Video: Up Close With the 2025 Ram 2500 and 3500

It follows on the heels of the updated Light Duty RAM 1500, and it gets some of that truck's technology too. Here are some of the most significant changes for this new big pickup. The most significant styling update to the Ram Heavy Duty is the new grill designs. This is a Laramie version with a chrome grill treatment, but the front-end look varies quite a bit depending on the trim level you get. If you get a Rebel, for instance, it has a much different grill design. There are new headlights too that have LEDs. Also new taillight designs with available LEDs. And overall, the look is very familiar from what the Ram Heavy Duty was before, but kind of modernizes it, changes it up a little bit, in front, especially. Previously, if you wanted the high output Cummins diesel engine in the Ram Heavy Duty, you had to get a 3500 truck, but that engine is now available in the 2500 truck. It's been updated and it also works with a new eight speed automatic transmission. The diesel features a new engine block and cylinder head, a new intake, a new turbocharger, larger valves, and a higher pressure fuel system. And the engine makes 430 horsepower in 1075 pounds-feet of torque. With this high output diesel, Ram says the 2500's 0 to 60 time drops more than a second to 6.9 seconds. And in terms of towing capacity, maximum towing capacity with the diesel engine and a gooseneck trailer is more than 36,000 pounds, while maximum towing capacity with a conventional hitch is 23,000 pounds. Ram still offers a gas 6.4 liter V8 that makes 405 horsepower in 429 pounds-feet of torque. There's a lot of screen technology in the Ram Heavy Duty's cabin. There's a 12.3 inch digital instrument cluster, a 14.5 inch vertically oriented touchscreen in the center, and an available 10.25 inch passenger screen that controls things like navigation entry, entertainment and camera views, but it's not visible to the driver, just the passenger. There's also a digital rear view camera mirror that shows you what's behind your truck if there's either people in the backseat that is blocking your view, or cargo. We've used this 14.5 inch center touchscreen before in the Light Duty 1500, and it works pretty well overall, though there are some things we didn't quite care for, and that was the integration, partially of the trailer brake controller in the screen, but also physically below it. It's split between the two. Kind of an odd setup. Another useful feature is the power inverter that offers up to 2.4 kilowatts of output. It includes two outlets in the cargo bed. Now the engine has to be running to get that level of power, and it's not as high as what you'd find with Pro Power Onboard from Ford in the F-150 hybrid, that offers significantly more output for running high draw tools or equipment. Now this is a truck that's designed for hard work, but it also includes a lot of driver assist safety features. Newly standard are adaptive cruise control and Forward Collision Warning Plus. And also there's an available driver drowsiness monitor, traffic sign recognition, active lane management, and front and rear parking sensors. And those front and rear parking sensors, really valuable in a big vehicle like this, The new Ram 2500 starts at $47,560 and the 3500 version is about a thousand dollars more. Now both of those prices are very similar to what the 2024 model cost, but if you load one of these pickups up, you can get yourself a six figure pickup truck. Now, if it's not on sale at your dealership already, it should be very soon because the Ram Heavy Duty goes on sale in the first quarter of 2025. If you wanna learn more about the Ram HD and all the other news from the Chicago Auto Show, be sure to check out Cars.com/news.