Wanting to spotlight Ram’s “Built to Serve” effort organizing grassroots volunteers it will introduce a series of limited edition pickup trucks to honor Built to Serve. The 2020 special-edition trucks honor each of the five branches of the US military. The five versions of Built to Serve Ram 1500 pickups will roll out over the next year. The five branches being honored are the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.

The Built to Serve military branch package can be applied to any combination of Ram 1500 models and options. The first branch of the military to be honored with the Ram package will be announced at a special “Stars and Strings” concert at the famous Fox Theater in Detroit on November 6, 2019.

“Built To Serve” Features

Different special colors will only be available for each of the military branches. These will be limited to 1,000 pickups each. Two colors for each branch of the military are available. They are Gator and Diamond Black, Ceramic Gray and Patriot Blue, Anvil and Billet Silver, Tank and Flame Red, Spitfire and Bright White. 

A US flag will be added to the rear of the exterior with some extra highlights. An all-black grille, black badging, side steps, four-inch diameter exhaust tips, painted wheel arch trim, and 20-inch wheels painted in Technical Gray. 

Other features include four skid plates, electronic locking rear axle, off-road shocks, tow hooks, and all-terrain tires. The Built to Serve package adds an additional $2,795 to the price of your Ram 1500 truck.

Interiors Carry Built To Serve Theme

Interiors will feature stitching in Light Frost, Light Ambassador, Light Diesel Gray, Core Green, or Orange. Other interior highlights will be Black Onyx chrome trim, Velcro panels on the seats for service patches, PALS/MOLLE webbing for hanging pouches on the front seatbacks, lockable front tunnel storage, all-weather floor mats, and a special badge for the instrument panel. 

Each Built to Serve military branch truck will debut every three months from now through Veterans Day 2020.

The Built to Serve program between now and Veterans Day 2020 plans to volunteer over 1.3 million hours. That’s one hour for each active member of the military currently serving.

Motor Trend Truck Of The Year

Motor Trend declared that the Ram 1500 was the best truck of the year. Here’s why the Ram 1500 won the coveted award.

There are many reasons to buy a truck over an SUV or a minivan. Whether it’s just commuting from A to B or it’s towing and hauling a heavy load, Americans want a truck that can do what they want it to do.

The 2019 Ram 1500 can handle a payload of up over 2,300 lb. It also has a towing capacity of about 12,750 lb. Motor Trend says that this is one of the highest towing capacity in its class, and it’s only second to the Ford F-150.

Also, the Ram 1500 comes with a lot of standard as well as optional safety features. Many of those safety features are smart safety features, too, too. These features, along with the powerful redesign, allows the Ram 1500 to be a very safe truck for drivers and for their families.

Starting at about $33,000 and with trims costing up to $68,000, the Ram 1500 is either cheaper than its competitors or about the same in cost. But, that price tag pays for all the great things about the Ram 1500, as well as all the other things that weren’t mentioned. The premium options that are available are also fairly priced.

For these reasons and more, Motor Trend gave the 2019 Ram 1500 its coveted Truck of the Year award.