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"The sinfully ugly 2014 Ram Promaster made Web Editor Zach Bowman&amp;#039;s knees weak at first sight. Not due to nausea, nor even a begrudging admiration for its popeyed-pug looks\u2014solely because it was clear that the flat, low cargo area could swallow a small armada of Craigslist purchases. Motorcycles, transmissions, you name it. He even slept in the thing.  There&amp;#039;s no sleeping in the 2015 Ram Promaster City, at least not stretched out. Nor will your fleet of motorcycles fit, unless they&amp;#039;re pit bikes. The City has a 60.4x87.2-inch cargo area to work with and a 1883-lb payload\u2014not terrible, but it&amp;#039;s going to have to haul large things one at a time rather than all-up like its larger and uglier stablemate. Better news is the 2.4-liter Tigershark up front, making 178 hp and 174 lb-ft of torque, which is generous for this class\u2014and a lot more than vans this size make do with in Europe, where they&amp;#039;re ubiquitous. Also good news is the 21.5-inch step-in height\u2014nice and low. Ram claims the FWD City speed walks to 60 in a sedate 9.8 seconds. That&amp;#039;s not quite as exciting. PHOTOS: 2014 Ram Promaster Don&amp;#039;t forget, this is basically a Fiat Doblo in Ram drag, built on the small vehicle platform co-developed with GM. It&amp;#039;s been built in Turkey since 2010, and our North American-bound versions will also be built there.  Perhaps most incredible is the nine-speed automatic transmission. Yes, nine speeds. It&amp;#039;s a ZF transverse unit that&amp;#039;s also used by Land Rover in the Range Rover Evoque\u2014and it&amp;#039;s the same Jeep Cherokee unit that&amp;#039;s been giving Chrysler so much software trouble. These Citys will see a lot of fleet use, so time will tell if the fuel economy benefit (Ram claims, without specifying, best in class for their vanlet) will be worth the transmission headache. READ THIS: The 2015 Ford Edge is boring. Its tech is not. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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