Photo: Alessandro Gardini / Behance
In America, Ram Trucks recently announced the pricing and final details of the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, the not-so-direct successor of the mighty 2024 Ram 1500 TRX with the all-new 3.0-liter H/O SST engine rated at 540 hp and 521 lb.-ft. of torque instead of 700 hp and 650 lb-ft of twist.
Many will say that it's not a good deal to switch from the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 to the inline-six twin-turbo, but there are also some silver linings – it should be more economical, and it also costs a lot less: $69,995 as opposed to $96,590! Anyway, Ram Trucks also brags about having benchmark light- and heavy-duty full-size off-road pickup truck models.
Indeed, along with the all-new 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, they also offer the 2025 Ram 1500 Rebel and Rebel X special edition, 2025 Ram 1500 Warlock, 2024 Ram 2500 Power Wagon, and 2024 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Rebel. However, do note that Ram is completely defenseless against its foes in the mid-size and compact pickup truck fields.
Over there, the all-new N400 Toyota Tacoma and the unibody Ford Maverick are the undisputed kings, for sure. Well, suppose the mid-size pickup truck sector is a bit crowded – aside from the best-selling Tacoma. In that case, there's also the Chevy Colorado runner-up along with the GMC Canyon, Nissan Frontier, Jeep Gladiator, Ford Ranger, or Honda Ridgeline. So, it might be hard to strike out in that sector.
But the revived unibody compact pickup truck sector is ripe for the taking, frankly, because only two contenders are fighting for supremacy in North America – the popular Ford Maverick and the recently updated 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz. Curiously, Ram could easily enter the field because it already has the Ram Rampage unibody model in production in Brazil with gasoline and diesel powertrains.
The Hurricane model, in particular, equipped with a 268-horsepower 2.0-liter, could also be a great fit for North America. There were rumors across the mill about Ram bringing the Rampage up North to the United States, but unfortunately, they sizzled out a while ago. No worries, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators hasn't abandoned the Mopar cause.
For example, Alessandro Gardini, a virtual product designer located in Brazil, also loves to play with automotive personal projects - including this Ram Rampage TRX idea, which could see the unibody compact pickup truck give an extreme off-road lesson to the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz if it ever got the green card to arrive in North America.
Since it's a personal design project, there are no details about potential changes to the standard powertrain, but the looks have all the hints – a larger hood intake, lots of black plastic cladding around the body to protect from anything on the trails, blue accents all around the body, beefy off-road wheels shod in meaty all-terrain tires, plus a nice rollbar in the bed to make it tougher and easy to accessorize. Cool, right?
Indeed, along with the all-new 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, they also offer the 2025 Ram 1500 Rebel and Rebel X special edition, 2025 Ram 1500 Warlock, 2024 Ram 2500 Power Wagon, and 2024 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Rebel. However, do note that Ram is completely defenseless against its foes in the mid-size and compact pickup truck fields.
Over there, the all-new N400 Toyota Tacoma and the unibody Ford Maverick are the undisputed kings, for sure. Well, suppose the mid-size pickup truck sector is a bit crowded – aside from the best-selling Tacoma. In that case, there's also the Chevy Colorado runner-up along with the GMC Canyon, Nissan Frontier, Jeep Gladiator, Ford Ranger, or Honda Ridgeline. So, it might be hard to strike out in that sector.
But the revived unibody compact pickup truck sector is ripe for the taking, frankly, because only two contenders are fighting for supremacy in North America – the popular Ford Maverick and the recently updated 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz. Curiously, Ram could easily enter the field because it already has the Ram Rampage unibody model in production in Brazil with gasoline and diesel powertrains.
The Hurricane model, in particular, equipped with a 268-horsepower 2.0-liter, could also be a great fit for North America. There were rumors across the mill about Ram bringing the Rampage up North to the United States, but unfortunately, they sizzled out a while ago. No worries, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators hasn't abandoned the Mopar cause.
For example, Alessandro Gardini, a virtual product designer located in Brazil, also loves to play with automotive personal projects - including this Ram Rampage TRX idea, which could see the unibody compact pickup truck give an extreme off-road lesson to the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz if it ever got the green card to arrive in North America.
Since it's a personal design project, there are no details about potential changes to the standard powertrain, but the looks have all the hints – a larger hood intake, lots of black plastic cladding around the body to protect from anything on the trails, blue accents all around the body, beefy off-road wheels shod in meaty all-terrain tires, plus a nice rollbar in the bed to make it tougher and easy to accessorize. Cool, right?
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