The least-high-priced Ram 1500 Rebel off-road pickup you can buy will established you again a smidge additional than $47,000. Why does this issue? Due to the fact if you’d like a new Ram 1500 with some 4×4 goodness baked in for considerably less dough, then you either have to have to get imaginative with the choices on, say, a 4-wheel-push foundation 1500 Tradesman or a minimal-degree 1500 Lone Star or Big Horn. Or you can verify out the new-for-2022 Ram 1500 BackCountry.
This new off-road Ram model starts at $41,780 and incorporates 4WD, the 1500’s 5.7-liter V-8 motor, and an prolonged cab (or Quad Taxi in Ram-discuss) overall body. A basic Ram Rebel extended cab comes with a V-6 engine and costs countless numbers much more. BackCountry Rams are primarily based on the Lone Star or Significant Horn trims, the next-from-the-bottom trim degree whose name depends on irrespective of whether or not it’s marketed at a Texas dealer or at one inside of the 49 other states—guess which one particular is which.
Whilst not as sturdy or unique as the 1500 Rebel’s off-highway package deal, which includes the likes of 33-inch Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tires and an aggressive hood style, the BackCountry treatment method is nonetheless captivating. There are all-terrain tires, skid plates, hill-descent regulate, off-street shocks, and an digital-locking rear differential. Most of these BackCountry bits are off-the-shelf 1500 possibilities, mainly hailing from the Off-Street Group, which includes the skid plates, tow hooks, locking rear differential, and shocks. Ram also throws in the Bed Utility Team and its spray-in bedliner, bed lighting, bed step, adjustable tie-downs, and mattress extender. Ditto the Mopar ground mats, black-tinted headlights, and black body trim.
We might say fail to remember the BackCountry badging on the dashboard and the spiffy body-color grille and two-tone paint and instead emphasis on how all of this exclusive-edition Ram’s components merge for a screamin’ deal of a price tag. A Ram 1500 Rebel with the exact same cab and 5.7-liter V-8, for instance, runs a neat $50,660, and a typical 1500 Lone Star or Huge Horn with the Off-Street Team, Mattress Utility Group, and assorted BackCountry-matching choices goes for almost $50,000 (2021 design year). If you can live with the comparatively easy black cloth inside and 7.-inch Uconnect touchscreen (and ready till the end of 2021 to purchase one), you can have an outdoorsy Ram truck for not a full lotta cash.
