Ram’s Night Edition blackout package has worked its way through the 1500 and Heavy Duty pickup lines. Now it lands on the trucks that do the heaviest lifting: the 3500, 4500, and 5500 Chassis Cabs. The 2027 Ram Chassis Cab Night Edition is open for orders, with trucks arriving in the fourth quarter of 2026.
The concept is simple and the appeal is real. A chassis cab is often a rolling billboard for whatever company operates it, and Ram is betting that commercial buyers would rather show up to a job site with dark paint and black accents than chrome and brightwork. The Night Edition swaps out the usual trim details for a Sport performance hood, black-painted wheels, black badging, a body-colour grille surround, body-colour front bumper and fender flares, and dark headlight bezels. ParkSense front and rear park assist comes bundled in as well.
The package is available on Big Horn and Laramie trim levels across Regular Cab and Crew Cab configurations spanning all three Chassis Cab sizes. Pricing is $3,595 on Big Horn models equipped with the Level 1 or Level 2 Equipment Group, and $3,045 on Laramie models. The truck makes its public debut at the 2026 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.
Powertrain and Capability
Nothing under the hood changes with the Night Edition. Buyers still choose between two engines: the 6.4-liter HEMI V8, producing 375 horsepower and 429 lb-ft of torque, and the 6.7-liter Cummins Turbo Diesel inline-six, rated at 360 horsepower and 800 lb-ft of torque. Both pair with a TorqueFlite HD eight-speed automatic transmission with an electronic column shifter.
The numbers that matter on a chassis cab are the ones at the back end. On the diesel side, the Ram 3500 Chassis Cab pulls up to 25,590 lbs. and carries up to 6,830 lbs. of payload, with a gross combined weight rating of 33,000 lbs. Step up to the 4500, and max towing climbs to 29,400 lbs., payload to 8,420 lbs., and GCWR to 37,500 lbs. The 5500 Cummins pushes the ceiling further: 34,540 lbs. of towing, 11,490 lbs. of payload, and a 43,000-lb. GCWR. HEMI V8 figures run lower across all three, though the 5500 HEMI still manages 21,230 lbs. of towing and 12,370 lbs. of payload.
Frame and Upfitter Provisions
The Chassis Cab’s engineering pitch to commercial buyers starts with the frame itself. Ram offers four industry-standard cab-to-rear-axle lengths: 60, 84, 108, and 120 inches. Frame rails sit 34 inches apart, matching industry-standard spacing so upfit bodies drop in without custom fabrication. The rails are built with up to 97 percent high-strength steel and tied together by eight cross members.
The rear frame section uses a C-channel design with a flat mounting surface, and Ram made a point of keeping everything clear above the rail tops. No components intrude into the upfit zone, and pre-drilled holes run throughout the structure for routing hydraulic lines, wiring, or mounting hardware. For upfitters pricing a build, that kind of factory preparation shortens installation time and reduces the chances of a custom workaround costing the customer money.
Safety Technology
Ram positions the 2027 Chassis Cab as the most safety-equipped truck in the segment, offering Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, and AEB with trailer brakes across all trim levels. The class-exclusive ParkSense system, already included in the Night Edition package, adds visual and audible park assist to a truck category that doesn’t always prioritize it.
Camera coverage is notably broad. The 270-degree system includes trailer reverse-guidance, and a class-exclusive cargo-view camera lets the driver monitor whatever body or payload sits behind the cab, useful for hookup with fifth wheel and gooseneck hitches. Tire pressure monitoring extends to six tires on the truck itself plus up to 12 trailer tires, a sensible provision for a vehicle that routinely operates at its rated limits.
The Chassis Cab is built at Ram’s Saltillo Truck Assembly Plant in Coahuila, Mexico.
Ram has run the Night Edition across enough of its lineup that the formula is familiar: pull the chrome, blacken the trim, and let buyers who want their work truck to read as intentional rather than off-the-lot have that option without a custom upfitter visit. On a chassis cab that will spend its working life towing at near-maximum rating, looking deliberate from the factory might be the only luxury that makes sense.
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