It’s coming, simply not for us.
Stellantis not too long ago took the wraps off the 2024 Ram Rampage. Nevertheless, earlier than you get excited on the prospect of a brand new rival to Ford’s widespread Maverick, know that this upcoming small pickup truck gained’t be bought in North America. A minimum of for the brief and medium time period, Rampage will likely be unique to Argentina and Brazil.
As with different Stellantis autos just like the Charger and Challenger, Rampage is a reputation from the previous, this time from a small pickup that was produced within the early Nineteen Eighties and primarily based on the profitable Omni hatchback.
Just like the 80s Rampage, the 2024 model employs unibody development versus the extra widespread body-on-frame design. Whenever you see its exterior styling, you possibly can fairly simply inform that a lot of it was penned in the US. It appears to be like like a pint-sized model of the wildly widespread Ram 1500 full-size truck.
The cabin adopts a distinct design motif that’s tailor-made to swimsuit the wants of its market. As an alternative of a big, portrait-oriented infotainment show like on the Ram 1500, the Rampage adopts a extra conventional widescreen panorama unit. General, not less than primarily based on the few teaser pictures offered by Stellantis, the cabin appears to take after the Dodge Hornet versus the corporate’s different Ram and Jeep merchandise.
The engine additionally comes from Stellantis’ North American steady. It’s the two.0-liter “Hurricane” turbocharged 4-cylinder present in fashions just like the Jeep Compass and Wrangler. That’s mainly all we all know concerning the drivetrain. If we needed to guess, anticipate the motor to output nearer to the 270 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque accessible within the Wrangler versus the 200 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of the Compass.
Full specs and pricing will likely be accessible nearer to the truck’s late-2023 on-sale date. As Rampage was designed particularly for the South American market, we anticipate beginning costs to be comparatively inexpensive.
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CG Says:
The 2024 Rampage has all of the makings of being an absolute residence run within the areas the place it will likely be bought. Given the recognition of the equally sized Ford Maverick, we marvel why a model of this little rig isn’t slated for a North American launch. Possibly if there’s sufficient clamoring from most of the people, the powers that be at Stellantis will rethink.
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