The Ram RHO Is an Off-Roading Monster | Review

Street-legal Baja trucks are one of the best things human innovation has conceived in the last decade. Since the Ford Raptor practically started the segment, virtually every truck maker has a big, bro-ey, off-roader in its arsenal.

None are as unapologetically massive as the Ram RHO. It’s the not-Hellcat-powered TRX that we all know. Instead, this truck is powered by a Hurricane inline-six, made to appease regulators and to modernize the Ram brand past the V-8.

The only trouble is this: Things have changed since the RHO was unveiled last year. Now, fuel economy standards are more lax (read: gone), as are emissions standards. For better or worse, the (marginally) more efficient RHO is no longer necessary, and Ram has made it a big point to bring the V-8 back to its trucks.

All signs say that the return of the supercharged V-8 TRX is certain. That means the RHO may be cancelled entirely, or simply relegated to second-class citizenship as a pseudo-base model TRX—a la Raptor and Raptor R.

Still, we had a burning curiosity about the RHO and its mission. We wondered if Ram wanted to make it or if it was forced to make it. So we decided to borrow one to make a video and see what was really up.

Suffice to say, it’s a curious truck. But you’ll just have to watch to find out.

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