ORIGINAL: DamnSkippy
RLSH700, Forgive my ignorance, is Dodge offering a raider again? I remember the Mitsu import of the 80's prone to rolling (even had an artificial horizon in the damned thing and a I believe a warning buzzer)....
No, not that dangerous compact SUV built by Mitsubishi (which I have only seen a couple of in my lifetime), the Mitsubishi Raider is nothing other than a Dodge Dakota under Mitsubishi badge and sheet metal.
Okay, I was talking about the 2008 models as I consider the 2007s to be left overs at this point. The 2008s are losing the V8. The Raider never had the H.O. version of the 4.7L. I think the reason why they are dropping the V8 out of the Raider is the fact that the new 4.7L comes in only one output and they are concerned that the Raider could cannabalize the sales of the Dakota (which I can see that happening considering that I actually like the looks of the Raider better).
I agree with TechmanBD, the looks of the 1994-2001 were the best looking Ram's ever built. I just haven't been satisfied with the looks of any of the more current ones after seeing those. I'm just glad the new models are getting rid of those terrible head lights they added in 2006 that looks like somebody had tapped someone's eye lids wide open to torture them.