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Future Vehicles 2008 Dodge Rampage!
40 messages, Last post on Feb 21, 2007 at 7:05 PM
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Replying to: bubbahotep (Apr 21, 2006 8:54 am) BTW, Hoow far down are the Dakotas sells right now? Last I heard was they were down 25%. OUCH!  I think that the Rampage will be a chance for Dodge to hop on the enconomy-friendly train and get serious but they will screw it up if they try to sport tune it like they have EVERY OTHER vehichle they make. I think Dodge over done the Hemi when the Magnum was introduced with Hemi power ( C'mon...a souped up station wagon? ) 
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Replying to: 79customd (Apr 24, 2006 1:45 pm) Tacoma 14,842 14,363 Colorado/Canyon 10,144 13,966 Ranger 9,628 11,098 Frontier 7,409 5,104 Dakota 6,749 11,840 Ridgeline 4,655 3,297 Isuzu i Series 638 0 Well, here's the most recent numbers. If one single sales month helps anyone decide the future of the light truck market!  A diesel motor would help all of these be more efficient. Hopefull the EPA will settle down and be consistent with their annual rule changes! Hopefully the Rampage will come to pass. Being that it would be off a completely different platform than a Dakota (which is heavily related to the Ram), I'm not so sure the success of one will mean the demise of the other. BTW the Dodge Magnum is impressive. Any car based wagon that can be outfitted to tow 3,850lbs is a damn useful design! Caddy's SRX can tow 4,250 lbs as well. Both solid platforms for a light duty rampage truck...possibly! Not sure if they'll offer the fold flat seats though.  
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If the Rampage comes to pass, then what? Dodge pops the Hemi in it too? Dodge has the Hemi in their trucks, cars, station wagon, and the Rampage is gonna be car based right? Minivan Hemi??? Dodge ought to put some serious thought into researching a new engine that is about a 3.0L V6 that they can dub the SEMI HEMI  Dodge has totally abused the Hemi. Back in the 70s. The Hemi was rare and only found in muscle cars. Now...um...its in trucks and statio wagons? SEMI HEMI would at least get better mileage and would not be against history. I dunno maybe thats just me talking. Tubb Bilford Jr |
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So the Dakota is down over 40%. Having sold for Dodge this year, the Dakota has the anti-buzz going for it. That's kinda why I created this forum! The Rampage can't take down Tacoma, even with a Hemi, but it can pass Ranger/Frontier/Colorado. Colorado is even sorrier than Dakota! Or just as sorry (that's a tough one!) Considering the size of the Rampage concept, I'd bet on whatever high end V-6 that goes into the Chrysler Minivan for 2008, and the Hemi being the engine lineup. Finally, the 4.7 gets a room in Retirement Village! Woo-Hoo!  I must fill out my survey now. DrFill |
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| Finally at least the Dak waont be competing with the Ram for sales. The Dak is down 40%? Dag! Dodge better drop that fast before it pulls them under. Thats still kinda funny that dodge is replacing the Dak with a Caravan based truck! Its humorus to me! | |
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| i can see why they are not selling the Dakota. The stering colum is to low! I am 6'3" 230lbs. and i can not get my lags under the colum. If i did i would have the stering wheel in my chest. and i could not put my lags straight. Now this new one looks cooler and is longer but they put it behind the seat and took seat room from it. If they will stop having short people making these cars and trucks and put the room back in them. I was going to buy one till i found i could not get in it and i would say noone fits in it but short people like ladys! Trucks are a man think so make them for us USA men not the Japan men. I hope this new truck fits better thats all i can say or the same thing will happen to this truck, noone buying. | |
| If you read the article about it on allpar.com you'll understand why this truck most likely wont be produced but rather one of their many test vehicles to test the waters for a dakota replacement. If your to lazy to click on that link and read the article this is the reasoning on why they wont produce this (This is pretty clearly a "what if" concept that stretches the boundaries; it's a test of ideas, not a look at an actual, upcoming vehicle. In short, don't expect to see a Dodge Rampage in 2008 or 2009; it probably won't happen. We might see something based on the Dakota (who decided that Dodge didn't need a compact or mid-sized pickup, but needed two full-size pickups, anyway?) or the Mitsubishi compact pickup; or we might not. But a Hemi-powered front-wheel-drive vehicle with the potential to have a temporary rear-wheel weight bias (when loaded up) is a lawsuit magnet.) < allpa.com for the whole article http://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/dodge/rampage.html | |
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FWD is not an option, but Hemi, cool retro name, and "I'm a good-looking Ridgeline" style are essential for the Rampage! If they keep the Dakota name, after this dud, there is no hope for the Chrysler in the mid-size market. Haven't seen a more perfect name for a P/U since they were actually named "Pickup"! DrFill |
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Replying to: callmedrfill (Feb 10, 2006 2:37 pm) |
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Poorly, the Rampage can only come as part of the 2009 Ram redesign, which has been stated at AllPar's site. Having seen the Rampage again last month, I hope the Rampage has a major influence over the next Ram, and not the Nitro's styling, which hasn't exactly set the market afire. DrFill |
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