Ram Adds More Zest to Lineup Via G/T Trims

by Tim Healey

Published: July 7th, 2021

ram adds more zest to lineup via g t trims

The list of trims within any given truck model always seems endless.

Well, Ram is adding one more trim for its 1500 Laramie and Rebel models.

The G/T trim adds cold-air intake, cold-end exhaust, paddle shifters, performance pages (shows data such as 0-60 times), metal pedals, specific front bucket seats with extra bolstering, all-weather floor mats from Mopar, and a console-mounted floor shifter.

The trim will be available on Crew Cab trucks with the 5.7-liter V8 that has a mild-hybrid setup and makes 395 horsepower and 410 lb-ft of torque.

Base Laramie G/Ts will start at $55,480 and the Rebel G/T will base at $55,375. Those prices don’t include the $1,695 destination fee.

It’s just one more trim, and one more way for Ram to make some money. Yet we can’t imagine a few subtle tweaks hurt performance.

[Images: Stellantis/Ram]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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NigelShiftright on Jul 08, 2021

I'm sure this has been discussed to death long before I signed up here, but I am at a loss as to why anyone would want paddle shifters on a street vehicle.* Trying to shift while turning is just so damn awkward as your hands are only sometimes in the right position on the wheel to hit the paddles. The no-drama commuter car in our carport is a base model Kia Optima, and when in "manual mode" you shift by flicking the console shifter itself forward and back. So much smoother and more natural for anyone who has many years of three-pedal driving muscle memory. * paddle shifters are probably fine on open-wheel racers with steering yokes that are what, 150 degrees lock to lock, and the paddles are as big as the whole side of the yoke.

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- FreedMike on Jul 08, 2021
  
  My car has paddle shifters, and I don't see your beef.
  
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- Flipper35 on Jul 08, 2021
  
  They are nice when towing and you don't have a proper manual transmission or a PRND87654321 for the automatic. It works the same as your Kia and older Mopar vehicles, just is on the wheel instead of the floor.
  
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- CKNSLS Sierra SLT on Jul 08, 2021
  
  Flipper35 Have you towed with a truck that has the "tow-haul" mode engaged? You do not need paddle shifters when using this feature. The electronically controlled transmission does exactly what it's programmed to do-inc. automatically down shifting when it detects you are trying to slow down. The "tow-haul" mode is great!
  
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- Millerluke on Jul 08, 2021
  
  I feel you, Nigel. I have a '19 Camry that has both paddles and a manually operated console shifter. I never use the paddles - if I need/want to shift myself, I just use the console shifter. It's pretty decent, certainly better than normal auto mode, but it's still a Toyota automatic...
  
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- Tankinbeans on Jul 08, 2021
  
  Speaking strictly for myself, I will sometimes use the flappy paddle in my Mazda to preload 2nd gear going into a turn onto the freeway. Since I don't knock it into full manual mode, I give it the beans and the car takes over after I've turned. There are times when the Mazda transmission stumbles a little bit. It's a nitpick to be sure, since the rest of the car is generally really good. The flappy paddles ameliorate some of the problems. I'm not sure if other manufacturers do this, but Mazda has a full manual mode, where the car won't intervene generally, and they have "direct mode" which is a temporary mode for on the fly manual shifting.
  
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- DenverMike on Jul 08, 2021
  
  Nigel, Puzzled. Honestly, where are your hands at 90 or 100 degrees? That's a fairly sharp, low speed turn with little need for shifting in it, if at all. Anyway, shouldn't gear changes happen before or after the meat of the turn or apex?
  
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- Lou_BC on Jul 08, 2021
  
  @DenverMike Drifter?
  
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JMII on Jul 08, 2021

Too bad they didn't lower it and go full street / muscle truck mode. Love the monochrome look.

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