The Ram TRX T-Rex is a high-performance pickup truck launched in August 2020 and is known as "the strongest original half-ton fuel pickup truck on the surface". The car first entered China in June 2021 to carry out environmental protection tests, and successfully obtained the parallel import pickup truck China VI environmental protection certificate, the price at that time was about 1.55 million, and the license application procedures for pickup trucks. Therefore, the purchase of Ram TRX not only needs to bear the constraints of 15 years of mandatory scrapping, annual inspection, prohibition and restriction of driving, but also needs to bear the annual discount cost of about 100,000 yuan, which is a pure toy consumable.
Now, after nearly a year and a half, a second inquiry into the Ram TRX parallel import price can find that the lowest price of the car has fallen to 960,000 yuan, and the price has experienced four consecutive declines, down nearly 30% from the highest point. However, even so, the price of nearly one million is still unaffordable for the vast majority of pickup enthusiasts, compared with the third-generation Ford Raptor priced at about 680,000, consumers believe that the price of Ram TRX may still have room to fall.
The Ram TRX's most striking selling point is its 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V8 engine, which is the same power as the Dodge Hellcat with a maximum power of 523kW (712hp) and a peak torque of 881Nm, 0-96km/h in 4.5 seconds. It is not easy for this high-performance engine to obtain the China VI B emission certification, and it is currently the top performance that can be accessed in China. However, behind the high performance means high fuel consumption, so it is also nicknamed "PetroChina's strategic partner". In the face of the increasingly hot new energy pickup concept, the performance parameters of the internal combustion engine will eventually be far away, and the fuel consumption defects will gradually be amplified.
In addition to the powerful engine, the other hardware configuration of the Ram TRX is also very good, the transmission uses the strongest version of the ZF 8AT 8HP90, the maximum torque volume can reach 900Nm, this gearbox is also installed on the Rolls-Royce Gust. The four-wheel drive system adopts BorgWarner's active full-time all-wheel drive system, which has the same performance level as the Ford Raptor TOD four-wheel drive, not only providing 4A/4H/4L/2H and other basic gears, but also providing Baja, rock climbing, sand, mud, sports and other targeted driving modes.
At the same time, the Ram TRX is also equipped with a dana 60 axle, an electronically controlled rear axle differential lock, a bilstein Blackhawk E2 nitrogen electronically controlled adjustable shock absorber, and a rear parallelogram (5-link) structure. With an approach angle of 30.2°, a departure angle of 23.5°, a longitudinal pass angle of 21.9°, a wading depth of 812.8mm, and a tire specification of 325/65/R18, Bilstein adaptive shock absorbers provide it with extra-long front and rear wheel travel of 33/36cm.
In addition, the Ram TRX has a catapult start function, jump monitoring function, off-road cruise function and head-up display, in which the jump detection function can detect whether the pickup is off the ground, so as to adjust gear, torque distribution and suspension stiffness to avoid damage to the car when landing. As a top-of-the-line toy pickup truck, the Ram TRX's internal configuration is by no means shabby, with a 12-inch large central control screen that supports Bluetooth, navigation, car Wi-Fi, Apple PlayCar & Android dAuto and other functions, in addition to 360-degree panoramic images, point-eye monitoring, collision warning, adaptive cruise, lane keeping assistance and other driving assistance functions.
If the current price of 960,000 still makes many people feel unreasonable, how much do you think the pricing is appropriate for the product power shown by the above configuration?