After hitting the roads, we had a muddy, snowy, tough off-road park all to ourselves. Which truck emerged with the win?
Both trucks arrived in our hands dripping with features, and neither is cheap as a result. The 2023 Ford F-150 Tremorat $62,865, and its as-tested price rang in at $72,145. The 2023 Ram 1500 Rebel 4x4 with the V-8 starts at about the same price—$62,080 without the $2,995 G/T package—but a funny thing happens if you check every single option box as whomever built our test truck did. As tested, our Ram Rebel 1500 G/T 4x4 is $77,860.
Beginning with the tires, the Ford F-150 Tremor gets 33-inch General Grabber A/TX tires wrapped around 18-inch matte-black wheels. Ground clearance is increased a little, and the track is widened by an inch per axle. Underneath, the Tremor gets specially tuned monotube dampers up front and twin-tube dampers in back. Additionally, it features model-specific upper suspension control arms, a locking rear differential, and all sorts of armor plating.
For the first time in recent memory, it's safe to say a full-size pickup truck has a higher-quality interior than the equivalent Ram. It took Ford a long time to get there, but it finally did so. It's not that Ford spends more money on the F-150 Tremor's interior than Ram does on the Rebel's, but Ford uses better/smarter materials—and frankly the design is just better. For instance, the big center screen looks like it was meant to be here from the get-go, rather than tacked on.
To give you an idea of how thorough and judicious we were with our testing, four editors each took at least four runs up the same obstacles in each truck. That's at least 16 runs, and the actual number is probably closer to 25. The Rebel just can't cut it off-road against the Tremor. We were surprised by how sporty the Tremor felt off-road, mostly because of how plodding the much heavier Super Duty Tremors are, especially when compared to Ram Rebel HDs and Power Wagons.
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