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.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
