Just as a sports car is finely tuned for performance, so the 2023 Ram ProMaster full-size van looks precisely tailored for the work fleet—with a little bit of #vanlife on the side, of course. Most ProMasters live hard lives delivering, hauling, and carrying this-or-that, always doing instead of playing in the limelight or resting until the next weekend cruise. Ram knows this, refining its workhorse cargo van through enhanced technology, purposeful design, and heightened safety features.

A Proper Nose Job, Finally

The outgoing Ram ProMaster looks like it got punched in the face. It hadn’t been the prettiest part of the van; it had always been rather fugly up front. Well, now it looks like it got punched in the face a little bit less, thanks to a new three-piece front fascia with a modular bumper. The bumper’s swoopiness makes the front end look more modern and less chunky, like less of a bumper car with a pasted on, jutting bumper (even though delivery vans are still prone and designed to take a bump here and there).

The grille shape is more complex, and the integrated bumper steps on each side of the grille (to give a boost when cleaning the windshield) are more pronounced and look like nostrils that add to the overall design. Basically, the front end is now palatable, and we thank Ram for that.

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The re-shaped headlights, slimmer and straighter, allow for a less boxy, more contoured hood. Standard halogen headlights are brighter, offering 29 percent more Lumens for 15 percent more range. Available LED headlights offer 70 percent more Lumens for 50 percent more range. The headlights are positioned out of the crash zone. There are cornering function fog lamps.

There’s nothing new under the new hood. The front-wheel-drive-only ProMaster retains the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 paired to a TorqueFlite nine-speed 948TE automatic transmission for 276 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque, slightly down from last year’s 280 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque. Towing is 6,910 pounds, and payload comes in at 4,680 pounds.

Super High Roof Adds More Headroom

The Ram ProMaster is all about customization and optioning, resulting in 19 configurations: three roof heights, three wheelbases, and four cargo lengths. Those lengths are 8.0, 10.0, 12.0, and 13.5 feet. A Crew Van package (new for last year, but still cool) adds an elevated second-row bench seat that can carry up to three passengers, because transporting the work crew is paramount to getting the job done.

There’s been a low roof and high roof configuration, but now there’s a third called the super high roof configuration, offered on the longest van. It adds an additional 10 inches of headroom. This allows fully grown adults to easily stand upright, reducing back pain, claustrophobia, and frustration. A new rear anodized aluminum roll-up door on the back of the biggest ProMaster allows for easier loading and unloading. The cargo area features up to 12 foldaway tie-down rings (1,000-pound rating) and 5 sidewall tie-down rings (550-pound rating).

The ProMaster claims a bunch of best-in-class titles, according to Ram: cargo volume, turning radius, standard interior cargo height, load-floor height, cargo width between wheel wells, maximum cargo width, and payload.

New Colors, New Package

The 2023 Ram ProMaster is a work tool, but it’s not all plain vanilla. Ram has taken note that van owners need a few sprinkles here and there.

A new optional Black Appearance Package has been introduced for 2023, for anyone who still doesn’t appreciate the new look. This package includes a black grille, badges, and alloy wheels. Separate from the package, there are new optional black machined face or silver alloy wheels.

New exterior paint colors for 2023 include Ceramic Gray and Spitfire Orange, joining Broom Yellow, School Bus Yellow, and Flame Red, for example. You just don’t see these in the wild that often.

Parking Made Easy with Parallel and Perpendicular Park Assist

The ProMaster received a big interior overhaul last year, meaning the interior is pretty much a carry-over from that update. Big updates for last year included Uconnect 5, a 10.0-inch touchscreen display, 7.0-inch full-color driver information display in the instrument cluster, a wireless charging pad, and a redesigned, modernized dash area.

As for safety and driver-assist technology features, last year was a big year with the introduction of Active Driving Assist (Level 2 automated driving) and a 360-degree surround view camera, for example. New for 2023 is Parallel and Perpendicular Park Assist, a system that uses ultrasonic sensors to help drivers park in tight parking spaces.

Electric ProMaster, Coming 2023

Ram confirmed it last year, but reiterated that a BEV ProMaster is also coming. The company will apparently launch its battery-electric ProMaster van in 2023, with Amazon slated to be the first commercial customer, with thousands of BEV ProMasters added to its routes every year. For everyone else, the non-BEV 2023 Ram ProMaster will be here sooner, hitting dealer lots in the third quarter of 2022.

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autos, cars, news, ram, amazon, 2023 ram promaster first look: less fugly and more room to work
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autos, cars, news, ram, amazon, 2023 ram promaster first look: less fugly and more room to work
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