The big tailgate news from Ram is its $995 Multifunction option. The tailgate is split 60/40, and the side-hinged doors can swing out up to 88 degrees for easier access to the bed, especially when you ...

With the Detroit Truck Wars showing no sign of slowing down, R&D attention has turned to the ubiquitous cargo box in order to get a leg up on the competition (pun firmly intended, you’ll see in a sec) ...

Call it The Battle of Tailgate. This week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Ram launched another salvo at the truck market, making its dazzling, 60-40 split tailgate even more versatile with a companion ...

The patent, first reported on by CarBuzz, depicts several methods for installing a step in the center of the tailgate that drops down when it is locked in the horizontal position. GM's Multi-Pro and ...

Ram Truck has unveiled a new multifunction tailgate for the Ram 1500 pickup truck that directly takes on the MultiPro tailgate from GMC. The multifunction tailgate from Ram opens downward, splits to ...

Truckmakers are constantly working to create innovative technologies that make the ownership experience easier for their customers, and currently, one of the areas seeing a lot of focus is the ...

Tailgating has become customary for many people before the lockdown – the social events have always been so successful that lots of folks participated even though their vehicle did not possess an ...

The accessory division of Mopar has introduced a new retractable step specifically for use with Ram’s nifty multifunction ‘barn door’ tailgate system. Heaving oneself into the bed of their pickup used ...

There was time in the not so distant past when the pickup truck tailgate was a remarkably simple device. It was little more than a steel flap with a simple latch and a pair of hinge pins. Pull the ...

Not to be outdone by GMC, Ram is introducing its own Multifunction Tailgate for the 1500. This one is a little simpler, though. Ram has added a set of hinges and split the tailgate to let you open it ...

The Multifunction Tailgate acts traditionally as a fully-dampened, drop-down tailgate with remote release. Its dual side-hinged tailgate doors allow the tailgate to swing out in one piece in a manner ...

Is a four-way tailgate better than a six-way tailgate? We’ll soon be able to find out, thanks to the new-for-2019 Ram 1500 multifunction tailgate. The new, optional setup adds the functionality of a ...