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Article: Dodge Ram Loaded with Muscle.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 9, 2002
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 9--DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group gave scores of automotive journalists a noisy welcome Tuesday morning, when it unveiled the preproduction Dodge Ram SRT-10 pickup at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Transforming an auto show stage into a high-tech toolbox, Chrysler rolled out its muscle truck expected to be available next year.
Dubbed by Chrysler the "Mt. Everest of pickup trucks" the Ram SRT-10 has an 8.3-liter V10 engine and can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5 seconds. Using the engine that powers the Dodge Viper, the Ram ...