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Stellantis resurrects $100,000 Ram TRX V-8 pickup truck amid industry deregulation

The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will be available late next year after a roughly three-year hiatus for around $100,000.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Wifey]

Nice!! All the city slickers where I'm at will have to have one! Hahaha they look good on the freeway at 5mph especially if they never wash any mud off of it

Stellantis resurrects $100,000 Ram TRX V-8 pickup truck amid industry deregulation

The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will be available late next year after a roughly three-year hiatus for around $100,000.

www.cnbc.com

 

[ViperJeff]

This is stupid!!! with the top speed of 118 mph that means it's not a street truck its a dirt truck. take off the mud flaps and nobby tires, add aero and make it fast... faster than 153mph, then I'll smile

 

[Wifey]

This is stupid!!! with the top speed of 118 mph that means it's not a street truck its a dirt truck. take off the mud flaps and nobby tires, add aero and make it fast... faster than 153mph, then I'll smile

Exactly!!

 

[VIPR PWR]

This is stupid!!! with the top speed of 118 mph that means it's not a street truck its a dirt truck. take off the mud flaps and nobby tires, add aero and make it fast... faster than 153mph, then I'll smile

Pound Dodge dude for a Dakota size Viper truck lol

 

[Wifey]

Pound Dodge dude for a Dakota size Viper truck lol

Now that would be super cool! Not reinventing the TRX that's a has been

 

[HemiLonestar]

This is stupid!!! with the top speed of 118 mph that means it's not a street truck its a dirt truck. take off the mud flaps and nobby tires, add aero and make it fast... faster than 153mph, then I'll smile

Forgot the suspension....it was always a purpose built off roader. Needed to kill the raptor.....ya know, the truck that bends when off-roaded lol:



They won't factory build a street truck because, well street truck mania is pretty much dead. Streetwise it shifted to SUV's, hence the birth of the SRT Grand Cherokee (which is the best selling SRT vehicle of all time since 2005) and the explosive popularity of the Durango once it got 392 and hellcat versions. Truck wise it shifted to more powerful off-roaders, regardless of the fact that most of them never leave the pavement.

 

[HemiLonestar]

Now that would be super cool! Not reinventing the TRX that's a has been

Not so much reinventing as correcting an error. Thanks to Tavares (before he was forced to resign) the hellcat was killed off so they lower powered the TRX with the new 6 banger turbo and called it the RHO....most were not happy about it. It wasn't like TRX's were languishing in dealer lots, people with more dollars than sense were buying them.

 

[05 Red]

Not so much reinventing as correcting an error. Thanks to Tavares (before he was forced to resign) the hellcat was killed off so they lower powered the TRX with the new 6 banger turbo and called it the RHO....most were not happy about it. It wasn't like TRX's were languishing in dealer lots, people with more dollars than sense were buying them.

2018 was a strange year, i saw rows of Trackhawk's just languishing in the sun. Then ppl started to realize they were silly fast and faster with a pulley and a tune. Now you cant find one in my area for less than a $120k. and they are more than 5 years old.

 

[Wifey]

Have they ever ran One in a Baja race? What's the offroad speed record?

 

[HemiLonestar]

Don't think anyone has ever decided to do that to their $100k truck lol. I do like that they decided to go with the Redeye/Demon engine this time out. Other than the giant ass screen, I like the interior; actually has a console shifter and not a dial:

 

[Wifey]

Don't think anyone has ever decided to do that to their $100k truck lol. I do like that they decided to go with the Redeye/Demon engine this time out. Other than the giant ass screen, I like the interior; actually has a console shifter and not a dial:

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They should go Baja!! It's on off Road truck for goodness sake! Lol

 

[OGVIPER]

They should go Baja!! It's on off Road truck for goodness sake! Lol

Not a Redeye, certainly not a demon. They supposedly added alot more airflow to go from 702 to 777 hp on the same motor as the og trx.

I would respectfully say the TRX is an on road luxury truck with off road capabilities, rather than an offroad truck.

This is where it gets good though. At the end of the 27 TRX reveal video. There is a real blurry image of what looks like a street truck..

 

[Wifey]

Not a Redeye, certainly not a demon. They supposedly added alot more airflow to go from 702 to 777 hp on the same motor as the og trx.

I would respectfully say the TRX is an on road luxury truck with off road capabilities, rather than an offroad truck.

This is where it gets good though. At the end of the 27 TRX reveal video. There is a real blurry image of what looks like a street truck..

Yes exactly - I see "offroad trucks" all the time on the freeway stuck in traffic lol cover with mud and call it good

 

[Wifey]

I'm not clear on exactly why an offroad truck needs so much hp if it isn't going to go baja style - when i grew up my family did lotscof offroading and sand duning and I'm thinking the torque factor was key. I'm just guessing I have no practical application experience

 

[OGVIPER]

I'm not clear on exactly why an offroad truck needs so much hp if it isn't going to go baja style - when i grew up my family did lotscof offroading and sand duning and I'm thinking the torque factor was key. I'm just guessing I have no practical application experience

It doesn't need it lol. But we can't let ford be the top dog. That's one of the things I love about SRT. They take things that are silly to the max. I'm sure alot of people don't understand our love for the SRT 10. Same principle in a different package.

 

[Wifey]

It doesn't need it lol. But we can't let ford be the top dog. That's one of the things I love about SRT. They take things that are silly to the max. I'm sure alot of people don't understand our love for the SRT 10. Same principle in a different package.

Yah but at least street race technology is more applicable IMO and the other thing I love about the stock SRT is that it's naturally aspirated.

As for mods I think they're great but I'm of the mindset they're sorta like a guy having a girlfriend and then adding all the bolt ons - is she still the same girlfriend?

Hahahaha!

 

[HemiLonestar]

Not a Redeye, certainly not a demon. They supposedly added alot more airflow to go from 702 to 777 hp on the same motor as the og trx.

I would respectfully say the TRX is an on road luxury truck with off road capabilities, rather than an offroad truck.

This is where it gets good though. At the end of the 27 TRX reveal video. There is a real blurry image of what looks like a street truck..

It's the Redeye/Demon engine. In the Redeye cars it was 797 hp, 808/840 hp (pump/race gas) in the 2018 Demon. Truck/SUV based engines are almost always rated a tad less due to the exhaust manifold situation. The earlier TRX was only rated at 702 hp when the cars were running 717 with the "standard" hellcat engine.

 

[OGVIPER]

It's the Redeye/Demon engine. In the Redeye cars it was 797 hp, 808/840 hp (pump/race gas) in the 2018 Demon. Truck/SUV based engines are almost always rated a tad less due to the exhaust manifold situation. The earlier TRX was only rated at 702 hp when the cars were running 717 with the "standard" hellcat engine.

Maybe I'm wrong but here is what I read so far. It is not a de tuned redeye but some of the redeye valve train is going to be used. They got increased hp out of the smaller blower with more air flow and higher rpm.

 

[Wifey]

I Always hoped they would make the charger look like the old school charger! It never looked right to me and the four doors I'm not fond of.