I remember reading that article, I think it was 1993 or 1994 in Car and Driver magazine just as the new 94 ram was taking the world by storm. That F150 clone truck ^ was all set to go before they killed it last minute and went with this "radical" design instead, which was another pure Chrysler product savior moment in their history

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