Dodge – LRT

The Dodge LRT was a concept pick-up truck shown by Dodge at the North American International Auto Show in early January 1990. The name stood for Little Red Truck, a reference to the bright red finish it wore on Dodge's stand for small commercial vehicles. It was a two-door, two-seat pick-up built on a four-wheel-drive chassis, and it stood out among the concept trucks produced around that time by the four major American pick-up makers, Ford, Chevrolet, GMC and Dodge.

The LRT's styling centered on a wide front end, with an overall width of close to 220 cm, dominated by a large cooling air intake. This intake was an enlarged interpretation of the Dodge crest motif that divided the sedans' grilles into four equal sections, a theme first given strong visual presence on the Dodge Viper R/T 10 concept car of the previous year. Small headlights sat behind tinted lens covers, each concealing four high-intensity mini-lamps, while aerodynamically styled searchlights were mounted on the roll bar that ran back from the cab with angled side supports. The roof itself was a retractable hard-top made of individual movable metal panels that lowered electrically behind the two bucket seats, following an actual "convertible roof" that Dodge had recently introduced on a production pick-up. At the rear, the tailgate could retract electrically into the floor ahead of the rear bumper, which itself incorporated the taillights; at the show, the truck was displayed loading a tractor onto its bed automatically.

Power came from a 5.2-liter V8 with multipoint fuel injection, tuned for increased torque, driving through a four-wheel-drive system. The engine displaced 5210 cc and was credited with more than 200 horsepower. The LRT rode on 17-inch wheels of a racing-style design shared with the Viper R/T 10. Dimensions included a wheelbase of 289 cm, track widths of 169 cm front and 177 cm rear, and overall length, width and height of 511, 219 and 166 cm respectively.