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1987 Dodge Ram 50 Causes Other Japanese Pickups to Hallucinate Autoweek 2 hrs ago Murilee Martin © Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation A television commercial for the 1987 Dodge Ram, demonstrating its superiority (in certain areas) to the Toyota Hilux, Nissan Hardbody, and the Mazda B2000. Once Ford and GM developed their homegrown Ranger and S-10, respectively, Chrysler was the last of the Detroit Big Three to continue selling rebadged Japanese small pickups in the United States. The Mitsubishi Triton, known on these shores as the Mighty Max (with Mitsubishi badging) an...

On the Road Review: Ram 1500 TRX The TRX costs double what a regular Ram crew cab generally sells for. A base TRX, crew cab only, starts at $71,690 and the Flame Red TRX shown comes in at $87,170. By TIM PLOUFFThe Ellsworth American Share In the late fall of 2014, FCA’s Dodge Division threw down the gauntlet in the ‘pony car’ wars with the introduction of the supercharged Hellcat Challenger SRT, instantly creating a marketing and performance monster that has altered the trajectory of sales for any product since equipped with this over-achieving engine. Today, the Hellcat 6.2-liter V-8...

1986 Dodge Caravan Is an American Revolution Autoweek 2/16/2021 © Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation When Chrysler ruled the minivan world. When the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan appeared for the 1984 model year, the American automotive landscape changed forever. Here were vans based on the efficient front-wheel-drive K Platform, roomier yet more efficient than big station wagons and more sensible for real-world driving than full-frame trucks… and none of the other manufacturers could match them for at least a few more years. Here's a magazine advertisement for the 1986 Caravan,...

What Was the Final US-Market Car with a Four-Speed Transmission? The last four-speed manuals sold in 2002, but what about four-speed automatics? Oldsmobile Division, General Motors The first truly successful automatic transmission had four forward speeds and could be purchased in new 1940 Oldsmobiles. For decade after decade, though, most two-pedal cars sold here had either two or three speeds; only in the early 1980s did the overdrive-equipped four-speed automatic become commonplace on American roads. The four-speed automatic stayed with us until very, very recently… so what was the very...