- The 2025 Ram 1500 TRX is losing its signature V-8, but it won’t cease to exist.
- Our video of a prototype TRX suggests the off-road pickup will live on with a new six-cylinder engine.
- The facelifted TRX will likely have a Hurricane twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six, which could be good for up to 550 horsepower.
The 702-hp Ram 1500 TRX that we know and love will go extinct after the 2024 model year, which was confirmed with the limited-production Final Edition. Thankfully, it appears that fans of the widebody off-road pickup can pocket their handkerchiefs and save their tears. We now have video evidence that suggests the wildest half-ton Ram could return as early as next year—just don’t expect it to sound the same.
A Six-Cylinder TRX
Our spy photographer has captured video that shows a prototype TRX roaming around southeast Michigan. After sedately driving through an intersection and down a straight road, the truck reaches another stop light before turning left and giving our man on the street a little show.
Having spent 40,000 miles with our long-term TRX, we’re quite familiar with the sound of its supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. Even still, anyone with two working ears will recognize that the test mule we caught in action definitely isn’t running the same engine. With a much more demure roar and no detectable supercharger whine, the partially camouflaged TRX has a six-cylinder soundtrack, which almost certainly emanates from a version of Stellantis’s new Hurricane twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six.
Refreshed Ram TRX
With the 2025 Ram 1500 set to get a facelift and adopt the Hurricane engines, it makes sense the TRX variant will follow suit. Our spy photos show changes to the taillights as well as tease a new front-end design. More importantly, the question on everyone’s mind (including ours) is how much horsepower will the mightiest half-ton Ram have? Currently, the highest-output Hurricane engine is found under the hood of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, and it’s good for 510 horses.
That’s nearly 200 fewer than the 702 ponies produced by the outgoing TRX. While we think the refreshed model’s engine will top out around 550 horses, that’s still notably short of its predecessor. Then again, that’s 100 horsepower more than the V-6-powered Ford F-150 Raptor. Regardless of the Ram’s probable power deficit, we think a big-bodied, high-flyin’ TRX without a V-8 is better than a world without a TRX.
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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.
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