| 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie: First Drive 11/09/2008 04:37. The folks at Chrysler have been making a lot of waves on the sea of
trucks with their non-traditional approach to the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 . Instead of leaving well-enough alone, for 2009 Dodge has re-done
quite a bit — revamping the rear end with coil (rather than
leaf) springs, rethought what a truck bed could do with the Rambox
storage system and restyled the interior. Aside from the newly
reskinned body, it's largely these three features which Chrysler
hopes will differentiate the new Ram from its full-size truck
competition, but as we all know, a truck is more than just the sum
of its parts. For us, a truck has always been about work. If it can't do what it
was designed to do, there's something deeply flawed. With that in
mind, let's take a look at the six-foot bed on the Laramie... // Jalopnik
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