American RAM 3500 Ambulance COBI 24609 - RAM collection 1:35

You know that:

• RAM Trucks is an American manufacturer of mid-weight pickup trucks with the Stellantis group.
• The now defunct manufacturer Graham-Paige played a large role in the creation of this vehicle category, which first proposed the concept of a closed cabin and a small body in 1927, which we now call the Pickup.
• The independent RAM Trucks brand was founded by the American Chrysler only in 2010 in the state of Michigan.The goal of the newly founded brand is to develop and produce reliable and "rough" cars for real pick-up fans.
• RAM cars are indelibly written into American culture. The company received the biggest unwanted advertisement in 2018 during the closely watched Super Bowl match, when the manufacturer broadcast to viewers an advertisement with clips from a speech by Martin Luther King, who, however, himself often criticized advertisements and the consumerist way of life. This event started a social discussion, many Internet memes disappeared, and every famous American felt the need to comment on this event. The unintended effect was a giant advertisement for RAM cars and a rocketing increase in sales.
• Specially modified for the New York City Fire Department, the vehicles are equipped with enlarged brake discs, independent heating of the patient transport area and smart axle suspension.
• The ambulatory superstructure is adapted for transporting up to two patients. The medical equipment is carefully selected so that it contains the most necessary to save life during the transport to the trauma clinic of the nearest hospital.
• As in many other countries, emergency vehicle crews are frequent targets of aggressive attacks. For this reason, at the suggestion of Fire Chief Daniel A. Niger, a law was passed in 2018 that would send such an attacker uncompromisingly to prison for 7 years without the possibility of early release. Every EMS vehicle is prominently marked with this warning.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 6.62 m, width 2.08 m, height 1.9 m
• weight 3,152 kg
• drive unit gasoline engine 6.4 HEMI V8 with a power of 306 kW
• acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 10 s
• top speed 166 km/h
• automatic 8-speed transmission
• fuel tank volume 87 l
• average fuel consumption 12.8 l / 100 km
• number of seats 3

From the annual report of the F.D. New York 2023 :

"A pressing problem is the F.D.'s crackdown in the South Bronx near Port Morris and Highbridge. These sorties are dangerous for crews. We regularly find punctures on EMS vehicles that will no longer be repaired for the expected fleet turnover in the early months of 2024."