Ram builds a leaner, saner TRX.
Because the model’s up to date 2025 1500 pickup begins flowing into showrooms, Ram revealed a brand new efficiency/off-road variant of the favored ½-ton truck: The RHO. The Ram 1500 RHO options various mechanical and trim upgrades designed to reinforce its off-pavement potential.
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2025 Ram 1500 RHO
Model administration needs it understood that the RHO will not be a direct alternative for the monster TRX, which has been discontinued. As an alternative, the RHO is a extra mainstream providing, that includes a 6-cylinder engine as a substitute of the TRX’s 702-horsepower supercharged V8. The RHO can be considerably cheaper.
For 2025, the RHO’s 3.0-liter “Hurricane” Excessive-Output turbocharged 6-cylinder engine is rated at 540 horsepower, and, mated to an 8-speed computerized transmission, will speed up from a standstill to 60 mph in simply 4.6 seconds in keeping with Ram. That’s solely barely slower than the far more highly effective TRX.
To accommodate its giant off-road wheels and tires, the RHO stands a full 8 inches wider than commonplace Ram 1500 fashions.
The RHO additionally boasts hands-free semi-autonomous operation on accredited roads. Ram stated the system can “predictively sluggish the automobile down in tight curves, robotically resume management after driver override, and confirm that the motive force is listening to the highway.” Ram’s hands-free system is just like Ford’s Blue Cruise and Common Motor’s Tremendous Cruise semi-autonomous merchandise.
A 14.5-inch touchscreen is housed within the middle console, whereas the entrance passenger has entry to a ten.3-inch touchscreen that accesses the navigation system amongst different operations. The RHO additionally boasts a Harman Kardon audio system with 19 audio system and a 10-inch subwoofer.
Beginning at $71,990, the Ram RHO is priced inline with the similar-mission Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ZR2 ($71,985), and beneath aggressive vans together with the Ford F-150 Raptor ($80,970) GMC Sierra AT4X ($81,195), and Toyota Tundra TRD Professional ($73,980.)
Assembled in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO is scheduled to reach in showrooms by the third quarter of 2024.
CG Says:
Name us old style, however we discover it refreshing to see a brand new performance-oriented full-size truck mannequin that isn’t fully excessive, and absurdly priced. Whereas we expect $70,000 remains to be some huge cash to spend for a pickup, there may be some worth right here, and the RHO’s gas financial system needs to be considerably higher than that of the departed TRX.
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