2022 RAM 1500 vs 2023

What's the difference?

The Ram 1500 pick-up truck is as good as synonymous with towing capability. 

Anyone who knows this brand will understand that it has built a reputation for towing capacity and credentials, with Ram Trucks more often hauling large, heavy loads than hitting their payload tub capacity.

So we thought we’d see just how good of a tow truck the 2022 Ram 1500 Laramie is. We used it to move house. Like, literally - we moved a tiny house with it.

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This test of the DT Series Ram 1500 Laramie will cover off its towing specs, capacity, and drivability, but also fuel consumption and the practicality considerations you should know about. Read on…

RAM Trucks Australia claims the RAM 1500 TRX is the quickest, fastest (those are drag racing terms) and most powerful pick-up truck in the world. Built to rule the road and dominate the desert. The ultimate on-road/off-road big boy’s toy.

With launch control and more than 700 supercharged V8 horses harnessed beneath the bonnet, RAM claims this 3.0-tonne-plus behemoth can accelerate from 0-100km/h in an implausible 4.5 seconds, scorch the standing quarter-mile (400m) in 12.9 seconds and hit a top speed of 190km/h.

No wonder they call it the TRX, named after the Tyrannosaurus rex (aka T-REX) that was the ‘apex predator’ in the dinosaur era. As depicted in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park movies, nothing else stood a chance, not even the Raptor (yeah, we get it).

So, this is no ordinary RAM 1500. It’s the premium-priced halo model of the range and not what you’d call a volume-selling truck.

Even so, we recently spent a week behind its leather-wrapped, flat-bottom, paddle-shifter-equipped steering wheel to find out how it might perform in the dual roles of tradie’s weekday workhorse and family getaway machine.