Ram’s new V8-powered Rumble Bee lineup revives a classic street truck formula that didn’t quite work the first time, company CEO Tim Kuniskis told us. Largely, they failed because despite being good at the “street” part, they tended to lack in the “truck” department. Kuniskis and his Monster-Energy-fueled band of engineers and product planners likely had little else in mind when they placed their bets on a new lineup of Muscle Trucks—all of them quad cabs.
That’s not to suggest Ram’s engineering team just stuck some performance parts on the existing 1500 pickup and called it a day; far from it. The Rumble Bee is a distinct model—13 inches shorter and somehow even wider than the base half-ton. Think of it more like a Charger ‘ute with a truck n …
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Author: Byron Hurd
