What The 2019 Ram 1500 Grille Was Originally Going To Look Like:
Design Sketches Show Us What The 2019 Ram 1500 Would Have Looked Like With The Crosshair...
When the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 (DT) made its debut last year people were shocked that not only was the truck bringing more refinement and technology to the growing pickup truck segment, but that it made its debut without the famed “crosshair” grille design. The crosshair grille design, had been feature on the Dodge (errr Ram) trucks since the 1981 model year. However, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the Ram brand wanted to pushed their way past their former Dodge Truck brand self, into their own thing.
This brought a lot of talk to the fan base of how someone should make an aftermarket grille featuring the crosshair design for the new truck. Photoshop designs started popping up all over the internet. Now that a year has passed, much of the Ram fan base have embraced the new grille design. But eliminating the crosshair grille design was not part of the original design of the Ram (DT).
5thGenRams got our hands on a couple of the original design drawings from the Ram design studio. Now, we get to see what might the 2019 Ram 1500 (DT) would have looked like with that crosshair grille design.
2019 Ram 1500 Design Sketch VS Production Vehicle. (5thGenRams).
The truck in the design sketch appears to be equivalent of the production 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie trim level. The first thing we see is that the overall design of the sketch made it into the production. The front bumper design is clearly the same on the production model, however its the bold grille design that stands out. The over front shape is still the same, but the vertical crosshair bar was design to be a lot thicker than the one on the 4th generation Ram 1500 the truck was to replace. The crosshair horizontal bar, stretches across the grille and stops inside the headlamp design. It explains why the premium headlamps found on Laramie Longhorn and Limited models, have the indention of the grille trim pieces into the headlamp design.
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Design Sketches Show Us What The 2019 Ram 1500 Would Have Looked Like With The Crosshair...
When the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 (DT) made its debut last year people were shocked that not only was the truck bringing more refinement and technology to the growing pickup truck segment, but that it made its debut without the famed “crosshair” grille design. The crosshair grille design, had been feature on the Dodge (errr Ram) trucks since the 1981 model year. However, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the Ram brand wanted to pushed their way past their former Dodge Truck brand self, into their own thing.
This brought a lot of talk to the fan base of how someone should make an aftermarket grille featuring the crosshair design for the new truck. Photoshop designs started popping up all over the internet. Now that a year has passed, much of the Ram fan base have embraced the new grille design. But eliminating the crosshair grille design was not part of the original design of the Ram (DT).
5thGenRams got our hands on a couple of the original design drawings from the Ram design studio. Now, we get to see what might the 2019 Ram 1500 (DT) would have looked like with that crosshair grille design.
2019 Ram 1500 Design Sketch VS Production Vehicle. (5thGenRams).
The truck in the design sketch appears to be equivalent of the production 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie trim level. The first thing we see is that the overall design of the sketch made it into the production. The front bumper design is clearly the same on the production model, however its the bold grille design that stands out. The over front shape is still the same, but the vertical crosshair bar was design to be a lot thicker than the one on the 4th generation Ram 1500 the truck was to replace. The crosshair horizontal bar, stretches across the grille and stops inside the headlamp design. It explains why the premium headlamps found on Laramie Longhorn and Limited models, have the indention of the grille trim pieces into the headlamp design.
For the rest of the article, click the link below...
https://5thgenrams.com/what-the-2019-ram-1500-grille-was-originally-going-to-look-like/
