Quad Cab vs. Crew Cab

Different cab options when picking out a truck can be useful, as trucks have to be quite versatile, and different needs require different body configurations. But there aren’t any universally agreed-upon definitions for what constitutes a crew cab, or a quad cab, or any of the other names manufacturers give to pickup cabs. So to help make sense of different cab sizes offered by Ram, we put together this guide.

Since nearly every cab on every Ram truck seats 6, the best way we have to show the difference between the various cab types is passenger volume. And right away, we can see what makes it so difficult to keep track of what the different names actually mean. Both trucks have an option called crew cab, but the crew cab on the 2500/3500 is closer in volume to the quad cab on the 1500, while the 1500 crew cab is bigger than the mega cab on the 2500/3500, even though the heavy-duty models have larger external dimensions. It’s also worth noting that the differences between these different cabs come down almost entirely to back seat space, ranging from no back seat at all in the regular cab to the most spacious back seat, which is found in the 1500 crew cab. There is unfortunately no real system for remembering this, but it is at least helpful for 2500/3500 shoppers that the mega cab just sounds like it would be the bigger of the two options that have a back seat.