23-07-2025
The Ram TRX Might Be Back Sooner Than You Think
Ram
has gone through a lot of changes in the last couple of years.
Tim Kuniskis left
, the brand killed off the V-8, and the high-powered TRX entered retirement. Two of those three things are back, with Kuniskis helping to
usher the return of the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8
to the 2026 1500. Now it appears Ram is poised to resurrect the TRX as soon as next year.
A new report from
Mopar Insiders
, citing "well-placed sources," alleges a new Ram 1500 TRX will enter production in late January. It follows an earlier report that suggested a new TRX would feature a
more powerful version
of its supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine when it returns.
Ram ended TRX production with the
Final Edition
for the 2024 model year, making 702 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque with an eight-speed automatic. It propelled the pickup to hit 60 miles per hour in 4.6 seconds and to a top speed of 118 mph. If the next generation is supposed to have more power, it should be quicker, too.
According to the report, the new TRX will feature the styling and technology available on the RHO, likely sitting above it in the lineup with its more powerful engine, and would be the first model to arrive under the
relaunched SRT division
. The
RHO
features a 540-horsepower twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six Hurricane engine and has Bilstein's Black Hawk e2 adaptive performance shocks from the first TRX, along with an assortment of other heavy-duty off-road components.
Ram has yet to confirm that the TRX will return, but the brand has more than
two dozen product announcements
over the next year. We suspect one of them will be a new TRX as Kuniskis and team attempt to correct the brand's recent missteps.
When Kuniskis returned to lead Ram last December, he brought back former SRT chief engineer Daryl Smith to lead the team tasked with bringing the Hemi back to the 1500. Initial projections said it'd take Ram 18 months to resurrect the Hemi-powered 1500, but Smith and team needed just six.
"The fact that he was the lead guy on SRT maybe means something, I don't know," Kuniskis said when Ram announced the
2026 1500
.
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