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Last week featured running jokes and mirth on truck Twitter. It started when the
account played off the Super Bowl, posting a short video that started with the caption, “The Rams already lost.” Then came a picture of a current
tailgate, followed by a short pictorial demonstration of the six-function MultiPro tailgate available on the
(pictured). Ram responded with a pigskin play of its own, calling
out for a false start and requesting everyone “Check back with us on 2/7/19.” That is the first media day of the
.
Flag on the play. False start. Check back with us on 2/7/19. Unanimous #MTTOTY #RamTrucks pic.twitter.com/CfEwIuM7PX
— RamTrucks (@RamTrucks) January 31, 2019
The easy inference is that Ram has plans to reveal a clever tailgate of its own. The easy question is, will it be the
split tailgate we first saw in a patent application
in 2014, then
? That
patent application detailed a gate split
down the middle, with a traditional handle on the left-side door. The entire unit could open like a standard tailgate, or, each half could fold down like a tailgate as well as swing out like a door. The
has a similar option, but not being split, the
whole tailgate swings out like a door. Another novel feature of the Ram patent application was that the doors could be operated with a touchpad.
When spy photographers caught a 2020 Ram prototype in Detroit with a split tailgate, the split was no longer 50/50, but about 65/35. After snapping the silver truck that day, the split tailgate was never seen again. Thursday in Chicago might be the day that changes, since it’s fair to expect Ram to show something that will get the
current with proliferating tailgate trickery.
GMC and Ram weren’t finished, though. The
won the
Motor Trend
Truck of the Year award at the
, and two hours after GMC’s first tweet, GMC got around to sending this bit of congratulations:
Congrats on #MTTOTY. Have a hot dog on us… and on an old tailgate. pic.twitter.com/8iMc0xynCx
— GMC (@GMC) January 31, 2019
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