- Ram is dropping the price of its 2025 Ram 1500 by $4,000 across all trims except the RHO
- The 2025 model comes in Quad or Crew Cab, and is 4×4-only
- The Hemi V8 is gone, replaced by a turbocharged inline-six in two power outputs, plus an entry V6
After adding new engines and 4×4-only configuration to its 2025 Ram 1500 pickup truck, Ram is including something else: a lower starting price across almost all of its trims.
Prices are dropping by $4,000 in Canada on all models except for the performance RHO. The entry Tradesman Quad Cab, which previously started at $60,445 before any fees, will now begin at an MSRP of $56,445 – or $58,740 with delivery fees and A/C tax factored in.
The Ram 1500 is available in Quad Cab with 6-foot-4 bed, or in Crew Cab with 5-foot-7 or 6-foot-4 bed – there’s no two-door regular cab offered – and, as mentioned, comes only with four-wheel drive.
The entry engine is a 3.6L “Pentastar” V6 that makes 315 horsepower and 269 lb-ft of torque, with an eight-speed automatic transmission. It comes with a self-charging mild hybrid system, dubbed eTorque, that improves fuel efficiency and acceleration performance, but can’t drive on electricity alone.
For 2025, Ram retired its 5.7L Hemi V8 in favour of a twin-turbocharged 3.0L inline six-cylinder, called a “Hurricane” engine. Depending on the trim, it’s available in standard version making 420 horsepower and 469 lb-ft of torque; or a high-output version making 540 horsepower and 521 lb-ft of torque – both of them far more powerful than the outgoing V8. Also as before, the Ram 1500 uses rear coil springs, and offers an active four-corner air suspension. Towing capacity across the lineup tops out at 11,580 lbs.
Ram also offered the Ram Classic, up until earlier this year, as a lower-priced alternative to the newer generations of the truck. Basically, it was the 2009 Ram that never went out of production – actually, a Dodge Ram back then – but it finally stopped rolling off the assembly lines earlier this year. It was available in 4×2 and with a starting price of $52,245, and the new Ram now edges a bit closer to that.
With the $2,195 delivery fee and $100 federal A/C tax factored in – but before sales tax or any additional dealer fees – the 2025 Ram lineup now starts at $58,740 for the Tradesman Quad Cab, and $62,240 for the Big Horn in Quad Cab. Crew Cab models, again with those fees included, range from $60,240 for the Tradesman trim, to $106,240 for the top Tungsten trim.
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