This is the Rugged New Ram Dakota Nightfall Concept
Ram is expected to reveal a midsize truck for the U.S. market at some point soon, but the automaker’s smaller pickups have already infiltrated many nearby markets. Ram recently revealed the Dakota Nightfall concept, which previews a new truck for Brazil and other South American countries next year.
Given the name, it kind of feels like we’ll see a version of the truck at some point, but Ram hasn’t given any details on a potential U.S. release. The automaker has offered smaller trucks in Mexico and elsewhere, but this concept looks much more like an American-friendly midsize truck than the tiny unibody models seen to date.
The concept borrows styling elements from the Ram 1500 TRX, including a muscular hood with built-in LED lights, a large grille, and lifted suspension. It also features LED fog lights and a bed-mounted spare tire and sport bar system. The Dakota is far beefier and more truck-like than the small models seen to date, and the new truck will give Ram a stronger competitor for the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, and others.
While we don’t know what Ram will release here, the Dakota name is the most likely part of the concept to translate. The automaker is expected to build our truck using a body-on-frame design, which could mean one of the new Stellantis STLA platforms.
[Images: Ram/Stellantis]
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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Looks like a cheap Fiat (or that ilk) with a nose job.
That's a Changan truck currently sold as Fiat Titano/Peugeot Landtreck in South America. Ram version is getting new fascia and interior. They're making those in Argentina.
Unlikely to be sold in the US, unless something new happens between Trump and Javier Milei. Chicken tax would kill it.