Spy Shots: Dodge Ram Power Wagon hits the streets in search of Ford SVT Raptor

by Steven J. Ewing on Mar 12th 2010 at 2:59PM


We just told you that that Chrysler will be launching four new "Moparized" vehicles later this month, and our spies have already caught one of these new vehicles – the Dodge Ram Power Wagon – on the streets of southeast Michigan.

Unlike the Power Wagon that's just now hitting dealers, this is a totally unique package, featuring a single-cab configuration with a short, style-side bed. The huge off-road tires and exaggerated wheel arches lead us to believe that this is Chrysler's answer to the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (if only in concept form), and our spies tell us that this prototype "made hair-raising sounds" as it drove by, leading us to believe that the 383-horsepower Hemi V8 is underhood.

We can't wait to see the production version on March 27 at the 44th Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. If these spy shots are anything to go off of, it looks like it'll be serious fun for desert storming.

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PCE's thought - Very cool but it need to look more like the original Power Wagons.

I agree they could have given more of a throw back to the original. The wheels although DO look very alike to the ones on my 53' M37 power wagon, they look pretty good actually.

I'm now 100% sure thats a engineering mule...put it next to a Ram 2500....its the same body.

Who gives a shit? America was founded on ingenuity. Since the 1930's people have been using old bodies modified with newer or different parts to adapt to expected situations. Be it drag racing or off road, it happens all the time. Either way it's way better than a clapped out stock Jeep Cherokee.

Posted by junkyard Either way it's way better than a clapped out stock Jeep Cherokee.

On passenger car tires...