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title: "2021 Ram TRX Is the First Factory Supercharged Truck Since the Ford SVT Lightning"
description: "That truck went out of production in 2004."
date: "2020-08-17"
modified: "2020-08-17"
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---

# 2021 Ram TRX Is the First Factory Supercharged Truck Since the Ford SVT Lightning

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After months of [teasers](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34378/hellcat-powered-2021-ram-trx-is-coming-for-the-ford-raptor-before-summers-end>), rumors and [spy shots](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32125/possible-ram-dakota-and-hellcat-powered-trx-trucks-spied-testing>), it's finally official: You can soon get a Hellcat-powered pickup truck in the form of the 2021 Ram TRX. Rocking the same 6.2-liter, supercharged Hemi V8 found in the [Challenger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/23207/2018-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-widebody-group-review-gray-temples-do-this-muscle-car-no-harm>), Charger and Durango Hellcats as well as the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk, the Ram TRX is good for 702 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. It'll hit 60 mph in 4.5 seconds, 100 mph in 10.5, and cover the quarter-mile in 12.9 seconds at 108 mph.

While "Hellcat-powered pickup truck" likely already carries enough significance on its own, the Ram TRX also turns out to be a landmark vehicle for the history of the pickup as a whole: it's the first and only factory-supercharged pickup truck since the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning went away back in 2004. Yep, believe it or not, no OEM has produced a pickup with a supercharger in the past 16 years. No wonder the world has gone down the crapper.

And before any Ford stans are tempted to point out that the Harley-Davidson and Foose editions of the 11th-gen F-150 were supercharged, those two were low-volume special editions that had their [supercharging done by a third party](<https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a18733946/boosted-pickups-a-brief-history-of-turbocharged-and-supercharged-trucks/>), so they don't really count.

![message-editor%2F1597676507607-svtlightning.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1597676507607-svtlightning.jpg>)
**Ford Performance**

For any younger people unfamiliar with the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning, it was powered by a 380-hp, 5.4-liter supercharged V8 and appeared in the first *Fast & Furious* movie as Paul Walker's daily driver, being seen hauling [overnight parts from Japan](<https://youtu.be/yAoABEI7cL8?t=48>) from [Harry's](<https://youtu.be/7hP0EHWk52k>) to Dom's garage.

As if the now-FCA-sponsored franchise needed another reason to feature the new Ram TRX and its presumably badass supercharger whine in the next movie.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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