Hennessey Efficiency Engineering is getting in on the overlanding pattern with a modified Ram 1500 TRX designed for treks to the wilderness.
The brand new Overland Version relies on the Hennessey Mammoth tuned variations of the TRX, including options like a mattress rack with a hard-shell tent, a retractable 55-inch awning, auxiliary gasoline tanks, and a water reservoir. A 28-inch splitting axe, a shovel, and LED perimeter lighting are included as nicely, whereas a ladder and seize handles ease entry to the bed-mounted tent.
Ram 1500 TRX Hennessey Mammoth 1000 Overland Version
The Overland Version is out there with Hennessey’s Mammoth 900 or Mammoth 1000 powertrain upgrades. The previous takes the TRX’s 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 from its inventory 702 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque to 900 hp and 873 lb-ft, whereas the latter boosts output additional to 1,012 hp and 969 lb-ft. These outputs are achieved with a brand new supercharger, bigger gasoline injectors, and a high-flow induction system.
Hennessey beforehand stated the Mammoth 1000 might attain 60 mph from a standstill in 3.2 seconds and run the quarter-mile in 11.4 seconds at greater than 120 mph. It is unclear how the added weight of the tenting gear and additional fluids will have an effect on acceleration, however Hennessey has christened the Mammoth 1000 Overland Version “the world’s strongest overlanding pickup.”
Ram 1500 TRX Hennessey Mammoth 1000 Overland Version
Hennessey additionally expects most clients to order its $21,950 Stage 2 off-road bundle, which provides 37-inch tires (rather than the inventory 35s), new bumpers, LED off-road lights, digital fold-out steps, and a entrance leveling package.
The Overland Version remedy prices $19,950 on prime of the price of the Mammoth efficiency improve ($25,950 for the Mammoth 900 and $36,950 for the Mammoth 1000) and the roughly $86,000 donor car. That brings the potential complete to round $165,000.