Exclusive styling touches and slightly improved off-road abilities give the 2016 Ram 1500 Rebel more attitude, while retaining its title as the best-riding half-ton pickup truck on the market.

Bound for Overland Expo West, we take the scenic route through some gnarly terrain in two trucks within Ram's off-road stable.

That’s how Ram CEO Bob Hegbloom described the Ram 1500 Rebel to me when he introduced it earlier this year, and it’s still the greatest thing I’ve ever heard an auto executive say.

LOS ANGELES January 19, 2016 —FOUR WHEELER, the world’s leading 4x4 authority, has selected the Ram 1500 Rebel as the winner of its prestigious 27th annual Pickup Truck of the Year Award.