Ram 1500 Traditional loses regular-cab short-box configuration

Mopar Insiders had a take a look at Ram’s fleet info for the approaching mannequin 12 months and found an omission: No common cab with the six-foot four-inch brief field for 2023. The fifth-gen pickup has by no means supplied that configuration, however Ram has maintained the fourth-gen Ram Traditional as a stubby for the previous 4 mannequin years and to this point on the entry-level Tradesman and the Specific trims. In response to the paperwork, the common cab with the eight-foot lengthy field survives into subsequent 12 months. If this involves move for 2023, it should raise the worth of a two-wheel drive Ram Traditional Tradesman a “whopping” $300, from $32,130 after the $1,895 vacation spot payment to $32,430. The Specific MSRP jumps by a genuinely great amount, as a result of the choice above the regular-cab short-box is a Quad Cab short-box. The Specific goes from beginning at $33,630 to $40,990. 

Pruning the mannequin would additionally go away Ford and Chevrolet as the one pickup makers on this market that promote a full-size truck with two doorways, one row of seats, and one diminutive mattress. Ford makes that setup obtainable on the F-150 in XL and XLT varieties, Chevy does so solely with the Work Truck. 

Not like the opposite makers, nevertheless, Ram stashed an Easter egg in a number of the 1500 Traditional builds. There are 13 low-volume colours obtainable for $450 apiece, in comparison with the $100 or $200 up-charges for normal monotone exterior colours. Anybody who needs a shorty in hues like Mild Inexperienced (pictured), Nationwide Security Yellow, Faculty Bus Yellow, or Republic Blue ought to get on it. MI says the Ram will begin manufacturing of the 2023 1500 Traditional on January 3, 2023. 

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