- Ram today released a teaser video online that appears to show the upcoming TRX replacement, which we already know as the new RHO.
- The short video clip shows a covered truck on a trailer, but it’s the big tires, lifted ride height, and roll bar that make us confident it’s the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO.
- The video closes with text that reads “You won’t want to miss this delivery” and then alludes to a reveal date of April 25.
Ready or not here it comes. Ram appears poised to reveal its six-cylinder-powered replacement for the Hellcat V-8-toting TRX, which went extinct after the 2024 model year. That’s based on a short teaser video the truck-centric brand released today, which shows a bulky pickup draped with military-style camouflage on a flat-bed trailer. The 15-second YouTube clip (shown below) also confirms a reveal date of April 25.
The video opens with a Ram 2500 Rebel parked in an empty lot as the camera pans to the right to show its “top-secret package.” The scene takes place in a desert-type location, possibly hinting at the mysterious pickup’s trophy-truck pedigree. At the beginning, a voice whispers “I hear the storm is coming,” and the video closes with text that reads “You won’t want to miss this delivery,” before cutting to the debut date.
While Ram hasn’t officially said the truck in the video is the RHO, we feel incredibly confident that it is based on a couple different factors. For one, we already knew about the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO and how it would essentially replace the TRX. Of course, the big hullabaloo is that it’ll do so without the outgoing truck’s trademark 702-hp supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. Instead, it’ll use a high-output version of the Hurricane twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six, which will likely have at least 550 horsepower and 521 pound-feet of torque based on details released about the upcoming 2025 Dodge Charger Sixpack.
When the redesigned 2025 Ram 1500 was announced last fall, brand CEO Tim Kuniskis told Car and Driver the RHO will have the same equipment as the TRX, albeit with a retuned suspension. He also said the RHO’s horsepower deficit is the reason it’s not called a TRX, and that the nameplate would only return with more power.
The other reason we strongly believe Ram is teasing the new TRX’s replacement is simply looking at the shrouded truck’s silhouette. From the clearly humungous tires to the lifted ride height to the roll bar that’s reminiscent of the one available on the TRX, it all points to one thing: Ram is revealing the RHO on April 25, so get your popcorn ready.
Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.