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Video: How Motor Trend Picked Ram 1500 for the 2013 Truck of the Year

This episode of Motor Trend's Wide Open Throttle video blog takes you to the Truck of the Year competition, a nearly week-long event comprised of performance tests, towing tests, and rocky off-roading

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