A Week With: Ram 1500 Rebel G/T

With all the comprehensive-dimension pickups on the street right now, it’s really hard to stand out — with out pushing the 6-determine mark anyway.

More and additional vans are starting to be a lot more conformist: squared off entrance stop, super straight sides with a 5-foot mattress on the again. Even choices from Toyota and Nissan which used to be diverse are turning into much more like their greater-offering U.S. counterparts hoping for acceptance in the sector.

The good news is, I have located a much less expensive way to split from the pack: the 2022 Ram Rebel G/T.

Oveview

Absolutely sure, truck followers know their Ford Silverados from their F-150 Sierras, but for the “it’s a pick’em up truck” crowd, the Rebel GT stands out — especially when it arrives in Flame Red like our tester. The Rebel was Ram’s first response to the Ford Raptor.

It was well-liked as well, profitable various awards for its functionality and excellent appears to be like on the other hand, it wasn’t very a sturdy in the horsepower office as the Raptor nor fairly as great an off-roader so it surrendered the Ram machismo crown to the 701-hp TRX a couple of years back. Even so, it did so with out giving up any of the attributes that designed it preferred.

Exterior

A single of those people things was its rough-and-all set exterior. It also will come with a activity efficiency hood, black grille, GT decals, cold air intake and cold finish exhaust. Oh … the 18-inch gloss black wheels on huge tires places you superior up over site visitors and in the pecking buy.

Interior

As difficult-to-disregard as the exterior of the Ram Rebel is, it’s the interior which is really the star. Roomy and relaxed — despite the fact that difficult to get into with no functioning boards, which our automobile did not have — it attributes leather bucket seats with significant bolsters that have been heated and cooled. 

The new flat-base steering wheel with aluminum paddle shifters within simple reach give experience of power and strength, augmented by the effectiveness-oriented ground shifter, functionality screens, and metal pedals. 

Powertrain

Speaking of which, the 5.7-liter V-8 with the eTorque moderate-hybrid aid is a 395-horsepower beast — and sounds like it too. Phase on the go pedal hard and they’ll hear you before they see you. It’s also an amazing towing device, easily dealing with a thing the dimensions of say, a 2014 Chevy Sonic. 

Security and Technologies

It also characteristics a slew of luxuries and niceties, such as large centre storage console, wireless cell phone charging, and a significant 12-inch tablet model touchscreen that provides the consumer access to everything from HVAC controls to up-to-the-moment information and facts about the truck’s motor. 

Driving Impressions

There is not substantially to dislike about the Rebel, if you are seeking at it for what it is: a loud and happy truck all set to handle just about anything you toss at it. I’m only sorry I did not get a prospect to take the four-by-four off the tarmac. 

Wrap Up

Nevertheless, like all huge, shiny pleasurable matters, they arrive at a price: in our scenario the Rebel starts off just in excess of $53,000 — not like the desired destination rate. If you add all the other goodies, you cross $70,000 in a hurry — but it doesn’t strategy the 6-figure mark. 

Our rig came in at $75,560, like the $1,795 place cost. The question is: three-quarters of the TRX or Raptor worthy of three-quarters of the price tag? Yes. I’d say so.