Ram 1500 Named a 2010 Top 10 Road Trip Vehicle by Kelley Blue Book's kbb.comAuburn Hills, Mich. , May 25, 2010 - Just in time for Memorial Day weekend and the kickoff of the summer driving season, Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com today named the Ram 1500 one of its 2010 Top 10 Road Trip Vehicles.
This year, Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com editors added a new twist to their annual Top 10 list, choosing 10 road trip-worthy summer 2010 events and pairing them with the best new cars and trucks for those journeys. The 2010 Ram 1500 and the Iowa State Fair were called a perfect road-trip match.
Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com called the Ram 1500, with its coil-over rear suspension "a wise choice for long-haul road trip comfort. The HEMI V8 engine delivers a healthy 390 horsepower along with respectable highway fuel economy of 20 mpg, and the truck's boldly styled sheetmetal might just turn a few heads when you roll into town."
As for the Iowa State Fair, held Aug. 12-22, in Des Moines, the editors wrote: "You have to love any event that bills itself as 'Non Stop Fun.'"
In addition to choosing the fun events and corresponding interesting rides, the kbb.com editors kept key road trip criteria in mind when choosing each Top 10 Road Trip Car -- things like a comfortable cabin, good fuel economy, utter reliability and superior over-the-road driving dynamics.
"We understand that truck owners spend a lot of time in their vehicles; whether getting to the jobsite, hauling livestock or towing their boat up to the cabin for the weekend." said Fred Diaz, President and CEO - Ram Truck Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. "That's why we designed the Ram 1500 to be the new truck segment benchmark for comfort and refinement. With the new Ram, we focused on the interior, designing thoughtful features and loads of storage -- the sorts of things that make it a good road trip companion."
For more information about the 2010 Top 10 Road Trip Cars from Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com, visit
www.kbb.com/RoadTripCars2010.
