Ram 1500 Rumble Bee Concept 2013

In 2003, the Ram Truck Brand brought the Rumble Bee, a famous version stimulated through the Super Bee muscle automobile of the past due '60s. Now, Ram unveiled a brand new HEMI-powered Ram 1500 Rumble Bee idea to have a good time the 10-12 months anniversary and the history of Ram's specific truck designs that encompass the Lil Red Express, Warlock and Power Wagon."The Ram 1500 Rumble Bee maintains to have a robust fan base and what higher location to have a good time its 10-12 months anniversary than Woodward Dream Cruise," stated Reid Bigland, President and CEO - Ram Truck Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. "There's a number of power surrounding idea vehicles and buzz models, and the Ram Design Team revels in developing some thing this is specific for our clients to enjoy."The Rumble Bee idea commenced lifestyles as a 2013 Ram 1500 R/T. Keeping with tradition, the lightweight, two-door; 2WD configuration is protected in "Drone Yellow" paint with a completely unique matte end.

The uncommon color/end flows over the whole truck which includes the bumpers, flares and the Mopar floor consequences kit. True to form, a brand new "Speed Bee" layout is swathed on each aspects of the truck inside a gloss black stripe that fades into honeycomb. The stripe glides the front to rear, across the pinnacle of the mattress and over the Mopar tonneau cowl to memorialize HEMI-powered automobiles of the past due Sixties and early 1970s, which ruled the racing scene. Factory 22-inch wheels are changed with gloss black, 24-inch, Vellano VRH custom rollers and a 2-inch drop furnished through King Suspension complements handing overall performance and look with the assist of a reservoir surprise at every wheel. The grille, hood vents, badging, gas door and the twin exhaust tailpipes are covered in gloss black, wearing the topic on all aspects.

The colorings and photographs unfold thru the Ram R/T-primarily based totally indoors, presenting black and Drone Yellow leather-based game mesh seats with two-tone yellow/light-gray stitching. "Rumble Bee" lettering and Ram emblems decorate chairs, ground mats and door bolsters. The indoors center-piece is an real amber-encased bee installed into the eight-velocity rotary shifter knob that lighting fixtures up to show a honeycomb sample background. Two buttons under the knob manipulate exhaust cutouts to pass the Mopar cat-returned twin-exhaust gadget, permitting the whole sound pressure of a 5.7-liter HEMI V-eight to escape - loud and LOUDER! The specific honeycomb sample is shared with door trim and the dash, wherein a milled aluminum "tenth Anniversary" commemorative badge serves because the truck's ID.Under hood, the Ram 1500 Rumble Bee idea homes a 5.7-liter HEMI with 395 horsepower and 407 lb.-ft. of torque, mated to a TorqueFlite eight-velocity automated transmission.

The HEMI is equipped with a custom gloss yellow and black engine cowl with honeycomb picture sample. Mopar's cold-air consumption gadget offers the HEMI a bump in overall performance and constant torque is transferred thru a 4.10 tools set for short jumps off the line.