The wraps are gone.
Inside is the 2027 Ram SRT Rumble Bee, a beast that puts 579kW through a 6.2-litre supercharged petrol V8.
It twists.
922Nm of torque, specifically.
On paper, this matches the outgoing Ram 1500 Hellcat Redeye… wait, no.
The previous model was the TRX.
The figures look the same as the TRX did, but the stopwatch disagrees. The new kid sprints 0 to 100km/h in 3.4 seconds. That’s 0.1s quicker than its predecessor. Which makes it, by technical definition, the fastest petrol-powered production pickup truck on the planet.
Is it practical? No. Is it loud? Yes.
Down Under Possibilities?
We talk about these cars over here because they actually might exist on our roads.
Ateco distributes Rammers in Australia, and the previous TRX rolled into showrooms in 2022 before dying in early 2023 with the “Final Edition” release.
The catch? It has to come via Melbourne. Walkinshaw Performance does the right-hand-drive conversions there.
Jeff Barber, who runs Ram Trucks Australia, didn’t say yes. He said something vague.
“We seriously consider all model variants.”
Classic corporate speak. He also added that they were “super excited.” That means nothing in the current regulatory climate.
Look. The emissions rules are tightening. NVES fines manufacturers $100 AUD per gram of excess CO2. That money hurts. So if Ateco wants these trucks, it will be a tiny batch. Not a full launch. Just enough for collectors with deep pockets and poor lung capacity.
Ram’s head of SRT, Tim Kuniskis, put it best: “The idea of muscle trucks was labelled unnecessary… but Ram is going all-in.”
Unnecessary? Exactly right.
The Lineup (North America Style)
This isn’t just one truck. In the States, there are three flavors.
And here is the kicker: there is zero EV buzz. No plug-in hybrids. No eTorque gimmicks. Just old-school internal combustion screaming at you.
The lineup goes like this.
- 392: 6.4L V8, 350kW. Hits 60mph in 5.2s.
- SRT Rumble Bee: The one mentioned above. 3.4s.
- Entry-Level Rumble Bee: A 5.7L Hemi V8 with 295kW. Slow? Well, 60mph takes 6.1 seconds. For a two-ton pickup, that’s basically instantaneous.
Notice what’s missing.
No Hurricane twin-turbo six-cylinders. The smaller Ram TRX dropped the V8 for an inline-6 turbo beast a while ago. But the Rumble Bee lineup ignores that entirely. V8 or walk away.
They even kept the nostalgia dial up to eleven.
The design nods to the 2004 Dodge Viper SRT-10. Ram calls the look “unapologetically evil.” I suppose that helps explain the widebody fenders.
Built for Slip, Not Grip
Four-wheel drive comes standard, obviously. Because it is a Ram.
But there’s an ‘RWD’ button.
Press it, decouple the front end, and watch the tires melt. There’s also a limited-slip rear diff optional on the V8 model, while the SRT can grab the Track Pack to lock that rear diff completely.
Launch control works on all of them.
The RWD button turns a heavy farmhand into a street car that forgets its own name.
Drifting a Ram pickup is a chaotic visual. We want to see it happen. We really do.
