With so much buzz generated by the Hellcat V8 landing under the hood of the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, anybody wishing to remove the supercharged HEMI would need a pretty good excuse for the job. Well, how about replacing this with the Hellephant 426, the mack daddy of Mopar crate engines?
autoevolution 1 May 2021, 23:54 UTC ·
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An estimated 258 horsepower and 317 pound-feet (430 Nm) of torque may not seem like much in any other vehicle, but it’s more than enough in the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range AWD. The question is, can the all-electric sedan outaccelerate a supercharged truck to 60 mph (97 kph)? 105 photos
On paper, it’s pretty obvious that a TRX has the upper hand over the Model 3 Standard Range AWD because of the Hellcat V8 engine with 702 horsepower and 650 pound-feet (881 Nm) of torque. Ram quotes 4.5 seconds to 60 miles per hour, but Dave Erickson of Everyman Driver managed to push the gentle giant to 4.32 seconds without breaking a sweat.
autoevolution 22 Apr 2021, 10:50 UTC ·
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Anybody who hasn t been living under a rock large enough to interfere with the signal is well aware of the fact that the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX makes for the kind of truck you can expect to see at the drag strip. But what about the Ford Flex? 6 photos
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weird flex, but okay jokes start flying, allow us to point out that the full-size crossover we have here has been taken down the aftermarket route. We re looking at an example fitted with the optional twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6, which delivers 355 hp in factory form (make that 365 ponies starting with the 2013 model year).
autoevolution 16 Apr 2021, 15:28 UTC ·
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Have you ever felt like the Hellcat 6.2-liter V8 has too little weight to carry around in the Dodge Charger and Challenger, or even in the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk? No problem, the Mopar people have you covered with the scale destroyers that are the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX and the Dodge Durango Hellcat. 6 photos
When it comes to a drag race between the super-truck and the uber-SUV, the only question that needs to be asked is why not? . After all, these slabs of America pack in excess of 1,400 hp combined.
Then again, we re here to deliver some answers, as a Durango Hellcat and a T-Rex recently got together for a spicy night of competitive sprinting. Speaking of which, please remember to steer clear of such street fights and head over to the drag strip when you feel like racing.
Toyota, which is the premier automaker in terms of hybrids and plug-in hybrids, makes a full-size pickup that drinks quite a lot of gasoline. What’s even more shocking than the 14 mpg (16.8 l/100 km) EPA estimate is that the Tundra isn’t as efficient as the Ram 1500 TRX in an MPG towing test.