---
title: "Hellcat-Powered Ram TRX Pickup Confirmed for Production by 2022"
description: "The Ford F-150 Raptor will finally have some serious competition."
date: "2018-06-02"
modified: "2018-06-04"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/21251/hellcat-powered-ram-trx-pickup-confirmed-for-production-by-2022"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "RAM News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "F-150 Raptor"
  - "Hellcat"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
  - "pickup truck"
  - "ram"
  - "ram trx"
  - "Truck"
  - "trx"
---

# Hellcat-Powered Ram TRX Pickup Confirmed for Production by 2022

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When you think of serious off-road performance in a pickup truck, your mind probably rightfully goes straight to the [Ford F-150 Raptor](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21059/2019-ford-f-150-raptor-itll-make-a-rough-rider-out-of-you>). While there are other pickups with an off-road focus on the market like the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro and the upcoming [GMC Sierra AT4](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/19679/gmc-introduces-new-off-road-sub-brand-with-2019-sierra-at4>), none of them are quite at the same level of performance as the Raptor.

We started hearing rumors [back in April](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/19999/hellcat-powered-707-hp-ram-rebel-trx-will-soon-be-hunting-the-ford-f-150-raptor-report-claims>) that a high-performance, Hellcat-powered Ram TRX would be part of the new generation of the Ram 1500 and [FCA confirmed in its five-year plan that it’s really happening](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21245/fca-five-year-plan-mid-size-ram-three-row-grand-cherokee-maserati-crossover>).

“The TRX will focus on on and off road performance, power and torque, technology and styling,” said a Ram representative in an e-mail to *The Drive*. Unfortunately, Ram isn’t able to comment yet on pricing or specify on availability other than that it will arrive by 2022.

The first time we saw a Ram TRX was [in concept form](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5437/watch-the-hellcat-powered-ram-rebel-trx-destroy-back-roads-at-high-speed>) back in 2016 as a high-performance variation of the Ram Rebel. This version of the TRX made 575 horsepower courtesy of a Hellcat V8 engine. In order for the truck to handle all of this power at high speeds off-road, the TRX concept was equipped with upgraded suspension with a 40 percent increase in travel, massive 37-inch tires, six-piston Baer brakes, and a custom transfer case with Normal, Wet-Snow, Off-Road, and Baja modes.

The Ford F-150 Raptor is still going to be a hard truck to top in terms of high-power off-road performance, but there’s little doubt that the Ram TRX will beat the Raptor on paper. The TRX concept from two years ago made 125 more horsepower than the EcoBoost-powered Raptor and the production model could beat that number by even more.

The competition in this niche segment is heating up.

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