Ram Owner Wants to Bring Cheaper Pickup Back to US
'We need to introduce kind of a lower-end trim of the new pickup to fill that gap,' Ostermann said at a Wolfe Research conference on Tuesday, cautioning that it would not come to market 'immediately.'
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