Ram Updates Heavy Duty Pickups for 2025

Apparently pre-empting a planned public running of uncamouflaged development prototypes, Ram has released a set of images showing the upcoming changes for its Heavy Duty pickup trucks.

This mid-cycle refresh takes the form of new grilles and lighting signatures, a (relatively) cheap way to update a model without expensive retooling of fender shapes or other hard points. The change is most noticeable up front, with a startling new set of forward-facing peepers which remind this author of those terrifying spiders with a million eyeballs. The appearance of quad headlamps on each side of a fresh grille is eye-crossing to some and puts us slightly in mind of the Family Truckster.

As one would expect, there will be a raft of grille designs; shown here are ones featuring brightwork on an otherwise color-keyed trim plus a burly dark-hued effort on the Rebel trim. All have the trademark ‘nostrils’, now aligning with the upper edge of the headlamps from which a spear of running lamps are drawn.

The so-called power dome remains on the hood, as does the waterfall of black styling feature which incorporates the model name and weight class. Lighting treatment on those elephant-ear towing mirrors looks slightly different but that could just be a visual trick. Tow hooks, clearance lights, and comms antennas are all present and accounted for.

It’s a similar story out back in terms of illumination changes, though sharp eyes will notice a small change to the 4/7-pin trailer electrical plugs in the truck’s back bumper. For the next model year, some trims may have extra gear for customer-placed cameras and the like. Best to pick up a 7- to 4-pin adapter if you’re planning on hauling anything without electric trailer brakes (like a U-Haul car transporter that has hydraulics and a 4-pin electrical system) with a ’25 Ram Heavy Duty, just to be covered.

No details have been spilled about the powertrain, though the smart money is on a hike in torque since Detroit is locked in a perpetual mine-is-bigger-than-yours battle. We’ll find out those details later this year, perhaps at the State Fair of Texas in just a couple of weeks.

[Image: Ram]

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