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Car and Driver
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
Ram Teases 'Big Things' Coming on June 8, Possibly New V-8 TRX
Ram looks to make a "big" announcement on June 8, according to a social-media post. The Instagram video includes a caption that reads, "Fire up the engines—Big things are on the horizon. 06.08.25." Earlier this year, it was reported that Ram is bringing back the V-8-powered TRX, so its return is possibly being teased. Ram is gearing up to reveal something big on June 8, at least that's our takeaway after seeing a post on the brand's Instagram account. It includes a short video of Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis talking to Dave Sparks (a.k.a. "Heavy D" from the TV show Diesel Brothers). The two are standing next to a table full of coffee and snacks when what appears to be a jet-fighter pilot walks up and grabs a cookie off the table before complimenting Tim's jacket and walking away. Along with trying to decipher what the different elements in the video are teasing, the post includes this caption: "Fire up the engines—Big things are on the horizon. 06.08.25." Since Ram builds full-size pickup trucks and commercial vans, everything it does is technically big. Perhaps we're trying too hard to be Detective Benoit Blanc, but the mention of things—as in plural—might mean that Ram plans to announce multiple things. Could there be a diesel-related announcement? It's possible, considering Heavy D's cameo. Could we finally find out the name of Ram's forthcoming mid-size pickup? Sure, anything is possible. But regardless of either of those things being revealed, we think there's a good chance we could learn about the return of Hemi engines to the Ram 1500 lineup, including the V-8-powered TRX. View Photos Marc Urbano | Car and Driver What makes us feel so strongly about a TRX comeback? Well, other than it being a hunch, it was reported earlier this year that Ram plans to bring back the Hellcat-powered pickup. While that has yet to be confirmed, it could be part of the "big" announcement on Sunday, June 8. As for the truck itself, Kuniskis has previously said the next TRX would be more powerful than the last, which suggests it will have more than 702 horsepower. Perhaps the 797-hp Redeye version of the Hellcat V-8 could also come back from the dead. Eric Stafford Managing Editor, News Eric Stafford's automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual '97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a '90 Honda CRX Si. Read full bio
Motor 1
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
Is Ram Teasing the Hemi's Return?
Following the departure of much-loathed Stellantis head Carlos Tavares late last year, Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis told Motor1 that he wouldn't rule out a return of the beloved Hemi V-8 to the Ram 1500 pickup. Now, Ram is teasing a big reveal on June 8th. Could we see the return of the V-8? An Instagram post featuring Kuniskis, Diesel Brothers host Dave Sparks, and an actor dressed as a fighter pilot is cryptic, but the caption says "[f]ire up the engines—big things are on the horizon." In the comments, Sparks also said, "Ram is in very good hands with Tim." What does all this mean? We don't know, but the date— the 8th—in combination with Kuniskis' earlier comments has us wondering, perhaps hoping, that Ram will announce a return for the V-8 next month. Better still would be a revival of the Hellcat-powered Ram TRX, which was first rumored earlier this year . Ram last year dropped the 5.7-liter V-8 from its half-ton in favor of a twin-turbo straight-six, a move that Tavares apparently pushed for against the objections from other Stellantis execs. The brand also replaced the TRX with the RHO , which gets much of the same, dune-bashing running gear with a 540-horsepower version of the Stellantis straight-six. When we spoke with Kuniskis earlier this year, he said putting a Hemi back into the Ram 1500 wouldn't be the work of a moment. "Number one, the Hemi was never designed to run in that truck on that electrical architecture, so that's a huge challenge," he said. "They shut down production on that particular Hemi, the eTorque. There's supplier work because when you shut something down, suppliers shut down their assembly lines, and they switch to something else." He didn't say it was impossible, just that doing this would take time. Of course, Ram could have something else up its sleeve entirely, and it's just a coincidence that the reveal is set for June 8th... a Sunday. Thankfully, we won't have to wait long to find out. The Latest From Ram Ram Is Planning 25 New Products in 18 Months Stellantis Delays the Electric Ram 1500 and Ramcharger Again Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
USA Today
13-02-2025
- USA Today
Cold-case sleuths, sonar solve 20-year Utah mystery of man who disappeared without a trace
Cold-case sleuths, sonar solve 20-year Utah mystery of man who disappeared without a trace Show Caption Hide Caption Missing hiker found alive in Colorado after 4 days Gina Chase, a 53-year-old hiker from Victoria, Canada, was found safe on Saturday after being missing for four days in southwest Colorado. unbranded - Newsworthy For more than two decades, Kevin Anderson searched for answers. In June of 2004, his brother Steven disappeared without a trace while driving to their parent's cabin in Flaming Gorge, Utah. The family filed a missing person's report but the case went cold, leaving a mystery with few clues and many questions: Had the pressures of life gotten to be too much for the 46-year-old father? Did he decide to just go off the grid? Was he in an accident? Was there foul play? This week, the answers finally came. An examination by Utah's Office of the Medical Examiner and DNA testing from a private lab confirmed that remains found in a car submerged in a Utah reservoir last year belonged to Steven Willard Anderson, police said Tuesday. No foul play is suspected in his death, and "as a result, Anderson's case will be officially closed," the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Though he expected such an outcome when his brother's car was first uncovered in September, Kevin Anderson said Thursday that DNA confirmation of his brother's identity has provided a sense of peace. "This is closed and the family can have complete, 100% closure, which is an amazing gift, particularly for all of his children," Kevin Anderson told USA TODAY. When his brother first went missing in June 2004, Kevin Anderson said search efforts encountered challenges because he was an adult. His brother's fate remained unknown for year after year. But a "miraculous chain of events" ultimately led the mystery to be solved, he said. The case was featured by local media in 2022, which attracted the attention of Doug Bishop with the United Search Corps, a nonprofit advocacy organization for families of missing people, and Dave Sparks, co-founder of Spark Motors who appeared on the reality show the Diesel Brothers, the sheriff's office said. The men began collaborating with police in April. Bishop said his team used helicopters and mountain crews to identify places where Anderson's vehicle may have gone off the road undetected and narrow down waterways they needed to search. In September, they used SONAR systems that detect submerged objects to locate Anderson's vehicle in Starvation Reservoir, he said. "Those moments are what drives us through everything that we do," Bishop said of the discovery. "We're providing a family and a community and an agency with answers they've been search for for 20 years." Multiple agencies worked together on a complex recovery operation to extract the vehicle and human remains were found inside, police said. Though the discovery of the vehicle and the remains was a major break after 20 years, Bishop said the family was left in limbo until the DNA analysis was complete. The discovery trigged a fresh wave of grief for Kevin Anderson and felt like "teleporting back 20 years later to just the raw emotions of it all." "We were fairly certain it would be his remains, but yet, still a little open, just wanting to have confirmation," he said. Though his team has developed theories about what could've happened in Anderson's final moments as part of the search process, Bishop declined to speculate about the sequence of events that led to his car ending up in the reservoir. "The official 'why' is something we leave in law enforcement's hands, we specialize in where," Bishop said. Exclusive: Woman thought long-lost brother was dead. Then she saw his face in USA TODAY Kevin Anderson said the DNA confirmation has provided "amazing closure" and he urged other families with missing loved ones not to give up hope. The news has allowed the family to go from talking about where Anderson is, to cherishing memories from his life, he said. Steven Willard Anderson was a gifted athlete who excelled at track and field as well as football, had an energetic, outgoing personality, and had worked as a district sales manager and the owner of a dog food company, his brother said. "The open wound that that has been for so long for all the family and the associated issues with that has been really hard," he said. "And I think it's going to take time to heal, but we're heading in the right direction."
