The Hellcat V8: One of the most technically impressive, but also one of the most awesome V8 engines we’ve seen in the past 20 years. With 6.2 liters and a massive supercharger on top, the Hellcat V8 put out anywhere from 707 hp to numbers besting the Bugatti Veyron. You know, the one that was once the fastest car in the world? That one.
Since its first arrival for model year 2015, the Hellcat has somehow snuck its way into basically every Chrysler vehicle, and that includes the RAM 1500, which would become the RAM TRX. Sadly, with the retirement of the Hellcat V8, and the HEMI V8 as a whole, the RAM TRX has left along with it.
RAM’s consolation prize comes in the form of the 1500 RHO. Based on the facelifted 2025 RAM 1500, the RHO retains all the fancy off-roading hardware of the TRX, like the factory-fit 35″ tires, beefy Bilstein shocks, and the all-important-for-offroading Dana rear axle, but swaps out the Hellcat V8 for the all new, and super promising twin-turbo Hurricane six-cylinder with a not-inconsiderable 540 hp.
