With the Ram TRX 2021 on the streets and in the hands of customers, it seemed inevitable that we would write this story. The Hellcat-powered truck starts at $ 70,095, according to Ram, but good luck finding one for somewhere close to that.
Jalopnik did some research on the national inventory and found several examples of the TRX listed for over $ 100,000 – and even one launch edition for $ 143,000. We’d expected a few big marks here or there, but just about every TRX currently on sale in the country is listed for six digits. Loading a truck on the configurator puts the cost at just over $ 90,000, but paying 20 percent or so more than that doesn’t make sense for a truck that’s bound to be written off.
For some perspective, a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 has the performance numbers to qualify it as a supercar. The mid-engine monster starts at $ 100,200 and will likely stay in that neighborhood for years to come. On the other hand, the Porsche puts out an impressive 414 hp (309 kW) from its 3.8-liter flat-six, which is still about 300 hp (224 kW) less than the TRX. The truck’s Hellcat 6.2-liter V8 delivers a downright stupid 702 horsepower (524 kW) and 650 pound-feet (881 Nm).
Ford has not provided details of the upcoming Raptor or V8 powered Raptor R, so there’s no denying that the TRX is the current king of the hill in the trucking world. We now have to ask ourselves when prices will fall back to Earth for the masses, at least the masses that can afford a pickup truck of nearly six figures.
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