More details are emerging on the long-awaited Dakota replacement, a small, sub-$40,000 midsize pickup truck Ram wants—and needs. It appears it will use body-on-frame construction.

Sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that the upcoming midsize Ram truck will be body-on-frame, putting to rest rumors of a unibody pickup.

There are so many different flavours of heavy duty pickup that it’s easy to overwhelm the palate. Perhaps the most configurable vehicle on the market — with versions ranging from genuinely spartan ...