We paid $3,500 for a fake Dodge Ram pick-up truck from China and when unboxing it couldn't quite believe what we were seeing
- This fake Dodge Ram pick-up truck from China cost $3,500
- It’s not entirely unpleasant at first glance
- Look a little closer and things start to unravel
Published on Feb 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Mar 03, 2025 at 8:04 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
When you pay $3,500 for a fake Dodge Ram pick-up truck from China, what do you expect?
When it’s first unboxed from its crate the ‘desert cream’ hue of the car is unexpected but weirdly nice.
However, the audacity to put ‘RAM’ on the front is a super bold move from the Chinese carmaker.
Will it prove to be a worthwhile investment? Supercar Blondie’s Alex Hirschi and Nathan Bain investigate.
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The exterior of fake Dodge Ram from China
Supercar Blondie’s Nathan Bain did the honors and cracked the sizable wooden crate from Alibaba open.
“The proportions… there’s something so charming about it,” he said.
“I don’t know, it’s big but it’s narrow and the wheels are tiny.”
Aside from that, it’s a ‘straight copy’ – despite some of the vents and other features being merely for aesthetic rather than functional purposes.
Like the fake Chinese Range Rover that he previously unboxed, the car is electric and charges via some odd ‘computer’ plug.
However, unlike that car, the fake ‘RAM’ branding on the grille is pretty blatant.
Round to the back and the tailgate works perfectly.
“What more could you want?” Bain asks.
“How could you not love this little thing?”
It’s like a Fisher Price version of the real Dodge Ram with faulty light-up letters on the grille, 24″ versus 35″ tires, and an engine bay that’s virtually empty bar a few ‘washing machine’ like motors.
The interior
The exterior is not really comparable to the 700HP of the actual beast.
The fake electric car’s interior is no different.
As you step in you’re greeted by a functionless blue stripe in place of a car sidestep.
Alongside the wrong brand’s colors inside, there’s a rudimentary touchscreen infotainment system, and peddles so far to the right they require you to drive ‘sidesaddle’.
Stay tuned to find out what happens when Bain and Hirschi, aka Supercar Blondie, put it through its paces.
With a dual English and French degree and NCTJ diploma, Amelia began her career doing award-winning writing and editing for titles and brands spanning Women's Health, the Telegraph, Boots, and Vitality. Amelia joined the SB Media family in September of 2023, bringing her expertise in SEO and reader takeaway. As Lead Editor, her superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a shareable story.
