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Climbing steep hills was effortless for the Power Wagon, but descending was even easier with hill-descent control.

“Are you interested in trucks that grow hair on your chest?” my editor emailed me. I looked down at my barren torso and looked up again to read the subject line: “2017 Ram Power Wagon drive.” My dormant macho emotion had been stirred.

The 4x4 Power Wagon has one of the longest automotive histories in America. What started as a vehicle to defeat the Axis in World War II, the

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