$140,000 Ram sold out before they hit the dealers

Mortimer Brewster wrote:
Has a rollover test been performed on these Ram trucks? From our perspective in the states these vehicles are all going to be upside down when they get to the "Land Down Under." At what point do they flip them over?

Took me a second but THATS FUNNY. ??

Has a rollover test been performed on these Ram trucks? From our perspective in the states these vehicles are all going to be upside down when they get to the "Land Down Under." At what point do they flip them over?

1stgenfarmboy wrote:
A guy on the truck camper thread from this site a few years ago imported a new chevy diesel and truck camper " Arctic Fox I think " and had the conversion done over there, I think he saved 30-40k over just buying it over there from a dealer.

If I am remembering correctly he had 140k in the rig once done.

Doug bought a 3500 DRW Ram and Eagle Cap truck camper which he sent to Australia. A couple years later, he sent a diesel SportWagon (camper van) back there too. Both were converted to RHD due to local restrictions - Otherwise Doug would have left them LHD.

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Meh. A hand full of pickups in the big scheme of things. Tesla has presold 430,000 model 3's or almost two years of production. Now that's preselling. :)

It'll be interesting to see when they enter the light truck world.

RobertRyan wrote:

IdaD wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:
Pickups are booming in Australia roughly 15% of overall vehicle sales including the best selling vehicle.F150's /F250's etc have disappeared. Why has this happened? Prices and RHD had nothing to do wth it. Why do US Pickups struggle outside NA?

My truck is the same as the ones in the article. I spent about $40k US on it, but it costs about $110,000 US in Australia (at current rates). Fuel is also a lot more expensive in Australia, and it doesn't get great fuel economy. It's also big which can be challenging even in urban environments in the US, let alone what it would encounter in Australia. If you can't understand these basic points there's really no purpose in discussing it further.

All I meant with my initial post is that, for those who can afford these imported Rams and are lucky enough to get one, they are going to get ruined when it comes to going back to a little Aussie truck at some point.

Well US Pickups in Australia used to cost as much as the current Ranger/ Hilux. Fuel was 40c a litre. In Australia. Ranger/ Hilux are similar to 1990's to 2003.F150's in size.
F250-F350's did not sell..RAM will not sell other than in niche numbers combination of outrageous prices and basically zero demand.
Those 2003 sized Little Pickups are vastly better Off Road than any RAM. We have had F250-F500's, Chevrolet 2500-3500's a now RAMs .No one ruined by the experience.
Can add their is no displacement tax, roads happily support a 2003 F150 sized vehicles.,US HD Pickups are not new here , so no surprises

No question it's a niche market at those prices. I'm not arguing that. The roads don't support full size American trucks in the sense that they're a tight squeeze. Is what it is in that regard.

Off-road performance? That's a niche market too. Don't know if any Power Wagons will be included in this deal or not. If so they could hold their own within their size restrictions. From the off-road pics I've seen you post in this site a decent driver in a Subaru could get through most of what seems to impress you. No offense but I drive through tougher terrain in my regular Ram with my family on camping trips with no drama. What we literally call the foothills in my local city are higher than the highest point in your continent.

steve-n-vicki wrote:
Some one has a good crystal ball, knowing they are not going to be used for work before they are delivered , look in your crystal ball and send me the power ball winning numbers

You do not need a crystal ball. US Pickups have become lifestyle vehicles in Australia including HD Pickups. If they were ever used for work you would not be talking of a tiny niche

Some one has a good crystal ball, knowing they are not going to be used for work before they are delivered , look in your crystal ball and send me the power ball winning numbers

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Can some one splane why I have a horrible headache?!?!?!?!?

marty

Ford stoped bringing in the F trucks in 07 after the 6.0 problems, not because peaple didn't want them, I had one of the last 06 model F250xl and they were not built in Australia but from memory in South America. I have returned to OZ after living in the states for several years and are currently getting my 2015 F350 lariat converted in Gympie to pull ouer FW. The last and also this truck was used for both work and pleasure as is many other. In Australia at the moment many peaple are going true getting opgrated tare and gross ratings on both ther tov vehicles and caravans as many are finding that they are overloaded and the cops and scalies are starting to cats op with peaple. We also have a lot of roll overs with large vans op to 3500kg being towed vith utes only around the 2000kg mark. Last but not least many peaple prefer to have a comfortable safe tov vehicle and not and outright truck. And I don't apologize for the bad grammar or spelling.
Frank.