Article 3X709 The RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab fuses “luxury” and “pickup truck”

The RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab fuses “luxury” and “pickup truck”

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Sean Gallagher
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Enlarge / The '19 RAM 1500 Laramie edition doesn't handle like a boat, but it sure can pull one-in style. (credit: Sean Gallagher)

I have an inordinate fondness for trucks. I learned to drive in a 1978 Chevy Suburban and drove an '88 Ford Ranger for years. However, in recent years, my selection of vehicles has been restrained by my wife's insistence on this thing called "practicality"-we are city dwellers, and despite the sometimes post-apocalyptic terrain of Baltimore streets, Paula has resisted the wisdom of driving something huge with a cargo capacity suitable for evacuating survivors.

I wanted a pickup, and she wanted a Subaru. So we compromised. We got a Subaru.

But when the 2019 RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 4i-4 arrived for my test drive-$60,190, as tested-I gained an ally in my pickup-truck cause. "This is my dream car... I mean, truck," my 17-year-old daughter said as she climbed up into the expansive cab and sat in one of the vented, leather-trimmed front seats.

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