Ram Adds More Zest to Lineup Via G/T Trims

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

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]

Tim Healey
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 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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    • Lou_BC Lou_BC on Jul 08, 2021

      @DenverMike Drifter?

  • JMII JMII on Jul 08, 2021

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

  • Ajla If I was Ford I would just troll Stellantis at all times.
  • Ronin It's one thing to stay tried and true to loyal past customers; you'll ensure a stream of revenue from your installed base- maybe every several years or so.It's another to attract net-new customers, who are dazzled by so many other attractive offerings that have more cargo capacity than that high-floored 4-Runner bed, and are not so scrunched in scrunchy front seats.Like with the FJ Cruiser: don't bother to update it, thereby saving money while explaining customers like it that way, all the way into oblivion. Not recognizing some customers like to actually have right rear visibility in their SUVs.
  • MaintenanceCosts It's not a Benz or a Jag / it's a 5-0 with a rag /And I don't wanna brag / but I could never be stag
  • 3-On-The-Tree Son has a 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 and I have a 2009 C6 Corvette LS3 6spd. And on paper they are pretty close.
  • 3-On-The-Tree Same as the Land Cruiser, emissions. I have a 1985 FJ60 Land Cruiser and it’s a beast off-roading.
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