Behind the Wheel: The Ram 1500 Tradesman Makes a Decent Daily Driver, Too

This is the work-oriented edition of a truck

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00:00 Hi, I'm Scott Evans from Motor Trend with a buyer's guide behind the wheel on the

00:03 2019 Ram 1500 Tradesman. I'm going to jump in and take it for a drive, and at the end

00:08 I'll bring you a verdict.

00:10 Behind the wheel of the Ram 1500 Tradesman, you can't help but appreciate

00:27 how nicely it drives. It's not like an old bumpy pickup truck, but very

00:32 modern, you know, almost like an SUV, and that's thanks to the exclusive coil-link

00:37 suspension that gives it a smoother ride, and this very quiet cabin, the responsive

00:42 engine. The Tradesman is still made for work and still tows and hauls just as

00:49 well as any other pickup truck, but does a lot more nicely. Ram has really made a

00:55 name for itself with high-end interiors and its top-level trucks, and the

01:00 Tradesman still gets that same great design, but with more durable materials

01:04 that'll last for years of hard work.

01:08 The Tradesman comes standard with a 3.6 liter e-torque V6, backed up by an

01:17 8-speed automatic, and the e-torque system is a mild hybrid that takes some

01:21 of the stress off of the engine and gives you better fuel economy and better

01:24 emissions, and you can also get it with the V8 engine. So what's the verdict?

01:30 Well, we wish the base engine might have a little more torque, but we think that

01:35 with great fuel economy and handsome good looks and a long list of features

01:39 that the Ram 1500 is the best in class.

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