![]() ![]() The geometry of the TRX suspension is the same as that of the 1500, with independent double A-arms in front and a five-link rear. “It’s all about making this chassis able to rip across the desert.” “There are reinforcements all through the frame,” he said. On the Ram TRX shock towers they used “the thickest steel we could stamp,” Roselli said. Those special materials included a lot of hardened steel, particularly around the front shock towers, where all those YouTubers were destroying their Raptors. “The frame is 74% new, it started as a Ram frame, then we upgraded it with special materials.” ![]() “We designed this vehicle to straight-up outrun and outlast the competition,” said Ram TRX chief engineer Jeff Roselli. No, I was not in a Raptor, I was in the new Ram TRX, which may be able to handle this action better. ![]() Whatever the actual height, having done my due diligence by watching YouTube videos of guys jumping Ford Raptors, I knew there was significant danger of destroying this magnificent truck. There I was, maybe a half mile up in the air, maybe more, maybe I was in orbit, circling the Earth’s diurnal passage far below me, ground control to Major Vaughn… or maybe I was only five feet off the deck. Pricing starts at $71,690 when it arrives by the end of the year.Drive modes make it work rock crawling, on-road, or off-road at 100 mph.Ram TRX is a performance take on the 1500 pickup. ![]()
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