Call it The Battle of Tailgate. This week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Ram launched another salvo at the truck market, making its dazzling, 60-40 split tailgate even more versatile with a companion ...

Ram’s latest couterattack in the pickup wars is coming from the rear. The automaker has unveiled a clever new tailgate with a 60/40 split and side hinges that allows it to be opened in a variety of ...

Truckmakers are constantly working to create innovative technologies that make the ownership experience easier for their customers, and currently, one of the areas seeing a lot of focus is the ...

The patent, first reported on by CarBuzz, depicts several methods for installing a step in the center of the tailgate that drops down when it is locked in the horizontal position. GM's Multi-Pro and ...

Craig brought 15 years of automotive journalism experience to the Cars team. A lifelong resident of Michigan, he's as happy with a wrench or welding gun in hand as he is in front of the camera or ...

Ram Truck has unveiled a new multifunction tailgate for the Ram 1500 pickup truck that directly takes on the MultiPro tailgate from GMC. The multifunction tailgate from Ram opens downward, splits to ...

The tailgate wars are on. On the heels of GMC introducing its MultiPro tailgate for the 2019 Sierra 1500, Ram is now offering a multifunction tailgate of its very own. But while the Sierra's gate has ...

There was time in the not so distant past when the pickup truck tailgate was a remarkably simple device. It was little more than a steel flap with a simple latch and a pair of hinge pins. Pull the ...

The Multifunction Tailgate acts traditionally as a fully-dampened, drop-down tailgate with remote release. Its dual side-hinged tailgate doors allow the tailgate to swing out in one piece in a manner ...

Not to be outdone by GMC, Ram is introducing its own Multifunction Tailgate for the 1500. This one is a little simpler, though. Ram has added a set of hinges and split the tailgate to let you open it ...

Is a four-way tailgate better than a six-way tailgate? We’ll soon be able to find out, thanks to the new-for-2019 Ram 1500 multifunction tailgate. The new, optional setup adds the functionality of a ...