![]() ![]() Admittedly, this hulking Ram's lane-clogging 88.0-inch width and nearly 20-foot length made it overkill for wooded trails. We were suitably impressed, given the truck's 6781-pound mass and long-travel suspension (13.0 inches of front- and 14.0 inches of rear-wheel travel, courtesy of a beefy all-coil suspension and adaptive Bilstein dampers with external reservoirs). Those times improved to 3.7 and 12.3 seconds, respectively, at the end of our test, which made it even easier for this behemoth to surprise some formidable performance cars at stoplights, including our long-term Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing sedan. The quarter-mile fell in an implausible 12.4 seconds at 110 mph, the V-8's blower whining the whole way. With 650 pound-feet of torque, full-time four-wheel drive, and a deftly tuned ZF eight-speed automatic, our TRX thundered to 60 mph in a launch-control-enabled 3.8 seconds. Incredible." We'd add that it's a rich source of entertainment on any terrain. Testing director Dave VanderWerp laid it out in the TRX's logbook: "It's a Hellcat with a Mercedes S-class–size rear seat and a 3.5-ton truck with a suspension that enables great leaps through the air. Yet what strikes us after a year of cohabitation is not just the absurdity the TRX brings to whatever it does but how much it was able to do during its stay. That it's also the 10Best-winning Ram 1500's answer to the mighty Ford F-150 Raptor sealed the deal: We wanted one. The big Ram's supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 alone gave us 702 reasons to evaluate it for 40,000 miles-it's the most powerful vehicle we've ever tested for an extended period. The Ram 1500 TRX is the kind of larger-than-life automobile that made many of us at C/D fall in love with cars in the first place. ![]() For serious off-roaders, there's a Stage 2 package that adds all of the goodies of the Stage 1 package along with 37-inch off-road tires and electronic fold-out steps.From the January 2023 issue of Car and Driver. This adds, among other items, a custom front bumper with LED lights, custom 20-inch wheels with 35-inch off-road tires, a lift kit and a front suspension leveling kit. The 1500 TRX's 8-speed automatic and four-wheel-drive system also form part of the package.Īlso included in the standard package is Hennessey's Stage 1 off-road package. In other words, any 1500 TRX owner planning to visit the drag strip may want to consider some of Hennessey's upgrades.įor the Mammoth 1000 TRX, the list of upgrades include a custom 2.65-liter supercharger for the Hellcat 6.2-liter V-8, plus pulley upgrades, a high-flow intake, stainless-steel headers, high-flow exhaust piping (including the catalytic converter), and recalibrated engine management. Sure that is potent, but Ford is working on a new V-8-powered F-150 Raptor R for 2022 that's rumored to come with the 760-hp supercharged V-8 of the Mustang Shelby GT500. In comparison, the stock 1500 TRX comes with 702 hp and 650 lb and, according to Ram, will accelerate from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and run the quarter-mile in 12.9 seconds. Remember, this is a full-size, off-road-rated truck we're talking about. With so much oomph, Hennessey estimates its modified 1500 TRX, aptly named the Mammoth 1000 TRX, will rocket to 60 mph from rest in 3.2 seconds and pass the quarter-mile in 11.4 seconds at over 120 mph. Hennessey in January announced a turnkey version that sees the super truck's output dialed to a staggering 1,012 horsepower and 969 pound-feet of torque, and on Wednesday the first 20 examples were shown off at the company's plant in Sealy, Texas. The 20 TRX is a vehicle that's hardly lacking in performance, but that's never stopped the folks at Hennessey Performance Engineering from turning up the volume.
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