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When was the Little Red Express truck made?

When was the Little Red Express truck made?

Throw in tall semi-like exhaust pipes, a touch of wood trim, 15-inch chrome wheels with white-letter tires, red paint and some loud graphics and the result was the Little Red Express truck. Dodge built 2,188 in 1978 and then another 5,118, now equipped with catalytic converters, for 1979.

How many Dodge Ram trucks were sold in 1993?

Dodge sold only 95,542 of the 1993 model-year old-style Rams. Dodge shoved out an astonishing 232,092 of the new 1994 Rams. That’s a 240 percent improvement in sales and almost all of those were at retail.

When did the Dodge Custom Sports Special come out?

The trucks were produced by the Dodge Division of the Chrysler Corporation. 1964 saw the introduction of the sporty Custom Sports Special. The Custom Sports Special included bucket seats, console, carpeting and racing stripes.

What was the year the Dodge Ram came out?

1994 Dodge Ram — Dodge was a dead player in the retail pickup business entering the 1990s. That changed radically with the truly new 1994 Ram. Smartly deciding that if it couldn’t please everyone, it could at least make some people very happy, Dodge decided to produce a truck with an intentionally polarizing design.

Throw in tall semi-like exhaust pipes, a touch of wood trim, 15-inch chrome wheels with white-letter tires, red paint and some loud graphics and the result was the Little Red Express truck. Dodge built 2,188 in 1978 and then another 5,118, now equipped with catalytic converters, for 1979.

The trucks were produced by the Dodge Division of the Chrysler Corporation. 1964 saw the introduction of the sporty Custom Sports Special. The Custom Sports Special included bucket seats, console, carpeting and racing stripes.

What was the first diesel Dodge pickup truck?

The 1978 models also saw the introduction of the first Diesel powered Dodge pickup truck. Available as an economy choice in light-duty trucks and B-Series vans was Mitsubishi’s 6DR5 4.0 L inline six-cylinder naturally-aspirated diesel, rated at 105 hp (78 kW) at 3500 rpm, and ~230 N·m (~169 lb·ft) at 2200 rpm.

1994 Dodge Ram — Dodge was a dead player in the retail pickup business entering the 1990s. That changed radically with the truly new 1994 Ram. Smartly deciding that if it couldn’t please everyone, it could at least make some people very happy, Dodge decided to produce a truck with an intentionally polarizing design.

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