Ram announces their upcoming “FastLane 2030” business plan for the United States and North America. The upcoming 2028 Ram Dakota is a big part of it, and we now have new details. Ram says they are planning a high-performance Dakota SRT model. Stellantis showed many of these pre-production vehicles to financial and industry analysts. No cameras were allowed into this meeting. Here is what we know so far. Let’s dig in!
The new Ram Dakota midsize pickup truck will begin production in North America on a shared platform. We expect the Dakota to share its platform with the upcoming refreshed Jeep Gladiator. The Dakota production will begin in 2028.
Ram says the upcoming Dakota will be “the most powerful mid-size truck” as they anticipate. This is very interesting. Currently, the most powerful and fun midsize truck is the Ford Ranger Raptor. It comes with a twin-turbo V6 405 horsepower engine. The new Ram Dakota SRT should offer more power than this. The rumor of the Jeep Gladiator V8 392 is very real. The Jeep Wrangler 392 V8 has been on sale for some time. It’s possible that a Ram Dakota 392 is coming as well. It means that it will have at least 470 horsepower, and likely more power than that.
You might be thinking… The Rivian R1T is also a midsize pickup truck, and it offers over 1,000 horsepower. This is true, but we are putting the all-electric pickup trucks into a separate segment.
Stellantis promises that 100% of their models will be refreshed by 2030. This also includes the Jeep Gladiator and the Jeep Wrangler. There is another surprise. The updated Jeep Grand Wagoneer and the all-new Ram Ramcharger will also have SRT high-performance models. Whoa, that is a lot of news all at once!
Please check out this breaking news video as Roman and Tommy discuss the news with our industry friend, Sam Abuelsamid, from the Wheelbearings Podcast.
