In a pickup truck with a 516kW 6.2-litre supercharged V8 and tree trunk-sized Bilstein Black Hawk e2 adaptive performance dampers that soak up so much punishment they should be called Black Magic. They’re heading to one of dozens of OHVR (Off Highway Vehicle Recreation) parks for a kind of off-road trackday.Īnd so are you. The freeways are quiet and, as you point inland, you’re pretty soon sharing the road exclusively with Jeeps with lifted suspension and pickups pulling trailers with motocross bikes or ATV buggies. You are wisely avoiding one of the endless Cars & Coffee events and instead head out of the city. The sun is already taking the chill from the air and another gorgeous day begins in California.
One very alien to those of us in Australia at present. To understand the Ram 1500 TRX requires you to capture that feeling and transplant it into a different environment. It hasn’t arrived here yet, but we’re taking it for a drive in the US ahead of the local launch. Orders have opened despite a lack of pricing, though it is expected to cost around $180,000 before on-road costs. Today we’re testing the Ram 1500 TRX, the most powerful Ram on the showroom floor and arriving in Australia. The pain of paying out several hundred dollars recedes as your adrenaline levels start to gently percolate the fear of mechanical issues is neatly packaged away in a box deep within the recesses of your brain, and very soon you’ll get to feel the freedom of driving as fast as you dare, surrounded by like-minded friends and strangers who nevertheless feel like brothers and sisters in arms. You’ve checked levels and tyres and planned your breakfast stop en route to the circuit. There’s nothing more exciting than waking up early to drive to a trackday.
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