Interview with Stellantis engineer tomorrow on Ramcharger

I’m eager to actually drive this truck. I believe it will be the most eye-opening drive I’ll take all year. Just hard to wrap my head around all the various aspects of this powertrain without being behind the wheel. It is either more complex or much simpler than what I or others believe.
 
If the engineers have done their job well, I think the truck will take a bunch of complex scenarios and "just work" like folks expect a pickup truck to work. It's a tall order, but your interview with Joe gives me some hope that that's the case.
 
sobiloff said:
If the engineers have done their job well, I think the truck will take a bunch of complex scenarios and "just work" like folks expect a pickup truck to work. It's a tall order, but your interview with Joe gives me some hope that that's the case.
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All the engineers tell me the same thing. They engineer trucks for 95% of customer uses. There will always be that one owner who pushes it beyond what they imagined and it is what it is. They can't engineer the truck for just the 5% use cases.
 
Saddle Tramp said:
I would love to see the chart/list/study of what that 95% use is.
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The 5% would be defined as "enthusiasts" or those who have a "passion" for trucks. I know lots of truck owners who do not tow and probably never will. They bought it for the convenience of the interior size plus cargo. It has become the modern station wagon. Three guys at work have them and that's all they do with it, drive back and forth and weekend hobbies. One has an F250 Tremor diesel that I had to show him how to put it in 4wd. He bought it purely because it was "cool". And the diesel because his father-in-law said "diesels are the only real trucks".
 
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