The Raptor, eaten by the TRX, rates 15 mpg city and 18 mpg highway. The Raptor-eater rates 10 mpg city and 14 mpg highway. The icing on the cake is surprisingly good gas mileage - given 702 horsepower - and given the comparatively poor mileage delivered by the 450-horsepower Ford Raptor. The net result is a 6,000-plus pound truck that can run a 12-second quarter mile that will also go practically anywhere, given the 12 inches of ground clearance, the monster-footprint 35-inch knobby tires and the real-deal four-wheel-drive system with low-range gearing. It says 6.2 liters - which is nearly twice the size of the Ford F-150 Raptor's 3.5-liter V-6. There is a huge engine under the functionally scooping hood of this Raptor eater. The stubby running boards are next to useless. The rising cost of gas makes this one expensive to drive.
Limited production means limited haggling expect to pay full MSRP or more for this one. You get Ferrari performance - in a pickup. The TRX is the latest version of the Ram 1500 pickup.
The base price is $70,095 - a small price to pay to be the king. Though Ford is apparently working on something more like it, in the form of a V-8 version of the Raptor.īut for now, the king remains unchallengeable. The TRX can tow 8,100 pounds - which is about twice the weight of a Hellcat Challenger.Īlso, you get the luxury of a crushed Alcantara suede heated steering wheel and a 19-speaker Harman Kardon audio system for when you tire of listening to the music made by the belt-driven supercharger pumping up the V-8 like Batman's archrival Bane was fortified by his steroid-infusing mask. And the strength to pull one on a trailer, easily. Plus, you get the utility of a bed, which can almost carry a Challenger. Installed in the Ram, this engine delivers similar performance in all weather, with the additional capability you get with a four-wheel-drive truck - one that's raised 2 inches higher off the ground and riding on 35-inch all-terrain tires, with a heavily modded suspension designed to allow maximum wheel articulation and rock-crawling capability. It is the same V8 that powers the Hellcat version of the Dodge Challenger and Charger - which are the hairiest of muscle cars, only in this case paired with four-wheel drive rather than rear-wheel drive. The TRX is powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged V-8.
It is powered by a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 that produces 450 horsepower. The TRX is the answer - in triplicate - to the Ford F-150 Raptor, which, for a little while, was the hairiest half-ton truck on the road. That's the difference - or one of the differences - between the Ram 1500 TRX and its chief rival, the Ford F-150 Raptor. limp? When you're behind the wheel of something with more than 700 horsepower.
Other performance features you can find in the 20 TRX include Launch Control with Launch Assist, customizable performance pages, an integrated dynamometer, a vehicle dynamics page, Bilstein® shocks and many others.When does 450 horsepower seem kind of. A twin-screw supercharger provides instantons torque while a high-performance air induction system filters dirt and air, all while consuming up to 32.9 liters of air per minute. The new 20 TRX is a powerful new truck that also receives a long list of performance features that help deliver an exciting driving experience on or off the road. The engine boasts Best-in-Class torque and horsepower and with no surprise, it also produces a sound you would think that only a muscle car could make. The supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® V8 delivers an incredible 702 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque. With horsepower and torque ratings like these, it’s easy to understand why the 20 TRX can give you a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. Underneath the hood of the new 20 TRX and helping it to deliver some unbelievable engine specs is a powerful supercharged HEMI® V8 engine. Keep reading to learn more about the new 20 TRX truck to see just how impressive this new pickup truck really is. The new 20 TRX is the most powerful production street-legal half-ton pickup truck ever built and it can do more than just deliver insane horsepower and torque ratings. While Ram is well-known for producing powerful pickup trucks that can deliver incredible power and capability, they’ve really gone above and beyond with their latest model. Shopping for a powerful pickup truck just got a lot easier thanks to Ram.