2025 Ram 3500

Last year, you could get the Ram 3500 with one of two Cummins diesel engine options. For 2025, Ram has discontinued the previous 370-hp Cummins diesel engine option. What's left is the more powerful version. It makes 10 more horsepower this year — now 430 hp — and is said to be quieter and smoother. Other changes for 2025 include updated styling and a refreshed interior with new-and-improved touchscreens. An all-digital instrument panel and a passenger-side screen are now available, too. Dual wireless charging pads and a power inverter are introduced to the available features list, along with a handy trailer reverse steering control system and several safety technologies.

As mighty as the Ram 3500's towing and payload numbers are, they're actually outdone by the Ford F-350 (a 40,000-pound towing maximum and up to 8,000 pounds of payload), in part thanks to its more powerful gasoline and diesel engines. It can't match the Ram's Mega Cab option, or its overall interior quality, usability or tech. Neither can the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD twins. They come close, at least inside, but their engine and capability specs are off the pace of both Ford and Ram. If you need more capability than all of the above, have you considered something from Peterbilt?