Vehicle 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!
