2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT Review: The $108,000 Pickup That Won Over a Truck Skeptic

A famed nameplate returns with a supercharger, an SRT badge, and no desire to tame itself.

Article Quick Takes:

• 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT review: The design
• 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT review: The cabin
• 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT review: The technology
• 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT review: The drive
• Is the 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT worth it?

The Ram TRX SRT is a silly truck that is about as sensible as a screen door on a submarine. It drinks fuel like a fire hydrant, drives as fast as an F-35, and costs about as much.

But that isn’t the point, it has no desire to be sensible. It’s trying to be ridiculous, and passes with flying colors. I drove a small fleet of cars at NWAPA Drive Revolution, and this was a personal favorite. If you felt the planet spin a little faster a few weeks ago, it’s because a group of journalists in Vancouver, Washington, were taking this thing for a spin.

The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT’s Design: Big, Loud, and Painted the Right Color

I am in love with green cars, and my tester’s Serrano-Green Metallic paint was a spectacular $295 option. It makes a 6,349-pound pickup look like the obnoxious American cousin, ready for a joyride in the British countryside.

There are a lot of neat little details at first glance. There’s a flow-through grille badge with a red tracer, small T-Rex badges and decals, red tow hooks, Mopar rock rails, and all-terrain tires about 35 inches tall. It’s also the first Ram to wear SRT badging in nearly two decades. From every angle, this truck looks stunning, especially the huge bulge on the hood.

The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT’s Cabin: Wildly Roomy

The crew cab is wildly roomy. It has more square footage than some apartments in New York's hottest neighborhoods, and none of those come with a suede headliner. The front seats were comfortable and easy to adjust, and my tester’s black leather-trimmed buckets are only part of the story.

The front seats also offer massage and ventilation, the rear seats are ventilated and heated, and a heated flat-bottom steering wheel and power-adjustable pedals with memory round out the cockpit.

2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT Technology: A Lot of Screen, a Lot of Assistance

The dash is dominated by a 14.4-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen with navigation, paired with a 12-inch digital instrument cluster and SRT performance pages. Other highlights include SiriusXM 360L and Ram Connect services.

Safety tech is surprisingly deep for a truck built to launch itself:

• Hands-free active driving assist
• Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go
• Evasive steering assist
• Intersection collision assist
• Drowsy driver detection
• Traffic sign recognition
• Surround-view camera system

Full-speed forward collision warning and active lane management are also standard. One caveat: the sticker notes that the government hasn’t rated the TRX for crash safety.

The 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT’s Drive: Ridiculously Fun, Every Single Time

The power this truck produces is intoxicating, and I’m embarrassed to admit how much I loved it.

Under the hood is a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 making 777 horsepower and 680 lb-ft of torque, hitting 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, which is quick enough to make the Road Runner, the cartoon or the Plymouth, check its mirrors. I love this fact because it's so petty: its main competitor from the blue oval hits 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, and that's unacceptable when you could be .1 second faster.

I’m generally opposed to giant trucks for a myriad of reasons, but when I stepped in the cab, those reasons left me immediately. The supercharge whine had a Pavlovian effect on me. For anyone else, it could be annoying, but for me, it signaled to a once dormant part of my brain that near-immediate power was coming. I imagine this is what fighter pilots feel when they are training in the Mojave desert.

My pinky toe twitched, and the truck went 30 mph faster. It was an experience I would like everyone to have at least once in their life.

Fuel Economy and Price: The Fun Part Is Expensive to Run and Expensive to Buy

The EPA rates the TRX at 12 mpg combined, with 10 mpg in the city and 14 on the highway. That works out to an estimated $4,950 a year in fuel, and the sticker says you’ll spend about $16,750 more over five years than with the average new vehicle. The 33-gallon tank gives you a fighting chance, but not much more.

Now let’s get down to the price, because that is where I would pause a second. The TRX starts at $99,995 before destination, and my tester added the Serrano-Green paint, a bed utility group, a tri-fold tonneau cover, rock rails, bead-lock wheels, and $2,795 in destination. The final tally was $108,215, which is a staggering amount of money. To put it in perspective, after a quick Zillow search, I found a three-bedroom house outside Atlanta for less than the TRX SRT.

To put it into perspective though, this still comes in a hair cheaper than the Ford Raptor R.

And look, you get a lot for this price tag, and if you are in the market, then this is a great purchase.

Is the 2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT Worth It?

This truck wasn’t built for just anyone. Ram has a very distinct buyer in mind, and for those people with the means to afford the sticker price and the gas, it is 100% worth the price.

The TRX feels like a love letter to excess. Ram clearly didn’t build this thing expecting you to use it as your daily hauler. It’s for the person who wants the most dramatic pickup money can buy and doesn’t care what it costs at the pump.

If you need a truck to work, buy a normal one. If you want to feel like you run the world, run to the dealership.

Nobody needs a 777-horsepower pickup, but everyone should hear that supercharger whine at least once.