the Dodge Dakota featured smaller dimensions than the Dodge Ram but was also one of the most capable vehicles in its class. After a 1997 redesign that involved the adoption of a Ram-like front end, ...
Making its debut in 1978 for a two-year production run ... Fox-body Mustang had paced the event in 1979, the Ram 1500 served alongside Dodge’s sportscar at the Indy 500 seventeen years later.