Dodge Ram 50 1986

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Dodge Ram 50
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Motors
Parent company	Chrysler Corporation
Production	1979–1993
Successor	Dodge Dakota
Class	Compact pickup truck
Body style(s)	2-door truck/4-door truck 6.5/8 ft bed
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel drive/Four-wheel drive
Related	Mitsubishi Forte Mitsubishi L200

First generation
Also called	Dodge D50 (1979-1980) Plymouth Arrow Truck (1979-1982)
Production	1979-1986
Engine(s)	2.0 L 4G52 I4, SOHC, 93 hp (69 kW) 2.6 L 4G54 I4, SOHC, 105 hp (78 kW)

Second generation
Production	1987-1993
Engine(s)	2.0L 90 hp I4 2.6L 109 hp I4
Transmission(s)	4-speed automatic 5-speed manual
Wheelbase	105.1 in 116.1 in 105.5 in 116.5 in
Length	177.2 in 193.7 in 188.2 in 193.7 in
Width	65.2 in
Height	58.3 in 59.3 in 63.4 in 64.4 in

See also Dodge Ram, the company's full-sized pickup truck.

The Dodge Ram 50 (called the D50 for 1979 and 1980) was a compact pickup truck produced by Mitsubishi Motors and sold by the Chrysler Corporation from 1979 to 1993. Plymouth also received a version of the truck known as the Arrow Truck, sold from 1979 to 1982. Mitsubishi itself imported it as the Mitsubishi Mighty Max when it began selling directly in the U.S. from 1982, at which point the Plymouth ceased to be available.

Four wheel drive was added for 1982, creating the Power Ram 50 according to Dodge's nomenclature (the Power Ram name was used for four wheel drive models). A turbodiesel engine was available in US models between 1983 and 1986.

The Ram 50 was redesigned in 1987, which was the same year Chrysler introduced the Ram 50's successor, the Dodge Dakota. Despite this, sales of the Ram 50 continued for another seven years, possibly because the Ram 50 was a compact and the Dakota was a mid-size. The difference in size and cost left a niche for the Dodge 50, and its cancellation may have been due more to a desire to show independence from Mitsubishi than because of any product overlap.

Engines:

• 1979-1989 2.0 L 4G52 I4, SOHC, 93 hp (69 kW)
• 1979-1989 2.6 L 4G54 I4, SOHC, 105 hp (78 kW)
• 1983-1986 2.3 L 4D55T turbodiesel I4, 84 hp (63 kW)
• 1990-1993 2.4 L 4G64 I4, 116 hp (87 kW)
• 1990-1993 3.0 L 6G72 V6, 142 hp (106 kW)

Alternative fuels: The Ram 50 will take alternative fuels such as E85, although please note some modification may be required in models earlier than 1984.

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