---
title: "Watch the Hellcat-Powered Ram Rebel TRX Destroy Back Roads at High Speed"
description: "575 horsepower, off-road tires and a hardcore suspension add up to good times in the dirt. "
date: "2016-10-05"
modified: "2016-10-05"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5437/watch-the-hellcat-powered-ram-rebel-trx-destroy-back-roads-at-high-speed"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "RAM News"
  - "Trucks"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Hellcat"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "ram"
  - "Rebel"
---

# Watch the Hellcat-Powered Ram Rebel TRX Destroy Back Roads at High Speed

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/hellcat-truck-hero.jpg>)
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We’ll be the first to admit it: We have pretty sweet jobs. But even we get jealous every now and again. For example, when we see how the people creating the [Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel TRX](<https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106433_ram-unloads-new-details-video-for-hellcat-powered-rebel-trx>) got to blast across the dirt at ridiculous speeds.

[The Rebel TRX may just be a concept truck](<https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106433_ram-unloads-new-details-video-for-hellcat-powered-rebel-trx>), but that apparently didn’t stop Fiat Chrysler’s team from putting it through the ringer. To make sure the 575-horsepower off-road monster was every bit as capable as its giant tires suggest, FCA took the Ram Rebel TRX out for some high-speed blasts in the dirt—and captured it all on video, because it knew t[he world can't get enough of Hellcat-powered pickups](<https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/4596/someone-dropped-a-dodge-hellcat-engine-into-a-ram-pickup.md>).

The video doesn’t just show the Hellcat-powered pickup blasting across the desert, though. It also takes a quick blast through the creation of the truck, glancing over the design and building process, including the moment when the Hellcat-packing frame was mated to the Ram’s quad cab body in the shop.

![ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-1.jpg>)
**Ram**

FCA also revealed a little more information about the truck’s specs. The Rebel TRX’s Hellcat V8 is connected to an eight-speed automatic and a Borg-Warner transfer case. Suspension travel is up 40 percent compared with the stock truck. Stopping power comes from six-piston 15-inch brakes up front and 14-inch calipers in the rear. And because whoopsie-daisy moments happen all too frequently when hauling ass off-road, the Rebel TRX comes with not one but two spare wheel-and-tire setups mounted in the

Bottom line: If you weren’t psyched about this Hellcat-packin’ off-road monster before, you probably will be after watching this.

Although we’re not sure how you couldn’t have been psyched already.

https://youtube.com/embed/D5dZI1amfM

![ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-3.jpg>)
**Ram**

![ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/ram-rebel-trx-hellcat-inline-2.jpg>)
**Ram**

https://youtube.com/embed/_m1pEWgFgdE

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/willsabelcourtney>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)

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