The Ram 1500 TRX is back as the Ram TRX SRT. There might be three new letters slapped onto the end of its name, but if you say TRX, people will know exactly what you mean. The SRT brand has been around longer than the TRX, but Ram's high-horsepower pickup has built a name for itself since launching less than a decade ago. In addition to that new badge, the TRX has some extra tricks up its sleeve after taking a two-year break.
The TRX is every bit the raging monster of road and dirt that you remember, except now its supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 makes 777 horsepower, an increase of 75. Torque is up too, from 650 to 680 pound-feet. There are several things that account for this. The most visible update is the cold air intake system, which features revised routing. Ram also pumped up the fuel pressure from 73 to 102 psi. Finally, the redline has risen by 200 revs to a nice round 6500 rpm, which is also when all 777 horses are available.
Using launch control, 60 mph now arrives in a Ram-estimated 3.5 seconds, which is believable since we measured 3.7 seconds in its 702-hp predecessor. That model managed 12.3 seconds in the quarter-mile, so there's a chance this new one will do it in 12 seconds flat. What won't change is the top speed, which remains a claimed 118 mph. That's for the best, trust us.
While the engine picked up a few revisions, little has changed with the TRX's suspension. It's still a forged-aluminum control-arm-type front suspension, paired with a solid axle located by four trailing links and a lateral track bar at the rear. Coil springs are standard all around in the same specification as before. There's still a massive 13.0 inches of front suspension travel and 14.0 inches at the rear. Ground clearance is the same at 11.8 inches, and the truck still rides on 325/65R-18 all-terrain tires. The primary difference between old and new? The Bilstein Black Hawk e2 active shock absorbers have had their software retuned, and both the internal and external bump stops have been tweaked.
To demonstrate the TRX SRT's newfound worth, Ram let us pound around a circuit they'd carved out at a local motocross track. The TRX showed how it's now able to read its attitude in the air and make adjustments to the shock absorbers to better soften the impending blow, which should improve control when landing a jump. But there's more to the damping tweaks than landing jumps, so we were also turned loose on some nearby patchy pavement, where the new TRX proved even more adept at smoothing out lumps and bumps than its forebear. As before, there's a goodly amount of steering buildup that increases as you bend the truck into corners, and the tires howl just as they reach their limit of adhesion. That limit is probably still quite low; the most stick we saw from the previous TRX was just 0.70 g around our skidpad, and this one doesn't feel much grippier than that.
Outside, you'll notice a few other changes besides the screaming dinosaur badge on the tailgate. To keep with its new naming convention, SRT badges now appear on various body panels. The color red features heavily, acting as the new accent color on the front and rear tow hooks, the flow-through Ram badge on the nose, as well as the badge denoting engine displacement. Other exterior changes are equally subtle and include new designs for the wheels and running lamps.
Inside, the TRX has many of the same features that it had before, such as the console-mounted shifter and aluminum shift paddles behind the steering wheel. But it also includes numerous benefits from Ram's 2025 whole-line facelift, a year after the TRX went on vacation. Fans of digital real estate will appreciate that the new TRX SRT has a 14.5-inch central display, a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster, and a 10.0-inch head-up display. It also has Ram's latest hands-free active driving assists; we sampled this tech and found it works well enough, but it does tend to overreact to momentary offline glances. We could probably adapt to that, but in all honesty, if you're buying a 777-hp machine, odds are you'll want to do all the driving yourself.
All this capability doesn't come cheap. The base price of the 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT is $102,790. Ouch. But if that's not enough money, there are a few options too. Bead-lock-capable wheels, a dual-pane panoramic sunroof, rock rails, and running boards, plus the Towing Technology and Trailer Tow packages collectively can add thousands to the truck's bottom line. Most premium paint colors also cost extra, while the Bloodshot Night package, which includes a special three-tone paint package, body side graphics, and bead-lock-capable wheels, will set you back $9995. It's easy to imagine an average transaction price closer to $110,000, if not higher.
Ram makes the point that the TRX SRT offers more horsepower per dollar than any Ford Raptor. If you're chasing that figure alone, the revised TRX stands at the top of the pile, but there's a lot more to the latest super-truck that we think makes it worth your attention.
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Specifications
Specifications
2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT
Vehicle Type: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door pickup
PRICE
Base: $102,790
ENGINE
supercharged and intercooled pushrod 16-valve V-8, iron block and aluminum heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 376 in3, 6166 cm3
Power: 777 hp @ 6500 rpm
Torque: 680 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm
TRANSMISSION
8-speed automatic
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 145.1 in
Length: 233.7 in
Width: 88.0 in
Height: 81.9 in
Passenger Volume, F/R: 64/68 ft3
Curb Weight (C/D est): 6800 lb
PERFORMANCE (C/D EST)
60 mph: 3.5 sec
100 mph: 9.4 sec
1/4-Mile: 12.0 sec
Top Speed: 118 mph
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Combined/City/Highway: 12/10/14 mpg
Dan Edmunds was born into the world of automobiles, but not how you might think. His father was a retired racing driver who opened Autoresearch, a race-car-building shop, where Dan cut his teeth as a metal fabricator. Engineering school followed, then SCCA Showroom Stock racing, and that combination landed him suspension development jobs at two different automakers. His writing career began when he was picked up by Edmunds.com (no relation) to build a testing department.