It also helps the brakes haul the truck to a stop with considerable force. Not that the 1500 feels slow by any means all that power in the smallest, lightest pickup in the Ram stable means the truck flies when you ask it to. The former made acceleration a bit quicker than it might have been, the latter helped put the Hemi’s power down in slippery conditions. My test truck came with a 3.92:1 rear axle and a limited-slip differential. The six-speed automatic shifts with authority but feels clunky and outdated - the optional eight-speed would’ve been smoother, more fuel efficient and would have made the 1500 Express quicker off the line, as well. A recent back-to-back drive with the much more expensive Ford F-150 Tremor and its twin-turbo V-6 engine gave the crown of best-sounding truck to the Ram, hands-down, thanks to that traditional V-8 rumble. Around town, it means instant acceleration and maximum bass through the truck’s exhaust. It also pumps out 410 lb-ft of torque, good enough to lay down some massive stripes if smoky burnouts are your thing. The best part about the Express is what comes under the hood - a 395-horsepower, 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Unfortunately, the Express is also built to a price, so things like a spray-in bedliner and a trailer hitch receiver for towing are extra-cost options. There’s very little chrome for a pickup, but it has a custom sport-truck look to it that’s fantastic. Despite its being cheap, it looks complete - body-colored bumpers front and back, blacked-out trim, fog lamps and big 20-inch painted wheels don’t make it look like a stripped-down model. The least expensive version is the one I drove: a standard cab with the regular bed, in 4×2 configuration. The Express is limited to a few body styles: only regular or quad cab with the 6-foot-4-inch bed, or crew cab with the shorter 5-foot-7-inch bed. Instead, Ram has made a few cost-careful cosmetic choices to emphasize sportiness. The Express is the base version of the truck, so there isn’t much flash.
Bareme kilometre 2014 update#
The Dodge Ram light-duty truck got an update for the 2013 model year, making it one of the most attractive pickups on the market. What do you get for the money you do spend? Not much, it turns out - not even some of the basics that people have come to expect in modern vehicles, though that hasn’t stopped the Express trim from being massively popular with Ram customers. Take a Tradesman body type work truck, add a few appearance items, give it a Hemi V-8 engine and - voila: an attractive, two-door, sporty pickup that just happens to be the least-expensive V-8-powered truck in America. The folks at Ram, however, think a good pickup doesn’t have to be so expensive - and to prove it, they built the 20 Tradesman/Express. Even average, midlevel versions can go for nearly $50,000 when you start adding options.
Pickup trucks are expensive, far more now than they used to be, with the sticker prices of more well-optioned rigs easily topping $70,000. In the age of expensive pickup trucks, you can still get a great deal for under $30,000 - but in the case of the 20 Express, the content you’ll have to sacrifice to get there may be too much.
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