Right-hook Ram pick-up trucks for NZ and Australia

Right-hand-drive variants of the all-American Ram pick-up trucks are expected to be available at official Fiat Chrysler dealerships in New Zealand

and Australia from next year. The trucks will be shipped from the US factory as left-hand drives and best cure for cialis headache converted in either New Zealand or Australia. The first shipments are expected over the next few months and online viagra will include the Ram 1500 (above) and the heavy-duty 2500 and 3500 units.

A spokesman for Fiat Chrysler New Zealand wouldn’t comment on the reported Ram project, saying that the company won’t talk about future product plans. But an earth-moving contractor lured by a Ram 1500 on the Jeep stand at the Fieldays event near Hamilton said he had been told Fiat Chrysler in NZ and Australia had been given the right to convert and distribute the Rams. The man, who didn’t want to be named, said: “They reckon the project will take about six months and the trucks should be on sale early next year. They said they are now narrowing down who will convert the trucks to right-hand drive. “They said the conversions wouldn’t be done in the US but would certainly be up to factory standard. The bloke actually said OEM (original equipment manufacturer).

“He said they could probably sell 1500 and more a year here and in Oz, but another bloke said it would be closer to 1000. All the engines will be available, the petrols and the diesels. They didn’t say what money, but I got the idea they would probably be up around the tonne ($NZ100,000).” In America, the Ram 1500 double-cab is priced between $US24,620 and $38,775 and offers the only light-duty diesel truck on the North American market. It runs a 3.0-litre V6 Ecodiesel oil-burner that generates 560Nm of torque and claimed highway fuel use of 7.7 litres/100km. Maximum braked 1st rx orders cialis generic towing capacity for the Ecodiesel is just over 4 tonne; maximum payload is 736kg. The two petrol engine options in the 1500 are a 3.6-litre V6 and the 5.7-litre V8 Hemi. The 5.7-litre Hemi is also available in the heavy-duty 2500 and 3500, along with a 6.4-litre V8 Hemi and a 6.7-litre Cummings diesel. The heavy-hitting 6.7-litre unit mated to a six-speed automatic Aisin transmission in the 3500 Tradesman variant generates 242kW/1005Nm. Its maximum cialis online payload is just under 3 tonne; braked towing capacity is 13.6 tonne.