2021 Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition

Description

This 2021 Ram 1500 TRX Launch Edition represents a rare opportunity to own an incredibly special truck that sold out insanely fast when it was first introduced. If you were one of the lucky few that knew a dealer and somehow fenagled a reservation to order one of these limited-edition trucks, well then, good for you, you probably don't need another one. The rest of us that wanted to buy one off the lot were subjected to a dealer-markup of up to $50,000 over MSRP, meaning several of these insanely cool Rams were selling for upwards of $143K retail. That sure makes this low-mile example seem like a steal at this sticker price, and once you get a closer look at this rugged beauty and pour over its long list of features and attributes, those six-figures will be a lot more palatable. Better yet, recent data shows us that limited-edition, huge-horsepower Mopars are in fact a great investment, as we continually see Hellcats, SRT-10s, and other Special and Anniversary Edition cars and trucks bring great value on the secondary market. Finances aside, this also happens to be one of the coolest trucks EVER made, featuring a bespoke exterior package, opulent quad-cab, and downright silly 6.2L Supercharged HEMI V8/8-Speed Auto powertrain. Only 702 of these TRX Launch Editions were ever made (coincidentally, this truck boasts 702HP), and people were clamoring to get their hands on one. Here's a second chance...

This isn't just a rare truck, but you had to be super-quick to get your hands on it. The TRX Launch Edition reportedly sold out in approximately 3 hours, with reports coming from all over the country of people offering dealers DOUBLE to get their hands on one. This current generation of Ram 1500 is already an imposing vehicle that's incredibly popular, but it has nothing on the special treatment that was done to get to TRX duty. There is just something unmistakable about how this special Ram manages to artfully combine the otherwise contrasting worlds of high-performance and 4x4. It all starts with the Anvil Gray paint that's exclusive to the Launch Edition – a terrific name that inspires the toughness you expect from the TRX, and takes it up a notch with the addition of glossy black paint on the lower portion of the body, along with matte-black bumpers, exterior hardware, and TRX and Ram badging found throughout the truck. Other exterior goodies include mesh grilles incorporated onto the imposing front end, a sculpted hood complete with functional scoops and TRX vinyl decals, and blacked-out fender flares that add eight inches of total width over the standard Ram and make way for those big 18-inch alloys that give it the stance of a middle linebacker. Adding to the sinister two-tone look are the black headlight/taillight backgrounds, black fender vents, blackout trim throughout (including on the oversized side mirrors and surrounding all the glass), a Rambar bed rack, off-road running boards, and the black spray-in bedliner that protects the bed. Functional hardware includes the Trailer-Tow Group package that adds tow hooks incorporated into the bumpers and a Class IV receiver out back, a deployable bed-step, and the bed-mounted tire carrier for an extra full-size spare.

A special edition truck is never cheap, and these beauties came loaded with the TRX Level 2 Equipment Group (an $8k option) that offers leather bucket seats and real carbon-fiber trim inside. As the latest generation Ram, it would be easier to list what this truck doesn't have rather than go through the laundry list of stuff it is equipped with, although that's not really true either because it pretty much includes everything Mopar ever had to offer in 2021. Highlights include a dual-pane panoramic sunroof, a 19-speaker Harmon Kardon sound system with a Uconnect 12-inch display that also features ParkView cameras, and heated seats (and a heated steering wheel) throughout. TRX red interior accents, red stitching, badges, and a console badge are all part of the Launch Edition package, and as you might expect in a 4424-mile truck, it's all like-new.

Stuffing this truck's engine bay with a Hellcat-spec drivetrain is what truly puts this magnificent monster into EPIC territory. The 6.2-liter Supercharged HEMI V8 is the most powerful production engine in the US, with 702 horsepower on tap in this particular iteration. In all honesty, this thing is absolutely bonkers in every way. It's too much power, too much speed, too much being too much. It's the ultimate Mopar muscle car (excuse me, truck, I keep forgetting), and the thing just flat-out HAULS. Hit the push-button ignition and it fires instantly, idles perfectly, burbles through an emissions-legal exhaust system, and happily swills pump gas. A 702-horsepower vehicle with a 2380CC Twin-Screw Supercharger with 11 PSI of boost does all this! I can barely get my head around it. It's linked to an 8HP95 8-speed automatic transmission, which may seem like the easy way out until you realize that the car is faster with a computer handling the shifts and you'll be too busy holding on with two hands and screaming like a little girl for it to matter. Thankfully, it's not just some brute that can't handle itself in the corners (both on the track and off), as the reworked adaptive-dampening suspension is beefed up to notably reduce body roll compared to the SRT Ram trucks from 2020, fulltime 4WD and RAM Active Dynamics Bilstein shocks keep it planted to the road, and there's even an electronic locking rear axle hanging on the 4-link out back. As an exclamation point, this Ram is finished with special beadlock alloys shod with 18-inch Goodyear Wranglers that look amazing.

A sure-fire future collectable and a flat-out blast to drive today, there are very few vehicles more outrageous than a Ram TRX Launch Edition, and none of them are trucks. Call today!