![]() Alas, the R/T is no top-speed champ, with its governor dropping anchor at 106 mph. Both figures are at the strong end for current production pickups and just 0.5-second behind the mighty SRT10. The truck returned an impressive 5.4-second dash to 60 mph, with the quarter-mile passing in 14.1 at 99 mph. But the Hemi’s 410 lb-ft of torque and the quick-thinking, many-geared ’box win the day when you mash the go pedal. At 5106 pounds, it’s not light-for example, the standard chrome 22-inch wheels wrapped in 285/45-series all-season Goodyears weigh about 90 pounds each. The lone engine choice is the 395-hp, 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 it backs up to an 8HP70 eight-speed automatic that spins a 3.92:1 rear-axle ratio. The 20 R/T, for example, comes awfully close to hitting the performance marks of its wilder predecessors yet also delivers a level of refinement those bruisers lacked.īased on the mid-level Sport trim, the 2015 R/T looks like a proper sport truck and is available only in rear-wheel-drive, standard-cab form with a six-foot, four-inch box. ![]() While refinement, towing capability, and off-road prowess have since taken precedence over outright speed, Chrysler will still sell you a quick, cool truck. It set the (still-standing) top-speed record for production trucks at nearly 155 mph. Pickups focused on performance had existed before-see Express, Li’l Red-but such exercises in silliness peaked when Dodge stuffed the Viper’s 500-hp V-10 into the Ram’s engine bay and created the monstrous SRT10-with a manual transmission no less. Of course, the most dichotomous new species was the sport truck. The pickup boom of the 1990s and early 2000s brought an explosion of model configurations and trims, as more and more people began using these once-workhorses as their everyday vehicles.
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