The term ultimate is thrown around a lot in 4WD land. The ultimate suspension. The ultimate driving lights. The ultimate budgetbeater imported swag with the ultimate free magazine thrown in. The problem is, and it’s a damn big one, is they never do the word justice. They’re far from the ‘ultimate’, nowhere near the best of the best, and hardly the king on top of the mountain. But some things, they’re a little more deserving of the title.
The 4x4 Ram 2500 you’re looking at now is the ultimate, make no mistake, it’s the best of the best, the toughest of the tough, the king of every single mountain it’s ever travelled on, and the benchmark other 4x4s need to be measured against. What the hell are you guys on about? We thought you’d never ask.
You see, this isn’t any ordinary yank tank, it’s a Power Wagon, and those who know what that means, know the next few pages will be filled with the best gear money can buy, and almost all of it factory fitted.
If you’re familiar with the Ram platform you’d no doubt know the 2500 is the workhorse of the family, monstertruck-sized live axles front and rear, coil springs the size of a Mack truck’s, and a 6.7-litre straight-six Cummins Diesel lumbering away under that elongated bonnet. The Power Wagon takes that up a notch. While it still retains that rugged over-engineering perfect for Alaskan oil fields or Texas ranches, it does it with a little more flair.
01 DRAWER FRIDGE Easy-access drawer fridges are gaining in popularity.
02 FROM THE FACTORY The two-inch lifted springs and Bilstein shocks are a factory inclusion.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of 4x4 Magazine Australia.
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