The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT Is Back With 777 Hellcat Horsepower – Orders Open Now

Ram killed the TRX after 2024, left Ford’s Raptor R standing alone at the top of the desert-truck hierarchy, and let the speculation run for two model years. The wait is over. The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT is official, it carries an SRT badge for the first time in the model’s history, and it makes 777 horsepower. Order books opened this summer, and the first trucks have already started reaching dealer lots.

777 Horsepower: The Hellcat Refuses to Die

The supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V8 under that vented hood is a revised version of the same Hellcat engine Mopar faithful have loved for over a decade. SRT engineers wrung a 10-percent-plus increase out of it – 777 hp and 680 lb-ft of torque, up from the previous TRX’s already-absurd 702 hp and 640 lb-ft. The result is a half-ton pickup that clears 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, runs the quarter-mile in 12.2, and tops out at 118 mph. On 35-inch tires. In a truck. Takeaway: Ford’s Raptor R makes 720 hp and stickers north of $110K – the TRX makes more power and costs less.

Power routes through an 8-speed automatic to a full-time four-wheel-drive system with Launch Control and multiple selectable drive modes – more modes than the F-150 Raptor R, Ram is quick to note. The SRT badge isn’t just marketing; it signals a permanent home inside Stellantis’s performance division alongside the Charger Daytona and Durango SRT.

Off-Road Hardware Built for the Desert

None of the headline power figures came at the expense of the dirt-flinging credibility that made the original TRX a cult truck. The suspension package is anchored by Bilstein BlackHawk e2 electronically adaptive shocks working alongside Ram’s Active Terrain Dynamics system. Takeaway: 14 inches of rear axle travel and 11.8 inches of ground clearance mean this truck was engineered to catch air, not just pose next to dunes.

A Dana 60 full-float rear axle handles whatever the suspension throws at it. The standard 35-inch tires – sitting on 18-inch beadlock-capable wheels on the Bloodshot Night Edition – give the TRX SRT the footprint it needs to stay planted at speed across rough terrain. The overall formula is unchanged from the truck that defined the segment: go fast in a straight line on any surface, turn the desert into a racetrack.

A Cabin That Shouldn’t Exist in a Truck This Capable

This is the part that makes the TRX SRT genuinely ridiculous – in the best way. The interior includes 12-way heated, ventilated, and massaging front seats, reclining heated and ventilated rear seats, and a combination of leather, suede, and real carbon fiber throughout. Takeaway: Ram built a truck that can absorb a 40-foot jump and still let you arrive at a client meeting looking like you didn’t.

Technology follows through: a 14.5-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, and a 19-speaker Harman Kardon audio system are all standard. Hands-Free Active Drive Assist – the Ram equivalent of a highway self-driving feature – comes standard too. It’s a deliberate jab at the Raptor R, which doesn’t offer comparable active-drive tech.

Pricing, the Bloodshot Night Edition, and What to Know Before Ordering

The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT opens at $99,995. Add Ram’s $2,795 destination charge and you’re at $102,790 before options. The Bloodshot Night Edition – already the one everyone wants – adds $9,995 for a hand-painted blacktop upper (hood and roof), Flame Red center stripe, exclusive bedside splash graphics, and 18-inch beadlock-capable wheels finished to match. A custom glass-encased center console plaque and carbon fiber accents with red tracers round it out. Takeaway: The Bloodshot is the TRX SRT version you’ll regret not ordering – and at under $113K all-in, it’s a performance bargain compared to anything in its zip code.

Orders remain open through Ram dealers, and the first 2027 TRX SRTs have already begun arriving at dealerships. If history is any guide, the Bloodshot Night Edition will allocate quickly – the original TRX’s special editions sold out before trucks reached lots.

Your turn: Are you ordering the standard TRX SRT or holding out for the Bloodshot Night Edition? And is 777 hp in a production truck still enough to impress you, or has the performance arms race reached the point where horsepower numbers don’t even register anymore? Let us know below.