Ram/carvista RAM/KWA

The register lists here 4 versions with 295 kW from eight-cylinders of 5,654 to 5,700 cm³, unladen weights from 2,530 to 2,685 kg, gross weights from 3,510 to 3,538 kg, lengths from 5,817 to 5,915 mm and widths from 2,017 to 2,085 mm.

Conversions of this kind target buyers who want to combine the towing capacity and drive of a large American pickup with a touring or living body; such combinations are usually registered singly or in small numbers by specialist conversion firms.

On these conversions, the documentation of the individual approval, the condition of the base Ram 1500 with its V8 petrol engine and automatic transmission, and, on the body, the watertightness, insulation and condition of the living fit-out all count; servicing of the base vehicle runs through Ram dealers, and of the body through the respective conversion firm.

With gross vehicle weights from 3,510 to 3,538 kg, these conversions sit just above the boundary with EU class N1, in class N2 (3.5 to 12 t); unlike a lighter base vehicle under 3.5 t, a category B driving licence alone no longer suffices here, and category C1 is needed. For registration as a camper, what counts is not the base vehicle's class but the actual fit-out with living space, seating and storage, which the individual approval checks.