# 2009 Dodge Ram Unveiled **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 15, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394 "2008-01-15T09:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/1 "2008-01-15T09:54:21Z")
[http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autoshow/Detroit2008/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=6001142](http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autoshow/Detroit2008/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=6001142) The storage compartment on the side is definitely different. The interior is alittle too luxurious for my liking considering it’s a truck. I still think I like the older style Ram 1500’s better (2001-2003) They still had the rough and rugged look of a TRUCK inside. I’d be almost afraid to dirty up the interior of this new Ram they have coming out. ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/2 "2008-01-15T09:58:04Z")
side compartment thing is great! chrome should never be on a truck ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/3 "2008-01-15T10:04:30Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > side compartment thing is great! > > chrome should never be on a truck On a truck meant to be a “work” truck…i think the front end is ugly as hell, at a glance the head lights look like the previous gen. Fords :confused ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/4 "2008-01-15T10:07:18Z")
every truck is meant as a work truck, right? Do not mention the escalade ext or that Lincoln ugliness. Those are not trucks, but instead SUVs with the back hacked off ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/5 "2008-01-15T11:07:06Z")
I don’t think you can say that every truck is meant as a work truck… Chevy S10 - small/non-powerful Toyota X-Runner - performance, 2wd Escalade EXT - luxury Hummer H2(the mini pick-up version) - luxury Ford Ranger - small/non-powerful Toyota Tacoma - small/non-powerful Ford Lightning - performance, 2wd Chevy Silverado SS - performance, 2wd Dodge SRT-10 - performance, 2wd Now tell me your going to go in thick mud on a rainy day on a construction site with an X-Runner or a SRT-10, or go and pull some heavy machinery with a Ranger or S-10 :confused ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/6 "2008-01-15T11:12:20Z")
They did make a more heavier duty S-10 though, the ZR-1 or whatever they called it. S-10’s were more for maintenance type duty trucks. Same with the Ranger, I know they made a slightly more heavy duty type one from the base model. Tacoma’s, especially the newer ones are a lot more beefier and can definitely be considered work trucks for the typical construction work. S-10’s, Rangers, Dakota’s, and Tacoma’s weren’t intended for big towing capacity that’s why they made 1/2 ton pick up’s. I like the new front end of the Dodge Ram, it kinda looks like the headlights off the Charger at a first glance. ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/7 "2008-01-15T11:27:28Z")
so in order to be a work truck, it needs to haul heavy shit through mud? I don’t think so I can get a lot of work done in a simple 2wd 4cyl tacoma. now we are getting trim specific? The Ram is a work truck, the F-150 is a work truck. The performance trim trucks are just modified versions of that. The core of every truck is a work truck. ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/8 "2008-01-15T11:31:46Z")
I’m just saying, all those trucks are work trucks but you can’t be hauling a dick load of weight around them. The different trim levels offer more heavier work loads, not trying to get out of preportion. I completely agree with you though on the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/9 "2008-01-16T01:15:42Z")
i like the idea of the side box, but how much cargo space is lost due to that? the nissans had something similar, they utilized the area behind the rear wheel. I still think the 02/03-05/06 is the BEST looking ram. I truly do not care for the 07’s angled headlights. but alas, I doubt I will be buying an expensive ass truck anytime soon, as I cannot forsee a need ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/10 "2008-01-16T06:40:58Z")
that side compartment is the shit, you could TOTALLY PUT YOUR WEED IN THERE. ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-dodge-ram-unveiled/235394/11 "2008-01-16T10:45:03Z")
> [@bennyfizzle](#): > > that side compartment is the shit, you could TOTALLY PUT YOUR WEED IN THERE. :lol :banana