upcoming
Wrangler pickup, aka Scrambler.
It’s already been a long road of back and forth about whether or not Ram would build the small pickup.
Mike Manley, now the CEO of FCA following
Sergio Marchionne’s passing, confirmed the brand’s intentions of bringing a midsize truck to market when explaining the company’s five-year plan a few months back. At the time, rumors pointed to a unibody construction with production taking place in Mexico. The possibility of Ram bringing a version of the
1200 pickup here has been tossed around, but we doubt Ram would come to market with a rebadged
Mitsubishi against the developing stiff competition.
That segment is quickly becoming crowded with the impending arrival of the
Ford Ranger and the already successful
Colorado/
Canyon twins and venerable Toyota Tacoma. Ram could try using the
Dakota name to jumpstart sales, but it looks like it’ll be last to the party in this midsize truck renaissance. Its Jeep cousin is expected to be revealed later this year and on the market in 2019, and we’ve already seen a lot of it
in spy shots, and even
on the Rubicon Trail. The report predicts we’ll see a midsize Ram as a 2021 model, going on sale sometime in 2020. However, back in June this year, FCA’s presentation pegged the smaller Ram’s arrival for 2022. It’s a long ways out either way, so we’ll keep you up to date as the small Ram saga continues.
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