The 2023 Rebel 2500 Is the Ram We’ve Been Asking For

Ram is finally building the Power Wagon of our dreams, or at least the next best thing. The 2023 Ram Rebel 2500 takes the off-road mentality of the Rebel 1500 and applies it to the 2500 chassis, and it’s available with the incredible 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine. The Power Wagon is still available, but only with the 6.4-liter Hemi V8, making the Rebel 2500 our new favorite Ram product.

Although Ram claims the Rebel 2500 has a “unique design,” to our eye it looks very Power Wagon. That’s not a bad thing, especially since it’s available with the Cummins, which makes 370 horsepower and 850 pound-feet of torque. If you don’t want the diesel, the truck comes standard with the 6.4-liter Hemi that makes 410 hp and 429 lb-ft of torque. Optioning the diesel gets buyers a payload capacity of 3,140 pounds and a towing capacity of 16,870 pounds—massive jumps over the Power Wagon’s numbers.

Key to the Rebel 2500 package are an assortment of off-road additions. It gets “unique suspension,” a limited-slip and locking rear differential, 33-inch Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac tires, and fuel-tank and transfer-case skid plates. A WARN Zeon-12 winch is available, though sadly only for trucks with the gas engine. Ram has also added cargo tie-downs, a spray-in bed liner, LED bed lighting, and a bed step to the list of available options.

The new Rebel 2500 lives between the Laramie and Power Wagon in the Ram lineup, with prices starting at $67,045 plus $1,895 destination. The 2023 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Rebel model will go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2022.