Dodge Ram 50

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Dodge Ram 50
Manufacturer: Dodge
Production period: 1979-1993
Previous model: none
Successor: Dodge Dakota
See also Dodge Ram , the big pickup truck from Dodge.
1st generation
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Production period: 1979-1986
Designs: Pick up
Engines:
Petrol engines : 2.0-2.6 liters
(69-78 kW)
Diesel engine :
2.3 liters (63 kW)
2nd generation
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2nd generation Dodge Ram 50 (Regular Cab, short platform)

Production period: 1987-1993
Designs: Pick up
Engines:
Gasoline engines : 2.0-3.0 liters
(69-106 kW)
Length: 4501-4920 mm
Width: 1656-1687 mm
Height: 1481-1636 mm
Wheelbase: 2670-2949 mm

The Dodge Ram 50 (also D50 in 1979 and 1980) was a small pickup truck that Mitsubishi made for Chrysler and sold under the brand name Dodge from 1979 to 1993 . Plymouth offered the car as the Plymouth Arrow Truck from 1979 to 1982. Mitsubishi itself marketed this car as Mighty Max in the USA from 1982 , but by then the Plymouth was no longer available.

All-wheel drive was available from 1982; From then on, the car was called Power Ram 50 , which fits into the nomenclature of the Dodge model range ( the all-wheel drive models were called Power Ram ). A turbo diesel was also offered in the USA between 1983 and 1986 .

In 1987 the Ram 50 was redesigned, but in the same year Chrysler introduced the successor Dodge Dakota . Still, the Ram 50 was sold for another seven years, presumably because the Ram 50 was a small pickup and the Dakota was a medium-sized one. The difference in size and price left a niche for the Ram 50 and its discontinuation in 1993 was more out of the desire to be independent from Mitsubishi than because of the outdated product concept.

Engines:

  • 1979–1989: 2.0 liter R4 ohc Mitsubishi Astron 4G52 (69 kW)
  • 1979–1989: 2.6 liter R4 ohc Mitsubishi Astron 4G54 (78 kW)
  • 1983–1986: 2.3 liter R4 turbodiesel 4D55T (63 kW)
  • 1990–1993: 2.4 liter R4 ohc Mitsubishi Sirius 4G64 (87 kW)
  • 1990–1993: 3.0 liter V6 ohc Mitsubishi Sirius 6G72 (106 kW)

Alternative fuels: The Ram 50 accepts alternative fuels, e.g. B. E85 ; however, models prior to 1984 require some modifications.

Web links

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