SPY PICS: RAM 1500 Tungsten will be the new luxury flagship

RAM Trucks is cooking up a sophisticated and opulent new luxury flagship for its facelifted 2025 RAM 1500 line-up, and according to our sources it will be called the Tungsten.

The RAM 1500 Tungsten will still play second fiddle to the rabid supercharged TRX in terms of being the outright flagship of the full-size pick-up range, but the new variant will sit atop the core line-up that in Australia currently comprises the Express, Warlock, Laramie, Laramie Sport and Limited grades.

Set to be powered by the Stellantis auto group’s new ‘Hurricane’ straight-six petrol engine, the Tungsten will sit above the Limited as the most lavish RAM 1500 available – at least in the US – and it’s clear from these spy shots that it will flaunt its opulence for all to see.

The disguised prototype is obviously wearing some heavy camouflage around its front and rear fascias to try and hide its updated design, but that doesn’t stop us seeing the mountain of chrome trim applied to the window lines, mirrors and exhaust outlets.

Odds are the cabin of the RAM 1500 Tungsten, which is yet to be confirmed for Australia, will be equally plush and packed with rich leather upholstery and top-end technologies.

The inside word is that the Tungsten will be so loaded it’ll only be available with one optional equipment pack in the US, compared to the usual two.

While there’s been no indication yet as to what exactly what’s on the cards, chances are the Tungsten will come with all of the Limited’s standard and optional equipment, plus extra mid-life technology updates and perhaps several unique features.

However, we know that RAM is pretty much done with its venerable 5.7-litre HEMI V8, which will be replaced for this RAM 1500 facelift with the previously mentioned Hurricane six, bringing considerably more power and torque while consuming less fuel.

The downsized 3.0-litre six packs a pair of turbochargers to deliver maximum outputs of 373kW/644Nm, which means more power than the Ford F-150’s force-fed 3.5-litre petrol V6 (298kW) but less torque (678Nm), and more of both than the Chevrolet Silverado’s 6.2-litre V8.

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