What Is the Ram RHO? The Off-Road Ram 1500 Explained

The Ram RHO is not a version of the TRX. It is Ram's other performance-oriented 1500, built around a different engine, aimed at a different piece of the market, and sold at a different price than the truck this site is named for. If you searched "RHO" and landed here, this page exists to sort that out and hand you off to the page that actually answers your next question. It is not the spec sheet.

The RHO is a different truck, not a TRX trim level

A lot of shoppers assume RHO is a package on top of the TRX, the way Laramie or Limited is a trim step on a regular 1500. It is not. The Ram 1500 TRX and the Ram 1500 RHO are separate model lines within the Ram 1500 family, built around different engines and aimed at different buyers.

Both generations of TRX, the 2021-2024 truck and the 2027 SRT TRX, run the 6.2L supercharged HEMI V8. That engine is the reason this whole site exists, and it is why the TRX carries a reputation as Ram's straight-line and desert-running halo truck.

The RHO runs Ram's Hurricane twin-turbo inline-six instead of the supercharged V8. That alone means it is not competing dollar-for-dollar or engine-for-engine against the TRX. We are not going to restate RHO horsepower, torque, or pricing figures in this article, because verifying those numbers is not what this piece does. For the real numbers, go to Ram RHO Price and Specs: The Numbers That Matter, which is the page on this site built to carry them.

One price point worth being precise about, since it is easy to blur the two TRX generations together: the 2027 SRT TRX is the one that starts near six figures, at $99,995 plus destination for a new build. The 2021-2024 TRX launched well under that, and used listings today average roughly $68,500 for a 2021 up to around $93,000 for a 2024, depending on mileage and condition. Do not assume "the TRX starts near $100k" applies across both generations. It does not, and it is one more reason to keep the two trucks separate in your head before you start pricing an RHO against either one.

Why you keep landing on TRX pages when you search RHO

Search engines lump these trucks together because owners and shoppers do too. "TRX vs RHO," "is the RHO a TRX," "RHO horsepower," and "TRX horsepower" all get typed by the same kind of buyer in the same week, usually somebody cross-shopping Ram's whole performance and off-road lineup: TRX, RHO, and Rebel. That is normal. It does not mean the trucks share an engine, a parts bin, or a production history. Sorting out which one you are actually shopping for is the point of this page.

The Ram/Dodge naming confusion, and why it matters here

Part of the confusion traces back to how Ram and Mopar performance nameplates have historically moved around between Dodge, Ram, and division names like SRT. The 2027 SRT TRX marks the relaunch of the SRT badge on the TRX specifically, and that relaunch has its own history worth understanding if you are trying to figure out what "SRT" is doing on a Ram hood in the first place. That naming history belongs to the TRX. The RHO does not carry the SRT badge and is not part of that lineage, and nothing about how Ram named or built the TRX tells you anything reliable about the RHO. If you want background on TRX naming and generations, start with the Ram 1500 TRX generation page. Do not carry assumptions from there over to the RHO.

What we do not know yet about the RHO

We are not going to guess at RHO reliability, resale value, or long-term ownership costs, because there is no published data in-house on any of it yet. Anyone quoting a specific failure rate, a specific resale percentage, or a specific cost-per-mile figure for the RHO right now is making it up. If and when that data exists, it will live on the RHO-specific pages linked throughout this article, not buried in a comparison piece.

The same caution runs the other direction. The 2027 SRT TRX has been in customer hands for only a few weeks as of this writing, so there is no reliability track record for that truck either. Treat any confident long-term claim about either new truck, RHO or SRT TRX, as unverified until someone has actually put miles on a fleet of them.

Where to check current RHO pricing and listings

Because the RHO is a newer, separate model line, live inventory and pricing move faster than any static article can track. This site's own live-market data covers the 2021-2024 TRX and 2027 SRT TRX in detail, but we do not carry an in-house RHO inventory count in this article, since that number moves and belongs on its dedicated page. For what the RHO market actually shows right now, go to Ram RHO For Sale: What the Live Market Actually Shows.

Which of our RHO pages actually answers your question

Here is the short map, because "what is the RHO" usually turns into a more specific question within one more search.

The decision guide

If what you actually care about is raw power and a supercharged V8 doing its thing, you are not really cross-shopping the RHO at all. You are choosing between the 2021-2024 TRX and the 2027 SRT TRX, and the RHO's turbocharged six was never going to be the answer to that question. Go read Ram TRX vs Ram RHO: The Honest Comparison to confirm that for yourself, or widen it to the Raptor with Ram TRX vs Ram RHO vs Ford Raptor: Which One Actually Fits How You Drive.

If instead you are shopping inside Ram's own off-road trim ladder and trying to decide whether the RHO or the Rebel fits your budget and use case better, skip the TRX comparisons entirely and go straight to Ram RHO vs Rebel: Which Ram Off-Roader Is Actually Yours. That is a different question than anything the TRX answers.

The short version

• The Ram RHO is a separate Ram 1500 performance/off-road model built around the Hurricane twin-turbo six, not a TRX variant and not powered by the 6.2L supercharged HEMI.
• The 2027 SRT TRX starts near $100,000 ($99,995 plus destination). The 2021-2024 TRX did not launch anywhere near that, and used listings today average roughly $68,500 to $93,000 depending on model year. Do not apply one generation's price to the other, and do not apply either TRX generation's price to the RHO.
• This article does not carry verified RHO horsepower, torque, pricing, or reliability data. For the real numbers, use Ram RHO Price and Specs.
• There is no track record yet on RHO reliability, resale value, or ownership cost, and none yet on the 2027 SRT TRX either. Treat any confident claim otherwise as unverified.
• For power-focused cross-shopping, use the TRX vs RHO and TRX vs RHO vs Raptor comparison pages. For trim-ladder shopping inside Ram's own lineup, use the RHO vs Rebel comparison.