Having said that, you get used to the size of the thing, and the TRX isn’t the biggest vehicle on the road. And when it came to feeding time, my wallet quickly ran out of fodder.

Over the past five years, they’ve sold over 50,000 Hellcats. Tim Kuniskis mentioned that these engines are being phased out due to compliance costs, not a lack of demand. But as massive V8 engines are discontinued, it may receive a different option. Long rumored to be in the works, the Ram TRX finally puts the Hellcat engine into a 4x4 pickup with some serious off-road chops. Currently, the Hellcat engine is expected to be available in the 2023 Ram TRX. Listening to that supercharger whine was fun, in a way, but letting this truck fully off-leash would certainly not be in the interests of public safety. With today’s debut of the 20 TRX, that wait is officially over. I can’t imagine the neighbours were overjoyed. Full-size pickups still work well in rural areas, but urban dwellers are souring on them.ĭriving the TRX around all week was exactly like having a pet Tyrannosaur. Pickups are at once the most efficient, comfortable and practical they have ever been, yet they are also the largest and most aggressive-looking models ever built, and come with ever-worsening sightlines. Yet, by naming their uber-truck after a dinosaur, Ram has accidentally hit the nail upon the head. Better known as the Hellcat engine, this special. It is the most powerful, most capable production pickup ever made. Lurking among the protruding TRX fenders and under its smooched hood is a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. Simply put, the TRX is the king of trucks. It’s a vehicle that’s perfectly capable of jumping over Baja sand dunes, cruising calmly along the highway, and lighting up the faces of schoolchildren when they see a full-scale Tonka toy on the move. Brendan McAleer/The Globe and MailĪt the same time, it’s also very comfortable to drive, with an interior that’s a cut above what Ford currently offers.

Quarter-mile time of 12.9 seconds at 108 mph. It is the most powerful, most capable production pickup ever made. Performance specifications for the 2021 Ram TRX are as follows: 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds. Happy Halloween!ĭiscover Shopicar! All new makes and models and all current promotions.The TRX is the king of trucks. Of course, anyone seriously considering acquiring one of these Frankenstein’s monsters probably knows what they’re getting into, and won’t be scared off by dire warnings of what they’ll spend at the pump.Īs for our upcoming test drive, we look forward to seeing what kind of spine-chilling fuel-consumption totals we can put up. The compulsion to press down on the accelerator to unleash all those horses is probably impossible to resist. Here are the terrifying numbers then: 23.5L/100 km (city), 16.8L/100 km (highway), and 19.6L/100 km (combined).Įxperience will tell us if those numbers are the same in real-world driving, but the fact is with 702 hp under the hood, we’re not even sure if it’s possible to drive the 1500 TRX… economically. We’ll have the spooky fuel-consumption details for you soon. As it happens, we’ll be driving the monstrous vehicle later this week, so stay tuned. The beast of a truck is literally designed to guzzle gas while it delivers what is, to be fair, an exciting drive.

Not that they’re a surprise, really, given that the truck depends on a 720-hp 6.2L V8 to make it go. How grisly? We’re talking gas guzzling on a level not seen since the 1960s and 70s. We expected scary numbers, but these are downright grisly. Just in time for Halloween, Ram has published fuel-consumption ratings for the new 1500 TRX truck debuting this month.

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