'27 Power Wagon Will Get A Cummins Turbodiesel With Monster Torque

[AbleGuy]

The Good News:
The 2027 Ram Power Wagon will now be offered with a Cummins diesel engine.
And PW's diesel will be a 6.7-liter inline-six that can crank out 430 horsepower and make 1075 pound-feet of torque.

The Bad News?
This mind blowingly powerful diesel Power Wagon will be available late 2026, BUT will cost you big bucks...starting at $88,470!
(That pushes the 'buy it now' price @ $15k more than the base price of the 2026 gasser Power Wagon. (All Powers Wagon will be 4x4's with Crew Cabs with the short bed)

So, do you think the enormous torque and great offroad ability of this diesel package is worth the extra cabbage?

Well, it will also offer a fifth-wheel/gooseneck prep option and automatic-leveling rear air suspension (which promises to help maintain a level profile under heavy loads) and innovatively also gives you a bed-lowering mode to "make trailer hookups easier".

A bed lowering mode for easier hookups? Sounds like every lonely single guy's wet dream so there is that.

"For some reason, Ram has not offered its heavy-duty off-road pickup truck with a diesel engine—until now. For the 2027 model year, the Power Wagon finally joins crosstown rivals by giving customers the choice of an oil-burning powerplant. And just like that, Ram can claim bragging rights when it comes to torque in this specific niche, as the Cummins' 1075 pound-feet surpasses GM's Duramax and Ford's Power Stroke, which churn out 975 and 1050, respectively."

read more here:

2027 Ram Power Wagon Finally Gets a Cummins Diesel with 1075 Pound-Feet of Titanic Torque

Ram's biggest off-roader now has the grunt to compete with rivals from Ford and GM, and it only had to get rid of its winch.

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1075 pound-feet of torque!
Say it again...1075 pound-feet of torque!
Mama Mia! Dat's a spicy meatball!

 

[2025 deleted member]

I’m guessing it won’t be quite as capable off-road as the gas version. Massive amount of weight on the front end and stiffer rear suspension to address payload. Pretty neat option for that guy that wants it all though

 

[crazysccrmd]

So it’s a Rebel 2500 with new stickers? Seems like without the soft suspension for off-road articulation and a winch it’s not really a power wagon.

 

[2025 deleted member]

So it’s a Rebel 2500 with new stickers? Seems like without the soft suspension for off-road articulation and a winch it’s not really a power wagon.

You get a front locker that’s the only real difference I see

 

[Tex68w]

And they still couldn't figure out how to add a winch.

 

[redthies]

Diesel in the Power Wagon is not really needed. You buy a diesel to tow or haul. Idling around crawling in low range (the PWs forte in case Ram didn’t know) is far from the ideal use case for a diesel.

Given the extra payload and lack of winch, the new truck is a Rebel with a front locker. They should call it the “Rebel with a locker” and not sully the Power Wagon name.

 

[DirtWhiskey]

Diesel in the Power Wagon is not really needed. You buy a diesel to tow or haul. Idling around crawling in low range (the PWs forte in case Ram didn’t know) is far from the ideal use case for a diesel.

Given the extra payload and lack of winch, the new truck is a Rebel with a front locker. They should call it the “Rebel with a locker” and not sully the Power Wagon name.

Actually "Rebel with a locker, disconnectable sway bars and a real truck payload rating". This will sell like hotcakes because many people need more payload than a minivan like the current PW.

 

[crazysccrmd]

Actually "Rebel with a locker, disconnectable sway bars and a real truck payload rating". This will sell like hotcakes because many people need more payload than a minivan like the current PW.

I don’t know if disconnecting swaybars and a locker are high on the list of things people look for in a heavy duty diesel that isn’t really suitable off-road. I’m sure they will sell and I’m sure most won’t see forest service roads any rougher than a Subaru could handle.

 

[Tex68w]

As a former PW owner and current diesel Tremor owner, I feel like I am the target market for this vehicle. Back when I owned my PW, my two biggest complaints were that it lacked a diesel, and the payload and towing were pathetic. Sadly, you can't have your cake and eat it too when it comes to this niche. The supple ride and great rear articulation in the gasser PW force you to give up a proper 3/4-ton payload and towing numbers, and the addition of a diesel in the new PW adds weight, removes the inset winch, and improving the rear payload, likely greatly reduces that signature great ride.

I love my Tremor, it's a proper HD truck, and it has all of the doo-dads and accessories I could ever want should I decide to get more serious with it off-road. That said, beyond a few trails in Big Bend, Arkansas, and Colorado, and an upcoming trip to Moab, it's mostly lived its life no differently than it would if it were a standard FX4 F250, towing trailers and burning up the interstate.

I don't find the new diesel PW appealing since I already own the Tremor, but I'll admit that I am considering picking up another gasser PW in the next few years to be used as my daily, once I park the Tremor for tow and travel use only. I moaned and groaned for years, wishing that they'd offered the PW with a diesel, and now that they do, I have zero interest, oh, the irony.

 

[deserteagle56]

Diesel in the Power Wagon is not really needed. You buy a diesel to tow or haul. Idling around crawling in low range (the PWs forte in case Ram didn’t know) is far from the ideal use case for a diesel.

Given the extra payload and lack of winch, the new truck is a Rebel with a front locker. They should call it the “Rebel with a locker” and not sully the Power Wagon name.

^This!

We're not talking your pre-emissions Cummins here. Those didn't mind running at idle so much. The new diesels, if not run hard and hot, quickly load up the Diesel Particulate Filter and the EGR and you'll soon have an expensive problem to fix. Here's a screen shot of the warning in the owner's manual for one of the newer diesels:



So here you are, miles in on some back country trail, and you're supposed to speed up to highway speeds??

Got a coworker with a newer Ram/Cummins. He tells me that when he's out in the outback scouting for elk periodically he has to stop, put the truck in neutral, and then race the engine for 20 minutes so the emissions systems can do their thing and the alarms turn off.

 

[STREGA]

Well for 20 years all you heard was I would never buy a PW unless they put a diesel in it.
Well now you can get one with a diesel, it’s time to put up or shut up.

 

[neoprufrok]

I'm pretty sure all my overlanding friends aren't on here, because all of them told me they want the new PW Diesel badly. Yes, they still won't get to work a well built mid size jeep or toyota will go - but to go on long multistate trips in northern climates carrying more weight - it's a good solution. It's still shorter than a F250 or GMC HD, so it's still more maneuverable. For me, I do and will tow cars to racetracks, etc. But I also want the flexibility to put on a camper or load it up and go on a 10 day trip far away with my wife and dog. For shorter, more difficult rock crawling trails - I have my Jeep on 37s for that.