The full-sized Dodge Ramcharger, predecessor to the Dodge Durango, was introduced in the mid 1970's when the American automotive market was seeing a new kind of truck, though it was labeled a station wagon. They typically bore a pickup truck front end and chassis with a solid cap, and the interior was unlike the typical pickup with a cap in that these new "station wagons" had a second row of seats. This allowed people the seating and hauling capacities of a family station wagon, but with the abilities, both on and off-road, of a pickup truck. Models such as the Chevrolet Blazer (known by some as the K5), Ford Bronco, Plymouth Trail Duster, and Ramcharger represented this new class of "car" that quickly became very popular.
