Nearly a Energy Wagon: 2023 Ram 2500 HD Insurgent

• The 2023 Ram 2500 HD Insurgent begins at $67,045 plus a $1,895 supply charge.
• It options some off-road gear from the legendary Energy Wagon and one possibility the Wagon doesn’t have — diesel energy.

It’s huge truck week in America, and Ram is the insurgent within the struggle.

There was no official announcement or superior planning of an occasion. However all three of America’s largest makers of vans have made huge bulletins about the way forward for their heavy-duty pickups this week.

Ford unveiled an all-new, wheels-up redesign of its Tremendous Responsibility truck for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. Chevrolet got here near that, elevating the curtain on an intensive refresh of its Silverado HD for 2024.

Now, Ram has made information of its personal. It’s much less in depth than the Ford and Chevy bulletins. However for Mopar loyalists, it’s simply as thrilling.

Ram sells each Energy Wagon it might probably produce — usually earlier than they go away the manufacturing facility — however provide chain issues imply it might probably’t construct extra. So the corporate has carried out the following neatest thing, designing a second off-road-oriented heavy-duty pickup for the 2023 mannequin 12 months.

The 2023 Ram 2500 HD Insurgent could also be a contact much less succesful off-road than the fabled Energy Wagon, but it surely’s a extra succesful truck in different methods. It will probably tow as much as 16,870 kilos, embarrassing the Energy Wagon by greater than 6,000 kilos.

The Insurgent is available in only one configuration — a crew cab with a 76-inch mattress.

It’s additionally out there with a diesel powerplant. The Insurgent comes with a 410-horsepower 6.4-liter Hemi V8 or a 370-horsepower Cummins turbodiesel inline-6-cylinder engine.

It begins at $67,045, plus a $1,895 vacation spot charge — among the many highest supply charges within the business. Ram hasn’t supplied pricing particulars past that.

Slotting between the Laramie and Energy Wagon within the Ram HD lineup, it presents some off-road gear different Rams don’t get, however not the Wagon’s full equipment. A five-link coilover rear suspension with optionally available air adjustment helps it deal with tough trails, although it lacks the Energy Wagon’s removable entrance sway bar and locking entrance differential.

It wears the Energy Wagon’s all-black grille. Scratch-resistant black cladding covers the entire decrease physique panels. It rides on 33-inch off-road tires and protects the gas tank and switch case with skid plates.

The Insurgent presents three seat-covering choices: a fabric bench or bucket seats, a Bristol leather-based bench or bucket seats, and full Natura Plus leather-based bucket seats. Customary encompass view cameras show on the 12-inch digital display screen.