The 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel EcoDiesel has the MOST Torque

I'm Jacob. I'm Yuri. And we're going for a drive. 1D20 Ram Rebel 1500. Quad-cab, 4x4, eco-diesel with no launch control. And there's that torque. Definitely not the fastest off the line. No, but I bet you it can tow stuff. Oh, it can tow a hell of a lot. Horsepower and torque. 260 horsepower, 480 pound-feet of torque from a 3-liter V6 turbo-diesel engine. Diesel. That's right. So this is our first diesel Ram truck. Yes. We've driven so many other Ram trucks, but they all had the V8. So this is the second Rebel that we've driven. Yes. The first one had the 5.7-liter Hemi, which was fantastic. I had a good time with that. Yeah, so did I. So like we said last time, the Rebel isn't exactly a Raptor competitor, but it does have a bunch of stuff which helps you off-road. Like an electronic locking rear differential. We also have Bilstein shocks, which are fantastic. We don't have air suspension on this one. That was an option on the previous one. We do have a one-inch suspension lift, so it does look a little bit more badass. And then we also have skid plates underneath. Yeah, this thing definitely does look badass. Yeah. We really liked how it looked before. It still looks great. And this one's in white, so it looks a little bit different, but we both like it. Yeah. Especially since white trucks are usually city work trucks, this is way cooler than a city work truck. Yeah. We'll get into the looks in a bit, but let's talk more diesel stuff because that's the more specific thing. So you can obviously get the Ram Rebel with two different engine options. This diesel is a $3,900 option in Canadian. And so diesels are obviously known for torque, so I'm going to floor it while we're driving. And there's that torque. It's pretty good. Definitely not the best off the line, but that's not why people buy these. People buy them for towing. So how much can it tow? Well, it can tow over 12,500 pounds, which is quite a bit, and it's actually best in class, obviously. And what is that in jet skis? That's a lot of jet skis. That's like boats, man. Maybe eight jet skis? Dude, that's like 16 jet skis. 16 jet skis? Wow. No, not quite. No, it's probably like 12. So other than torque and towing, diesels are also known for their sound. This does sound like a diesel, but it's actually really quiet in here. Yeah. In here, I can barely hear anything. You can hear enough of it being a diesel, but from outside, yeah, it's definitely diesel. But the way this delivers power is so smooth. It's almost seamless, especially because we've got that ZF eight-speed auto, which we love so much. In here, it's amazing. We have paddles? No, we don't. We've got buttons to change the radio stations and the volume, just like we do on other FCA products. Like the Chrysler 300. Yes. That still exists. So I'm just going to flourish into the looks. Let's talk about how this thing looks. It's got the Ram Rebel front end, which I think looks awesome. Yeah. It's pretty aggressive. The headlights still suck. Yeah. They're really not that great, but we kind of also have the power bulge hood, but now it's just like the EcoDiesel power bulge hood. Yeah. It still looks really good though. So we've got matte black trim everywhere, except for at the very bottom on the side. Yeah. That's super weird for two reasons. Like I know why they did it because this would look very basic and budget spec if they didn't, but at the same time, it's gloss black and it's just always going to be dirty on an off-roady truck. I think they don't want it to look like a Chevy Avalanche. Yeah. That's probably why. Like, again, I get why they did it. But every time you look at it, it looks good. It does. So whatever they did, they did it right. How about the wheels? The wheels are actually really nice. And what is the Continental recommended tire for this Ram Rebel? The Terrain Contact AT. And you can see from the side, this isn't a full size cab like the Laramie Longhorn that we had last time. Yeah. This is a quad cab. So there isn't as much room back there, but we'll talk about that with the interior. So moving around to the back, we've got some pretty decent looking taillights, but nothing too special. The special stuff is the tailgate. We have not used a gimmicky Ram tailgate yet. How does it work? So it opens two different ways. The standard way, just like any other tailgate, and it is damped. And then you can also open it sideways so that you don't have to kind of reach over a tailgate. Yeah. It's a split, which is pretty cool. The Honda Ridgeline that we drove years ago, that was only one direction. Yeah. It was like a barn door kind of thing. This compared to the Chevrolet gimmicky one compared to the Ford gimmicky one with the handle and the steps. Which one do you like the most? Well, I like my Ford one because I do have a Raptor, but this one is pretty functional. I just don't like how it looks. I think overall Ford probably wins. I think the steps and the handle is probably the most key thing. Yeah, exactly. Like even though mine don't work, it's pretty nice to have. Yeah. But the Chevrolet one was good too. I don't know. Let us know who has the best gimmicky tailgate. I will say that I think this is the ugliest looking one because of where the split is. How about the exhaust tips? Exhaust tips are real. They look good. So overall looks wise, this, the Red Rebel we drove, or the Laramie Longhorn? Well, to be honest, I think I like this one the most for some reason. I like the red one the most, but if I was retired, definitely the Longhorn. Oh, for sure. The Longhorn. That thing was so sick. So a little bit more driving stuff before I get you behind the wheel. We don't really have any drive modes. We do have tow haul mode. And then we also have four wheel drive high, four wheel drive low, two wheel drive, which is rear wheel drive because this is a truck. And then we can also lock that electronic rear differential as well with an axle lock. And then we also have a hill descent control. So let's send this eco diesel into cliche corner. Okay. Obviously tons of body roll, but not that bad. Like surprisingly not bad for this thing, like the size of it. And it doesn't have air suspension either, but the suspension is really comfortable. I don't really think you need the air suspension, especially in something that you're going to off road. And that extra torque helps push you up the hills. Yeah, it really does. But back to that suspension, these Bilstein shocks are just really well damped. And that extra inch of ride height is really going to help you off road. And it's not that bad to drive on road. Like this doesn't feel like it's too tall and the steering feels great. It feels very truck like, but at the same time, it's just enough heaviness and just enough lightness. Like it's a really good balance. Yeah. It's definitely not too difficult to drive. Yeah. Like you still feel like you're driving a truck, but it's not quite like a Tundra or something like that. This is really good. And obviously since this is a diesel, it's going to get pretty good gas mileage, but you're probably going to buy it mostly for towing anyways. So let's get you into the driver's seat and talk about this interior because it's still lovely. That was better that time. Yeah. I don't know why, but it felt like it really kicked in a lot sooner. Yeah. Okay. So this interior, we have really liked the previous Ram Rebel interior. We really liked the Longhorn Laramie interior a lot, a lot, a lot because it was cowboy themed. Loved it. This is pretty much both of those combined, but chilled out. Yeah. This is toned down because this is black on black. You're like, hey, you bought a white truck that looks like a work truck. We're going to give you the plainest interior we can. However, we also gave you the biggest screen we have, which is really nice. So all these materials in here are still the nice materials that we got in everything else. Yeah. Everything is really soft touch. The stitching looks nice. We've got a pretty cool diamond cut steel pattern, and then we've got really nice trim pieces around everything that looks great. Like this door handle. I know the mat. I like it. Very luxury. Yeah. Nothing is chrome in here. And then we've got a Rebel badge up on the secondary glove box, which you can open with this button. Pretty fancy. We've got a nice stamp logo on the armrest. The steering wheel feels great. We've got a cool logo in the middle, which I hope that gets out of the way when the airbag goes off because I think... I'm pretty sure it's not flying at your face. And then we've got a little bit of piano black in this infotainment area. Yeah. And again, I wish it was that kind of diamond pattern, but it would probably look a little weird. Then in our armrest area, like all the other ones, we've got a whole bunch of protractor stuff and measurement things. And we've got the old Dodges down there too. Then we've got a ton of room down there. Our cup holder area slides back and forth. We have those little slots to put your cell phone in, and we've got USB and USB-C. Back to those cup holders, it'll fit a thermos with my coffee in it that I made at home just fine. And it would probably fit a small cup of coffee as well. And then I guess we should probably check the visors. Oh, these are big. Three, two, one. Yes. Perfect. Good job, FCA. And then as for my driving position, the seat is nice and comfortable. It's got good adjustment, but you have an issue with sitting here because your knee still hits under the shifter. Yeah. So that little bulge around the shifter area still hits my knee and I still don't really like it. And I don't have any issues with that. But if you do have issues, you can adjust the pedals down here. And the last bit of materials I want to talk about on the interior is the gauge cluster rims. Yeah. They look so cool. In the Laramie Longhorn, they had all that cool cowboy stuff. This is just like a nicer material. I think it looks great. And then how's the back seat room since this is not a full-size cab? It's not very good for leg room, but your coworkers will just get to work and that's about it. Yeah. It's acceptable, but for kids, it's probably perfect. So now to this infotainment screen, it is the large vertical one. And we do have Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. We have a volume knob and a tuning knob that both work great. And what's cool is it's got rewinding right on the front. I don't think the other Rams that we drove had that. And when we have our Apple CarPlay up at the top, we can have our Google Maps, our satellite radio at the bottom, and we can rewind from the same screen. So is this nearly perfect infotainment? Yeah. Everything except for no tune mix. And we have a really high-res reverse camera. Yeah. It's very nice. There's no 360 camera though, which kind of sucks. Yeah. I don't really think you need it though. But it's always nice to have. It is. But what I don't like about the infotainment is the temperature controls. I kind of just don't like them being piano black. I like turning knobs for my climate. But at least they are hard buttons and they're not stupid touch buttons. Yeah. And then I guess my only other complaint for this cool infotainment is everything is so spread out and so big that you kind of need to move your eyes around a lot to see everything. It feels more compressed than like a half screen. I think it might be better. Like, I don't need the gigantic screen. So do you hate Teslas? I definitely think it's weird and not intuitive. Teslas. Yeah. Or just big screens in general. Like massive screens. Anything with a tall vertical screen is not intuitive and kind of weird, but everyone does seem to get used to them. Also, there was an article saying that Apple CarPlay was more distracting than texting and driving. Yeah, I saw that. Okay. That's bogus. That article failed miserably at one major thing because they didn't compare it to built-in infotainment systems like navigation because built-in navigation is always terrible. Honestly, people are just writing these articles. They think they're doing some revolutionary thing. There's no freaking way Apple CarPlay is more distracting than texting and driving and stuff. The only way I could see that working is because people are more comfortable with their phones. So the type of people that they threw into that study that have never used Apple CarPlay, maybe then they're confused. I'm so rattled by that. Do you know how many people sent that to me? No, I know. I guess they sent it to you too. Yeah, they did. And then like always, FCA gauges are amazing. It shows every single digit while you're driving on the Speedo. When you start it up, you got a cool Rebel logo that pops up through all the outlines there. But the weirdest part is the orientation of the tack. It makes it look like it's always going down opposite the Speedo. Yeah. So usually the zero is at the bottom left and then the red line is at the right side or at the top right. Yeah. So at first I thought it was backwards, kind of like an Aston Martin, but it's not. No, it's just that the zero is like at the top left and then red line is at the very bottom. And because it's a diesel, it doesn't exactly rev very high. Yeah. Kind of just a weird thing we noticed. Yeah. And then other driving features. This does have radar cruise. It does have Lane Keep Assist, but the Lane Keep Assist isn't really Lane Keep Assist. No, it's just Lane Departure Assist. Kind of sucks. So you know how the Laramie Longhorn Edition was cowboy themed? Yes. I think the next one they should do is a Joe Exotic Tiger King theme. And why is that, Yuri? Well, because I've been watching Tiger King on Netflix and it's like the most hilarious thing ever. Imagine if this was done by Joe Exotic. How crazy would it be? This would be pretty crazy. I don't know if anyone would buy it, but. I'd like to see it. Yeah. Even though he's in jail. Like a one-off for him alone. And I want you guys to tell me below in the comments, did Carol do it? So that's pretty much it for the Ram Rebel EcoDiesel. Let's get to the price. This starts at $60,345 Canadian. And this one is sitting at $76,845. Is that an okay price? That is a very okay price. Probably because it doesn't have like air suspension and like a super big cab and like cowboy themed everything on the inside. Yeah. It's exactly where it should be for diesels, especially because it has the most torque in its class and it can tow the most. And if you use this for work, man, you're going to have a really cool white work truck compared to everybody else. Yeah. They're going to think you're in some base model, but you're definitely not. So let us know what you think of the Ram Rebel EcoDiesel. Let us know where it falls in line with all your other trucks, diesel trucks, gas trucks, everything. And watch this playlist right here. I'm going to go to this camera right now and just watch this playlist right here. Trucks. Trucks? Some kind of truck. Maybe my Raptors.