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, I had a burning curiosity about the RHO and its mission. I wondered if Ram wanted to make it or if it was forced to make it. So I 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.
