Ram 3500 Diesel Crew Cab 4x4: a giant hard worker with incredible abilities

It is understandable that this is not an SUV that could be used in everyday life, that is, it is not a car that could be replaced by a conventional passenger car. Ram 3500 Diesel Crew Cab 4x4 is a vehicle that will make you want to get dressed in overalls, tighten working gloves, and also buy cement, wire and other building materials. Because the main theme of this car is work. You can equip your car with a wide variety of different additions - the version that participated in the test described in this article had additions of eighteen thousand dollars. However, most of these improvements relate directly to work, and not to aesthetic decorations. And even such luxury items as leather trim, navigation, heated seats, premium audio system and modern telematics, add only a touch of civilization to this primitive beast.

General specifications

So that you can better imagine what the Ram 3500 is, you should take a look at these figures: 385 horsepower, 1220 Nm of torque, 7,390 pounds of lifting capacity, 31210 pounds of towing traction. Other similar off-road cars, of course, have even more impressive performance of the engine, but the torque in this case was significantly improved - by almost 50 Nm compared with the previous version. The flagship of this sector from Ford also has a more impressive payload, but the Ram 3500 gained traction advantage due to the increased torque index.

Application

To fully understand the power of this car, you need to drive on off-road, go to the river bank or something like that. That once again proves that this car is not one on which it is possible to go to work on weekdays, and on a weekend - to go for a picnic. Separately it is worth noting that any uneven asphalt can already beat on the suspension, which makes everyday use of this car in the city line impossible.

Sound accompaniment

Just worth emphasizing that the suspension elements that are there to maintain the cargo, not particularly designed for travel light - you do not get any pleasure from it. But nevertheless it should be noted that this machine is designed for work, not for pleasure. And while the diesel engine sounds pretty manly, you will never mistake it with a petrol. Of course, it is not as noisy as the diesel engines used previously, but its sound will be enough to understand that all the action under the hood occurs without the participation of spark plugs.

Diesel engine

Diesel engines are often aimed at efficiency, and in this regard, this car can surprise you that its fuel consumption is 16 miles per gallon. However, there was no surprise in the issue of overclocking - the car went from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 8.6 seconds - this could be expected from a giant weighing more than four tons. The main competitor of this car from the "Ford", which weighs only a hundred pounds less, coped with this acceleration for a whole second faster. However, it should not be forgotten that the "Ford" fuel consumption is much higher - one gallon is enough for him not 16, but only 12 miles.

Brake distance

As for the braking distance, the results here are quite suitable for the standards of such giant cars - at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the braking distance is 206 feet. And although the brakes did not fail during braking, they still shuddered at this treatment, and for some time until the stop the rear axle of the car jumped a little. Of course, this is just a test, and it is unlikely that anyone in real life decides to brake from one hundred kilometers per hour so dramatically, but still the feeling is far from the most pleasant.

Cost

This primitive monster-hard worker, however, has a rather impressive price tag. In all three versions of the machine, on sale, one diesel engine already costs eight thousand dollars. The total cost of the car can be on average around 75 thousand dollars. All of the above just confirms the fact that the Ram 3500 Diesel Crew Cab 4x4 has incredible labor ability. But you need to make sure that the work that will be performed on it will be just as impressive as the SUV itself.