The Ram RHO will debut next Thursday.
The what? Do you mean the next Ram TRX?
Sort of.
Ram didn’t quite start from scratch and completely redesign the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. But it came close, giving its best-selling lineup of trucks the most thorough “mid-cycle refresh” we’ve ever seen from an automaker. The 2025 Ram rides on the same chassis as the 2024 model but gets new engines, new bodywork, an all-new super luxury model, a plug-in hybrid version, and a replacement for the vaunted TRX supertruck.
A new video posted to Ram’s YouTube page tells us it will appear April 25.
Ram won’t use the TRX name for the new model. It is in the process of retiring the Hemi V8 from its entire lineup, and Ram boss Tim Kuniskis told us in November, “I would never call something a TRX if it was down in power.”
So, the pickup picks up a new name – RHO, for Ram High Output. Ram isn’t officially calling it the Rhino, but Kuniskis told us there would be some rhinoceros-themed Easter Eggs in the design for sharp-eyed truck lovers to find.
The Rhino will use a 540-horsepower turbocharged inline-6-cylinder engine from the Stellantis Hurricane engine family.
That’s all anyone outside Ram knows about the truck for now. But we expect supertruck-style suspension (read: beefy, long-travel suspension to absorb high-speed bumps) and enough unique styling elements to let strangers in traffic know they’re not looking at a Ram 1500.
We’ll all know more on April 25. As for the TRX name, it’s likely not gone forever. Kuniskis told us in November it was “on the shelf for a while,” so we do expect it to make a return someday.
