Ram 1500 Insurgent OTG idea will get patented, previews lifted truck with snorkel and winch

The Ram 1500 Insurgent OTG (brief for “Off the Grid”) idea may even see manufacturing, judging by a latest patent submitting by Ram father or mother Stellantis with the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) that was initially noticed by Automobile and Driver.

The Insurgent OTG idea debuted on the 2019 SEMA present clothed in Mopar-sourced equipment. The patent pictures present an analogous truck, indicating Ram is contemplating a manufacturing mannequin based mostly on the idea.

The truck within the patent pictures is not fairly as accessorized because the OTG idea, nonetheless. It lacks the idea’s Yakima mattress rack, rooftop tent, collapsible awning, and bed-mounted slide-out kitchen. However it nonetheless has the idea’s snorkel, bespoke grille, and entrance and rear bumpers.

Ram 1500 Insurgent OTG idea

The entrance bumper incorporates driving lights and a winch. Recall that the idea had a ten,000-pound Warn winch from the Ram 2500 Energy Wagon, plus a 2.0-inch raise package, beadlock-capable wheels, 35-inch tires, and underbody safety.

Patent filings aren’t any assure of manufacturing plans, however Automobile and Driver speculates that the OTG idea may go on sale as a Mopar particular version. Ram and different Stellantis manufacturers often launch such autos utilizing equipment chosen from the Mopar catalog.

A manufacturing truck based mostly on the OTG idea can be one thing just a little completely different. Off-road variations of half-ton pickups, such because the Ford F-150 Raptor and Ram’s personal TRX, are likely to deal with efficiency, whereas the OTG idea leans extra within the overlanding course. It additionally would not be the primary time Ram took its queue from buyer modification preferences. For the 2022 mannequin yr it launched Ram 1500 G/T fashions based mostly round fashionable mods.