Back in 2003, Ram Trucks (formerly known as the Dodge Truck Division) introduced the Rumble Bee, a popular model inspired by the Super Bee muscle car of the late 1960s. Fast forward a decade and we now have a new HEMI-powered Ram 1500 Rumble Bee concept to celebrate the 10-year anniversary and the heritage of Ram’s unique truck designs that include the Lil Red Express, Warlock and Power Wagon.
The Rumble Bee concept began life as a 2013 Ram 1500 R/T. Keeping with tradition, the lightweight, two-door; 2WD configuration is covered in “Drone Yellow” paint with a unique matte finish. A new “Speed Bee” design is swathed on both sides of the truck within a gloss black stripe that fades into honeycomb. The stripe glides front to rear, around the top of the bed and over the Mopar tonneau cover.
Factory 22-inch wheels are replaced with gloss black, 24-inch, Vellano VRH custom rollers and a two-inch drop provided by King Suspension enhances handing performance and appearance with the help of a reservoir shock at each wheel. The grille, hood vents, badging, fuel door and the dual exhaust tailpipes are all coated in gloss black.
The Ram R/T-based interior features black and yellow leather sport mesh seats with two-tone stitching. “Rumble Bee” lettering and Ram logos adorn chairs, floor mats and door bolsters. The interior centrepiece is an actual amber-encased bee mounted into the eight-speed rotary shifter knob that lights up to expose a honeycomb pattern background. A real bee, how cool is that?
Two buttons below the knob control exhaust cutouts to bypass the Mopar cat-back dual-exhaust system, allowing the full sound force of a 395 hp 5.7 litre HEMI V8 to escape. The unique honeycomb pattern is shared with the door trim and the dash, where a milled aluminium “10th Anniversary” commemorative badge serves as the truck’s ID.
Those who like big bad trucks can also check out the 2014 Ford F-150 Tremor and 2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition. Speaking of the Raptor, lately we have seen local Ford Rangers sporting the big F-O-R-D grille of the monster truck!
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He Looks Like BumbleBee that gained fat/muscle.
Fine, now I have the idea to modify my Arena.
how the autobot will look like…
Errr…still looks like the old Dodge Ram pick up…
Unfortunately, not available in malaysia.
always like this kind of beast truck .Malaysia truck still not bad.manacing look as american truck.the latest ford truck has some DNA but i still think,not bad enough.i think it is malaysia tax policies shy away Ford company to bring in their F150 to malaysia or Ford want to keep their best only to the americans?love the Ford f-150 since many years ago,which one movie i still remember is F&F chapter 1 where paul walker drive the F-150.
‘actual amber-encased bee’? Oh boy. Hope it doesn’t start a trend among the US auto makers. What’s next, an actual stuffed horse in every Mustang? A preserved cobra in every Shelby? A live viper in every SRT-10?
I fancy on that bee! Wonder how the production line for that dial knob in their vendor’s plant. Imagine the operator slowly pickup the dead bee, put it onto the knob and snap on the cover, and ready for delivery..haha how cool is that