2027 Ram 1500 TRX SRT Reported for Australia at $259,950 Before On-Roads, With Supply Tight

Image credit: Ram Trucks Australia. Overseas model shown.

The TRX is reported to be coming back. The supercharged version of the Ram 1500 was last offered here, one outlet reports, as the Final Edition for the 2024 model year, and the reports have it returning in 2027 with an SRT badge added to its name. Australian motoring outlets reported in late August that Ram Trucks Australia had confirmed the Ram 1500 TRX SRT at $259,950 before on-road costs, with first deliveries in the first half of 2027. A later report in September pulled that forward to first deliveries by March 2027.

There is one catch worth putting up front, because it changes how much weight you can put on those numbers. Ram Trucks Australia's own TRX page, which we checked on 1 October 2026, has not caught up. It still lists the truck under "Potential Future Models", prints no price and no date, and asks you to register your interest. So the price and timing in this story are as reported by outlets quoting Ram Trucks Australia, not figures we could read on Ram's own site. We think the reports are solid, because they are consistent and they quote the local general manager by name, but a price that the maker has not printed is a price you should confirm on a dealer quote before you plan around it.

What Ram's Own Site Says, and What Has Been Reported

Ram Trucks Australia's TRX page says the TRX "is back as the Ram 1500 SRT TRX", that it is "faster and more powerful than before", and that it packs the supercharged Hellcat engine "with 777 Horsepower". It then says the new TRX "is not yet confirmed for our market" but is "under serious consideration". That wording reads like it was written when the truck was revealed in the US, and it has not been updated since. The same site lists a second potential future model, the Ram 1500 Rumble Bee, also as register-your-interest only.

The outlets tell a more advanced story. They report that Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber said the company had "worked hard to secure production out of the US for our market", and that supply "will initially be restricted because demand is off the charts in the US". At a press conference in Melbourne in September he was reported as saying customer orders had exceeded expectations and that Ram would "struggle to meet demand for a while". One outlet reported that order books opened in August 2026.

Put those together and the practical reading is this: the reports say the truck is coming, the price has been given to the press, allocation is limited, and the official website is behind. If you are serious, the register-your-interest form on Ram's site and a conversation with a Ram dealer are the two places to get your name down and a price in writing.

Pricing, and What Sits Beside It

The TRX SRT price below is the reported figure. The other trucks are full-size pickups we list on sale, all before on-road costs, grouped by engine type. We show a rival price only where we have checked it against the maker.

Metallic paint on the TRX SRT has been reported at $950. Six colours have been reported as expected for Australia, subject to availability: Bright White, Diamond Black, Forged Blue, Molten Red, Serrano Green and Spitfire Orange. No drive-away price has been published, and on a truck at this money stamp duty is a large number in its own right, so ask for the on-road total in your state rather than working from the list price.

The Price: $118,000 for the Supercharger

The reported $259,950 is about $118,000 more than the 1500 Rebel Hurricane at the $141,950 we list, and the Rebel is the off-road flavoured 1500 already in the range. Against the other full-size trucks in the table the gap is still more than $100,000: roughly $116,000 over the F-150 LARIAT and roughly $104,000 over the Tundra Limited. The gap alone is most of the price of a second full-size pickup.

It is also dearer than the TRX it replaces. Outlets report that the first-generation TRX launched here at $199,950 before on-road costs in 2022 and that the run-out Final Edition was $249,950, so the new truck is reported at $10,000 more than the last TRX Australians could buy and $60,000 more than the first. Ram Trucks Australia describes itself on its site as the only Ram-authorised importer, remanufacturer to right-hand drive and distributor of new Ram trucks in Australia, so every TRX sold here is converted locally before delivery. What has not changed is the supply picture: by every report, there are more buyers than trucks.

That last point matters if you are hoping to haggle. With allocation reported as limited and orders reported as running ahead of it, there is no reason to expect discounting on the first trucks. If anything, expect the opposite pressure: early build slots going to whoever put a deposit down first.

What the Money Buys: Power, and a Lot of It

The TRX is not a nicer 1500. It is a different kind of truck built around one engine: a 6.2-litre supercharged Hemi V8 that Ram's Australian page describes as making 777 horsepower. Outlets report the US rating as 579kW and 922Nm, which they say is up 56kW and 40Nm on the previous TRX. One outlet reports the first-generation truck made 523kW and 882Nm in Australian tune.

For context, the most powerful 1500 we list today is the Limited Hurricane High Output, with 403kW and 707Nm from a twin-turbo 3.0-litre six. On the reported US figure the TRX has roughly 176kW more than that. Every other 1500 we list, and the Silverado, Tundra and F-150 above, sits somewhere around 290kW to 313kW.

One caution on those figures. Ram Trucks Australia has said, through the outlets, that it will confirm the exact Australian specification closer to arrival. So 579kW is a US number that has been reported, not an Australian rating we can cite. The same goes for acceleration: one outlet reports Ram's claim of 3.5 seconds from 0 to 97km/h, which is a US-market figure on a US test, and we have not put it in the table.

Towing and Payload: Not Published Yet, and Probably Not the Point

This is the part a lot of Australian pickup buyers will care about, and it is the part Ram has not published for the new truck. There is no Australian towing capacity, payload, gross vehicle mass, gross combination mass or towball download for the TRX SRT yet. We are not going to fill that gap with an American figure, because the right-hand-drive conversion and Australian compliance work can move every one of them.

What we can say is where the rest of the range sits. We list the Rebel Hurricane at 4,500kg braked with an 890kg payload, and the Limited Hurricane High Output at 4,200kg braked with a 780kg payload. The TRX is a different truck from both, and until Ram publishes its numbers, do not assume it tows or carries what a Rebel does.

If you are buying a full-size pickup to pull a big van or a horse float, the published figures for the Hurricane models, the Silverado and the Tundra are what you can plan with today. When Ram does publish TRX figures, run your actual rig through our TowingSorted planner or the towing and payload calculator, which check the braked rating, GVM, GCM and ball weight together rather than one at a time. Ram has not published an Australian fuel figure for the TRX either, so there is no official basis yet for costing a towing trip.

The Full-Size Pickups We List, Side by Side

We do not hold a row for the TRX SRT, and it is not on sale, so it is not in the comparison below. What is in it are the Ram 1500s and full-size pickups on sale that we list, plus the Ford Ranger Raptor as the performance ute most buyers already know. Pick any two.

The Ford Ranger Raptor is in there as a reference point, not as a rival. It is the performance ute most Australians picture, and on the figures we list it has 292kW and 583Nm from a twin-turbo V6 and is rated to tow 2,500kg braked. It is a very different size of vehicle, and we have not quoted its price in the text because we have not yet checked it against Ford. Of the full-size trucks, the Silverado ZR2 is the closest in spirit to the TRX: a V8 with an off-road focus.

Tax, Safety and the Fine Print

Luxury car tax. As general information for the 2026-27 financial year, luxury car tax is charged at 33% on the amount above a threshold of $80,809, or $91,661 for vehicles that meet the fuel-efficient definition of 3.5L/100km or less. Whether it applies to a large dual-cab pickup depends on how the vehicle is designed and classified, which turns on figures Ram has not yet published for the Australian truck. Where it does apply, a list price from the importer normally already includes it. At this price the difference is large, so ask the dealer directly whether luxury car tax is in the quoted figure.

Fringe benefits tax. The TRX is petrol-powered, so the electric car FBT exemption that makes some novated leases cheap does not apply. Some work vehicles are treated differently for FBT depending on their design and use, and that is a question for your accountant, not a sales brochure.

ANCAP. We hold no ANCAP rating for the TRX SRT. ANCAP has run a separate collision-avoidance comparison of large pickups, which we covered here, but a result for one model does not carry across to another, and the TRX is a different truck from the 1500s in that test.

What Ram Has Not Told Us Yet

• A price on its own website. Ram Trucks Australia's TRX page is register-interest only and still calls the truck a potential future model.
• The Australian specification: outputs as converted, towing, payload, GVM, GCM and towball download.
• Fuel consumption and CO2, which decide the running cost and which luxury car tax threshold could apply.
• The equipment list and whether there is more than one grade or pack.
• A firm delivery date and how many trucks are coming. Reports say allocation is limited and first deliveries are due by March 2027.
• Warranty terms for the TRX, including how the local right-hand-drive conversion is covered.

The Ram 1500 Rumble Bee, a V8 1500 offered in the US with several engines including the TRX's supercharged V8, is also listed on Ram's Australian site as a potential future model. The general manager was reported in September as saying it is not confirmed for Australia but that Ram is in talks with the factory. Treat it as a maybe.

Who It Suits, and Who It Does Not

It suits the buyer who wants far more power than any Ram 1500 we list, on the reported figures, and is buying it for the engine, the suspension and the occasion. If you owned a first-generation TRX and loved it, the new one is reported to be the same idea with more power, and the order queue suggests plenty of people feel that way. If you simply want a V8 in a Ram 1500, though, Ram's Australian site still lists the 1500 Big Horn with the 5.7-litre Hemi V8, and you do not need to spend TRX money to get one. Check dealer stock first, though: local conversion of the V8 1500 was reported to have ended in December 2024.

It suits less well anyone buying a pickup mainly to work or tow. The Hurricane 1500s, the Silverado and the Tundra have published towing and payload figures today, and the ones in our table with a checked price cost more than $100,000 less. It suits less well the buyer who needs a fixed delivery date, because supply is reported as tight. And it does not suit anyone who needs an ANCAP rating for a fleet policy.

If you want one, register your interest with Ram Trucks Australia now and get a written quote that states whether the figure includes luxury car tax, the reported $950 paint and on-road costs. We will add the TRX SRT to the CarSorted directory once Ram Trucks Australia publishes its Australian price and specification, and you can see the rest of the range on our Ram page.