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What The 2019 Ram 1500 Grille Was Originally Going To Look Like:

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...

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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.

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What The 2019 Ram 1500 Grille Was Originally Going To Look Like: - Mopar Insiders
 

Nate4x4

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There are some real similarities in both grill designs...but I'm sure glad with what they opted for.
 

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Real glad they went away from the cross hair. Looks like a much newer/sleeker truck
I’m 180° opposite. I find the grill design in the sketch much more appealing. It does away with the cluttered business on the production model. Yes, it’s a but more brutal, but that’s part of its charm.
 

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I’m 180° opposite. I find the grill design in the sketch much more appealing. It does away with the cluttered business on the production model. Yes, it’s a but more brutal, but that’s part of its charm.

Agreed.

It's instantly recognizable as a Ram truck.

I also like how the rear bumper in the sketch surrounded the tips like the 4th gen, vs the way it's done on the 5th gen with the plastic lower piece.
 

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When is an aftermarket company going to offer a nice crosshair grille for the 5th gens?
 

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It is funny how things come full circle. The aftermarket spent decades taking the crosshair off the Ram...now they want them to give it back.
 

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