1996 Dodge Ram Wagon SLT Review, Prices, Photos

1996 Dodge Ram Wagon SLT Review, Prices, Photos

1996 Dodge Ram Wagon SLT Review, Prices, Photos

1996 Dodge Ram (continued)

Walkaround

Like the Ford and Chevrolet full-size vans, the Dodge Ram Wagon offers significantly greater passenger space, load-carrying ability and towing capacity than any front-drive minivan can manage, with a base 3.9-liter six, an optional 5.2- or a 5.9-liter V-8 engine available for serious hauling. Though no diesel is offered, Dodge does have a compressed natural gas (CNG) version of the 5.2-liter V-8 engine for specialized users.

Interior Features

The Dodge Ram Wagon is offered on two different wheelbases, a 109.6 shortie and a 127.6-inch platform, as well as a Maxi version that adds a 26-inch body extension to the long-wheelbase truck for 15-passenger hauling. Front suspension is upper- and lower- arm with coil springs, with conventional load-carrying leaf springs at the rear and stabilizer bars at both ends. While the Dodge uses welded steel unitbody construction instead of body-on-frame construction like the Ford and Chevrolet vans, it's not in any sense flimsy or weak. This is a stout, commercially oriented passenger van built to truck, rather than minivan standards.

1996 Dodge Ram Wagon SLT Review, Prices, Photos