What about the new Dakota's? no info on them? I am very curious..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Saw a new Ram
> The new Ram 1500 1/2 ton trucks were what you saw. I went to a Farm bureau
> meeting in Nashville not too long ago w/ a good friend of mine(Ron Daniels
> of Ron's Rod Shop if anybody knows who he is) and we sat across the table
> from the VP of marketing for Dodge trucks. Great guy, he was willing to
talk
> to us about what was happening w/ the new trucks. He told me the
following:
> The new 1/2 tons will be out this season(last week of August is what he
said
> then), the 3/4 tons will follow next season, and the 1 tons the year
after.
> He told us that when the new 3/4 tons come out, that there will be no
> "standard" diesel engine. If you want a diesel truck, you will have your
> choice of the Cummins ISB or a Mercedes/Freightliner engineered diesel(he
> wouldn't give us an indication of the cyl arrangement or the
> displacement,nor drivetrain updates/changes to be made w/ the new body
style
> or engines. He also said that if the new diesel wasn't ready that they
would
> wait and introduce it with the 1-tons). Also, news I was VERY happy to
hear,
> Dodge is actually going to compete in the 12,000 GVWR+ class with the
plans
> to introduce a "4500" series chassis. This is to compete with the
Chevy/GMC
> C3500HD chassis/ Ford F450/F550 chassis. This new series will either be
> introduced w/ the 1-tons or the following model year. HTH,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Puddlestompa@aol.com
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Saw a new Ram
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:22:02 EDT
>
> Actually I saw 6 of them, I was down in the industrial part of Portland
> Oregon sitting at a light and all of a sudden I notice a strange looking
> truck to my right turning right onto the road I was on, then I saw another
> and another and another and on it went. Luckily the light turned for me
and
> I was able to follow, actually i got right up along side of them. Three
> dark
> blue and three black, I believe they were all 1500's not positive thought,
> some extended cab, some quad, a few 4x4, a good mix. I think they were all
> short bed. Unfortunately I had to head to the freeway and they didn't, I
was
> on the clock and did not have my camera, if not I would have followed. I
> don't know what year these will be, probably 2002, I think pics of these
> have
> floated around the list before, not sure.
> My opinion, ugly, maybe a quad jakced up with a long bed would look good
but
> with the short beds, I did not like them at all. They looked like a Ferd
> 250
> and a Ram created a love child. My first thought when I saw them was that
> they were new 250's, oh well not every change has to be good, and who
knows
> they may grow on me.
>
> Aaron
> Vancouver, Wa
> 98 2WD 2.5L 4cyl RC
> http://www.hometown.aol.com/puddlestompa/mydak.html
>
>
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