Photo: Anglia Car Auctions
The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX is the hottest truck you can buy today. But this 702-horsepower, Hellcat-powered 1500 isn't the first beefed-up pickup truck from the company. Ram built quite a few of them, especially when it operated as a Dodge sub-brand.
If you take a deep dive into the history of high-performance trucks, you'll find out that Dodge was actually the first to build such a beast in the mid-1960s. But it also rolled out a pair of cool beefed-up haulers in the 2000s, the Ram SRT-10 and the Rumble Bee.
The former was clearly inspired by the Dodge Viper, while the latter was a tribute to the legendary Dodge Super Bee. It used to be available in either black and yellow, but colors complemented by bumblebee stripes and logos, just like the Super Bee muscle car from the 1960s.
And it was a true muscle truck thanks to a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine that sent 345 horsepower and 375 pound-feet (507 Nm) of torque to the rear wheels. Granted, it wasn't quite as hot as the Ram SRT-10, rated at a massive 510 horses, but it's powerful enough to hit 60 mph (96 kph) from a standing start in under eight seconds.
Dodge built a little more than 10,000 Rumble Bees in 2004 and 2005, so they're not as scarce as the SRT-10, but they're hard to come by if you're looking for a well-maintained, low-mileage model. If you're in the market for a Rumble Bee, one just popped up through Anglia Car Auctions.
It's finished in the cool Solar Yellow exterior with black rear fender stripes and it's pretty much in mind condition. The odometer shows only 34,282 miles (55,171 km) and the auction house estimates that the hammer will drop at £10,000 to £12,000. That's around $13,900 to $16,700 at the current exchange rates. Not bad for a muscle truck that may become a prized collectible in the future.
The former was clearly inspired by the Dodge Viper, while the latter was a tribute to the legendary Dodge Super Bee. It used to be available in either black and yellow, but colors complemented by bumblebee stripes and logos, just like the Super Bee muscle car from the 1960s.
And it was a true muscle truck thanks to a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine that sent 345 horsepower and 375 pound-feet (507 Nm) of torque to the rear wheels. Granted, it wasn't quite as hot as the Ram SRT-10, rated at a massive 510 horses, but it's powerful enough to hit 60 mph (96 kph) from a standing start in under eight seconds.
Dodge built a little more than 10,000 Rumble Bees in 2004 and 2005, so they're not as scarce as the SRT-10, but they're hard to come by if you're looking for a well-maintained, low-mileage model. If you're in the market for a Rumble Bee, one just popped up through Anglia Car Auctions.
It's finished in the cool Solar Yellow exterior with black rear fender stripes and it's pretty much in mind condition. The odometer shows only 34,282 miles (55,171 km) and the auction house estimates that the hammer will drop at £10,000 to £12,000. That's around $13,900 to $16,700 at the current exchange rates. Not bad for a muscle truck that may become a prized collectible in the future.
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