With the 2025 Ram 1500s on dealership lots, you may be interested in one. While there's tons of competition out there, we want to show you why the Ram is the best truck for you. We'll be putting it head to head against the 2025 F-150 to see which truck is better. This is your 2025 Ram 1500 vs 2025 Ford F-150 comparison.
Key takeaways
- The Ram 1500 is the only truck to come with new features between the two.
- The Ram 1500 comes with a slightly lower towing capacity, but does offer better gas mileage.
- The Ram 1500 comes with more trims to pick from, making it easy to get what you want, and even comes with a luxurious lineup topper.
Will the 2025 Ram 1500 be redesigned?
For 2025, the 1500 gets a facelift, and sees some upgrades. The V8 Hemi was dropped in favor of a twin-turbocharged inline-six with either 420 or 540 horses. The interior sees a few changes to help make the truck sleek, the changes are new lighting elements, wheel designs, and a new color palette.
Ram ditches the only 8.4-inch touchscreen, and replaces it with a 12.0-inch screen. If you're wanting something even bigger, you can opt for the 14.5-inch display. If you're wanting to give your passenger the best ride possible, you can even opt for a 10.3-inch screen for the passenger side of the truck.
Ram also brought a new trim to the family this year. This trim is the Tungsten. Coming with quilted-leather upholstery, massaging seats, and upscale features such as a 23-speaker Klipsch stereo. This trim puts the competition to shame.
Things aren't as exciting for Ford, though. This year the F-150 sees virtually no change from 2024. This makes things a bit stale and not as appealing to those who want something new.
How much will the 2025 RAM cost?
The Ram 1500 starts at $40,275. This truck comes in a number of trims for you to pick from. If you're wanting something barebones for work, or something a bit more luxurious to show people what you're all about, this truck has it all. The trims, and prices you can look for are:
- Tradesman starting at $40,275
- Tradesman HFE starting at $41,060
- Big Horn starting at $45,230
- Warlock starting at $54,505
- Laramie starting at $60,030
- Rebel starting at $64,440
- RHO starting at $69,995
- Limited starting at $75,450
- Limited Longhorn starting at $76,445
- Tungsten starting at $87,320
For Ford's 2025 effort with the F-150, you can find these prices:
- XL starting at $38,810
- STX starting at $42,015
- XLT starting at $45,695
- Lariat starting at $63,360
- Tremor starting at $64,915
- King Ranch starting at $74,905
- Platinum starting at $74,905
- Raptor starting at $79,005
While the prices may be slightly higher on the Ram 1500, the features that it comes with blow the F-150 out of the water. It also comes with more trim levels for you to pick from to help you get the truck you want.
Looking at what Car and Driver says about which trim is the best. They note that for the F-150, the Lariat is the best, but for the Ram 1500, it falls to either the Laramie, or the Rebel.
The Laramie is the cheapest preferred trim, it's hard to turn it down. If you're wanting something that can go off-road, you can also look at the Rebel. This is slightly less expensive than the Tremor, which is where Ford's off-road features come to play.
How many miles per gallon does a 2025 Dodge Ram 1500 get?
The base engine on the Ram 1500 is a 3.6L V6 engine that can get 22 mpg combined. This breaks down to 20 city miles, and 25 highway miles. On the topic of engines, we'll look at the power they can produce too. This engine can produce 305 horsepower, and 269 lb-ft of torque. The Ram 1500 also has a max towing capacity of 11,580 pounds.
The F-150 gets 21 mpg combined. You'll be able to get 19 city miles, and 25 highway miles. The power breakdown for this engine comes in at 325 horsepower, and 400 lb-ft of torque. The F-150 has a maximum towing capacity of 13,000 pounds.
While the F-150 does have a better towing capacity, that's all it has going for it. The Ram 1500 comes with better mileage, as well as better features.
Final Thoughts
If you're wanting to get behind the wheel of a winner, then that's the Ram 1500. Coming with better features, better mileage, and most importantly, a better price on the go-to trims. Come see us at Alan Jay and we can show you why the Ram 1500 should be your next truck.