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# Ram 1500 V8 becomes ‘The Dude’
- URL: https://torquecafe.com/ram-1500-v8-becomes-the-dude/
- Published: 2025-10-30T06:06:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-04T06:44:14.000Z
- Description: No, it’s not a pickup that ties the room together, but it is a bright love letter to lowered street trucks.
- Author: Jordan Mulach
- Tags: News, 4x4 & Adventure, Performance

Street trucks are back, with lowered pickups making a return to form in the US, at least according to this latest Ram concept.

Officially called The Dude, it’s a throwback to the sport trim package which featured on the Dodge Ram in the 1970s, with lurid paintwork, cool graphics and an aggressive stance.

Based on the Hemi V8-powered Ram 1500 Big Horn, The Dude is finished in Sublime Green and gets unique satin black graphics, a bonnet scoop and a reverse colour scheme tailgate.

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Sitting lower to the ground than the standard 1500, it also rides on black 22-inch wheels, while a front splitter and side skirts help it appear even lower to the ground, and are complemented by side-exit exhausts.

The 5.7-litre Hemi V8 has scored a Mopar cold-air intake for extra bark, but has no change in its power or torque.

Inside, Ram has also given The Dude a stand-out cabin, with Alea leather seat upholstery contrasted by bright green stitching.

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A unique instrument panel also gets a special ‘The Dude’ logo, while there’s also an in-console safe to secure valuable possessions.

The Dude’s reveal comes less than a month after the Fox Factory Ram 1500 Lowered was revealed, as a similarly street-focused pickup available through Ram’s Mopar Direct Connection division.

Earlier this year, Ford also revealed the F-150 Lobo as its latest full-size street truck.