Ram’s big US pick-up truck is muscling up, with a new V8-powered series revealed.
It is dubbed the Ram 1500 Rumble Bee, and will be available in four different grades.
Headlining the muscle truck range is the SRT super ute, which uses the most powerful V8 ever installed in a production pick-up truck.
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Under the bonnet of the 1500 Rumble Bee SRT is a 6.2-litre supercharged Hemi V8 that pumps out 579kW/922Nm.
That helps it hit 60 miles an hour (96km/h) in just 3.4 seconds.
And it could make its war Down Under in the future, according to Ram Trucks Australia boss Jeff Barber.
"We are super excited about the new Ram 1500 Rumble Bee unveiled in the US overnight. Ram Trucks has an amazing catalogue of vehicles and, as always, we seriously consider all model variants," he said.
The Rumble Bee range is firming as a hot commodity in the US, which could put a pin in a local launch in the near future.
After the headline grabbing SRT there are three more accessible models.
The range starts with the standard Rumble Bee, which uses a 5.7-litre Hemi V8 that makes 295kW/556Nm.
Then comes the Rumble Bee 392 that packs 350kW/617Nm of grunt thanks to its 6.4-litre Hemi V8. The Rumble Bee 392 Track Pack variant that hosts an array of performance upgrades is next up.
The entry-level version is due at the end of the year in the US, with the 392 and SRT versions landing in 2027.
The Rumble Bee series isn’t just about V8 grunt, it also packs plenty of standard equipment across the range.
There are big screens throughout, luxury features such as power-adjustable bucket seats wrapped in a range of materials, Harman and Kardon stereo and smartphone connectivity, among plenty of others.
Don't expect the Rumble Bee to be cheap if it lands in Oz. Big grunt costs big bucks these days, due to the federal government's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), which fines high-polluting vehicles due.
The complicated remanufacturing process that converts the vehicles from left to right-hand drive, doesn't help either.
