Stellantis used its investor day Thursday to officially confirm two long-rumored Ram trucks: the compact Rampage and the returning Dakota midsize pickup. Both are expected to begin production in 2028, and the kicker? Both will be priced under $40,000.The Rampage is a unibody compact pickup already sold in South America, built on a platform shared with the Jeep Compass. It will compete directly with the Ford Maverick, which sold more than 155,000 units in the US last year, in a segment that has little serious, direct competition. Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis had previously said he loved the truck but didn’t detail any plans for a US launch. Now it’s official. The production location for the North American version hasn’t been confirmed, though sources point to Mexico.The Dakota will return as a body-on-frame midsize truck, slated for production in Toledo, Ohio. Kuniskis has said it needs to be a “real truck” at the $40,000 price point, and Stellantis claims it will be the most powerful truck in the midsize segment when it arrives, though whether that means it will out-power the likes of the Ford Ranger Raptor at 405-hp and 430 lb-ft, or just the base model at 270 hp, is unknown. Ram Rampage compact pickupBoth models are part of a broader Stellantis push that includes more than 60 new or redesigned vehicles globally by 2030, with 23 of those launches in North America.On the performance side, Ram also introduced the 1500 Rumble Bee SRT this week, rated at 777 horsepower and boasted as the fastest V8 production pickup ever built.
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