Ram's parent company continues to improve its already-great cabin tech, and the Ram TRX offers some of the newest, flashiest kit on offer. The 12-volt outlet atop the dashboard is a nice little touch for fans of radar detectors, and there are ten USB ports (five USB-A, five USB-C) scattered about the interior, in addition to a wireless device charger just under the infotainment screen. The rear seats are extremely spacious, which helps for hauling things that you don't want in the bed, while door and armrest pockets swallow up everything from purses toĪnd whatever other tchotchkes I bring along. Whether it's for people or for stuff, there is a ton of space in here. My TRX tester is thoroughly kitted out, thanks to a $7,920 equipment package that includes ventilated leather front seats, leather dashboard and door-panel trim, adjustable pedals, a heated steering wheel, the whole nine yards. The latest iteration of Ram 1500 boasts one of the best and most luxurious interiors in the light-duty pickup segment, especially compared to the Raptor, which still uses Ford's last-generation body. That Hemi is thirsty - and hard to photograph, considering how high off the ground it's mounted. Braking is surprisingly good, given the thing's heft, but it's hard not to be keenly aware of the momentum I'm carrying at all times. Modes for snow, towing, rocks, mud and sand and Baja-style dune-blasting are all standard, too. In its standard Auto setting, the truck is pretty well balanced, and throwing it into Sport adds some stiffness while boosting throttle response.
But the TRX is far from a discombobulated mess, thanks to Bilstein adaptive dampers on each corner. With up to 14 inches of suspension travel and meaty 325/65R18 Goodyear Wrangler all-terrain tires, things are on the softer side, with the usual body-on-frame movements that are part and parcel with all pickups. The V8 can drone a bit at highway speeds, but people in it for the sound and the fury probably won't care. The only way you'll miss a gap in traffic is by overshooting it. Combine that almost unnatural feeling of speed with the loud supercharger whine and the basso profundo roar coming from the exhaust pipes out back, and it makes for quite the engaging sensory experience. When I jam my right foot into the firewall, the standard four-wheel-drive system pushes me forward with surprising haste - a 4.5-second jaunt to 60 mph isn't quick in the grand scheme of things, but when it's in a crew cab pickup that weighs almost 6,400 pounds, it damn near feels like I'm rewriting mechanical physics. Under the hood is the same 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8 as every other Hellcat-based product out there, and in this instance, it's tuned to produce 702 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque.
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