The reborn 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT wears the SRT badge for the first time, packs a supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8, and produces a frankly ludicrous 777 horsepower.It sprints from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, tops out at 118 mph thanks to its tire limits, and can clear a 100-foot dirt jump without breaking a sweat.Starting at around $102,000, it dramatically undercuts the Ford Raptor R while offering more power and quicker acceleration. Right, so here is a truth that the sensible people at head office would rather you never heard. For a brief and terrifying moment, Ram decided that its half-ton pickups no longer needed a V8. Madness. Utter madness. It was like deciding that a rollercoaster would be far more pleasant without any of the frightening bits. Yes, the straight-six Hurricane engine is clever, lighter, and jolly powerful, and I have absolutely nothing against it. But a truck without a burbling V8 is a bit like a birthday party without cake. Technically still a party. Just enormously disappointing. Thankfully, the grown-ups came to their senses. The V8 returned to the ordinary Ram 1500, and once that happened, everybody with a functioning brain knew a hotter version was coming. And here it is. The TRX has clawed its way back from the automotive graveyard, and this time it is angrier, louder, and considerably more unhinged than it has ever been. It arrives with 777 horsepower and a price that makes its only real rival look rather greedy. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a supertruck that jumps. Everything You Need To Know About The Reborn 2027 Ram TRX For the very first time, Ram has slapped the storied SRT badge onto the TRX, and that badge now means something rather more ambitious than it once did. In the past, SRT was all about tarmac and drag strips and going very fast in a straight line. Now the mission has expanded. The drag strip still matters, of course, but so does a dusty back road, or in the case of the journalists who got to sample this beast, a purpose-built dirt racing circuit sitting right next to the famous Red Bud motocross course in Buchanan, Michigan. Picture the scene. Motorcycle riders are warming up for a weekend of enormous jumps and deafening noise, and there, staring at a set of dirt ramps, sits a pickup truck the size of a small holiday cottage. Ram built a little course to show off what the new TRX can do, complete with fast corners, a series of bumps they call whoops, a cheeky little jump that flicks the truck skyward, and a proper 100-foot tabletop jump to sort the brave from the sensible. Now, climbing aboard, you are met with what Ram reckons is the best interior in the business, and I am inclined to agree. There is a 12.3-inch digital display sitting behind the wheel, an absolutely gigantic 14.5-inch central touchscreen running the Uconnect 5 software, and a rather brilliant 10-inch head-up display that hovers over the bonnet like a hologram. That HUD is not just showoff nonsense either. On the middle jump of the three, you must not exceed 45 mph, or the front skid plate has an intimate and violent meeting with the planet. A few brave souls tested this theory during the drive, and to the truck's enormous credit, it simply shrugged off the impact and carried on ripping down the course. Remarkable. Underneath, Ram has kept the recipe familiar for anyone who has owned a TRX before. There are Bilstein Blackhawk e2 adaptive shocks that keep things comfy on the road but can absorb absolutely brutal punishment once the tarmac disappears. Ram claims 13 inches of axle travel up front and 14 inches at the rear. Bolt that lot to a set of colossal 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler tires, add progressive jounce control and a five-link rear suspension setup, and what you have is a machine engineered specifically to misbehave. On the road, and this is the genuinely surprising part, the TRX rides beautifully. It is soft, plush, and calm. Cruising at motorway speeds, the cabin stays reasonably hushed despite those massive tires and the enormous engine sitting up front. There is a decent bit of weight to the steering when you are pottering about town, but honestly, that is to be expected given everything going on beneath you. You could stiffen it all up by selecting Sport mode, but why on earth would you? Leave it comfortable, let the Bilsteins and the Goodyears do their thing, and enjoy the ride. Or, and this is the far more entertaining option, go find some dirt, twist the dial into Baja mode, and let chaos commence. Out on that dirt course, the TRX is an absolute riot. Clearing a 100-foot tabletop jump ends up feeling smoother than trundling over the speed bumps in your local supermarket car park. The winning formula is simple. Get the truck to rotate through the corners, resist the urge to overcook the steep jump, and pin the throttle absolutely everywhere else. When you hear the supercharger scream, you know you have got it right. That supercharger, by the way, is a 2.4-liter unit bolted to a 6.2-liter V8. This is the legendary Hellcat engine, and here it delivers 777 horsepower alongside 680 pound-feet of torque. Using Launch Control, Ram claims a 0-60 mph time of just 3.5 seconds. Keep your right foot planted and you will hit the fuel cutoff, which caps top speed at 118 mph. That, incidentally, is a best-in-class number. There is even a whisper that without the cutoff, the truck could reach 150 mph, but the 35-inch tires are only rated to 118, so good luck with that. And this is where the TRX really lands its punches on the Ford Raptor R. It hits 60 mph quicker, offers more power, and costs a great deal less money. The Raptor R gets bigger 37-inch tires and weighs slightly less, but I struggle to see how that justifies a starting price roughly $12,000 higher. The TRX arrives well equipped from the factory at around $102,790, with a panoramic moonroof available and a handful of dealer extras. There is also a Bloodshot Night edition for an extra $9,995, though I would save the cash. The standard truck looks properly menacing already, especially wearing Serrano Green. The verdict, then, is gloriously simple. Stellantis knows precisely how to build a performance machine that thrills its devoted following, and the reborn TRX nails the brief with lots of noise, mountains of power, and a cabin you would happily live in. That it does all this while undercutting its only rival by more than 10 percent is the cherry on a very silly, very magnificent cake. Long live the TRX.
