The 2025 Ram 1500: Everything You Need to Know

Smaller engines, more power and a price tag approaching $90,000 — even without a TRX trim in the mix.

Published January 3, 2024

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At the end of calendar year 2024, Ram unveiled a new version of its 1500 full-size pickup for the 2025 model year. It’s technically a refresh of the existing model that’s won ample praise from us and others. But packing some of the most significant changes in the lineup’s history — including the all-electric Ram 1500 REV — the new Ram may as well be an all-new truck.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 Ram 1500.

How much does the 2025 Ram 1500 cost?

Car and Driver recently obtained the pricing info for the new 2025 Ram 1500. The report says the Ram 1500 Tradesman with the carryover 3.6-liter V6 starts at $42,270 with the destination and handling included, which should indicate a $40,275 starting MSRP — an $855 bump over the current model. The new twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six is a $2,695 option on lower trims.

The 420-horsepower standard-output Hurricane engine comes standard starting with the Laramie trim ($60,030). The 540-hp high-output Hurricane comes standard starting with the Limited trim ($75,155). The range tops out with the Tungsten trim ($87,155).

Pricing is not available yet for the Ram 1500 REV and Ram 1500 Ramcharger electric trucks yet.

When will the 2025 Ram 1500 arrive?

Ram says the internal combustion trucks will arrive during Q1 of 2024. The Ram 1500 RHO — the quasi-replacement for the hard-charging Ram TRX, at least for the time being — will hit the dealers in Q3 of 2024. The 1500 REV and the 1500 Ramcharger will arrive before the end of the 2024 calendar year.

The Ram 1500 is ditching the Hemi V8

Here comes the story of the Hurricane. Ram has confirmed it is dropping the venerable 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine from the lineup for the The brand will replace it with the new Hurricane twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six from the Jeep Grand Wagoneer L. It comes in a standard output (420 horsepower, 469 lb-ft of torque) and a high output (540 hp, 421 lb-ft) version. Both outperform the Hemi (395 hp, 410 lb-ft) while being more efficient.

Ram is keeping the 3.6-liter V6 as a base engine, however, so the motor that powered your parents’ old minivan will still stick around for truck duty. All three engines pair with an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Meet the Ram 1500 Ramcharger

Ram is debuting another take on the electric truck, the Ram 1500 Ramcharger (which we hope will be shortened to the Ram Ram). It uses the STLA Frame body-on-frame EV truck platform, and packs a 92-kWh battery pack. But it also packs a generator to charge the battery — a modified version of the venerable Pentastar 3.6-liter V6 with a 27-gallon fuel tank.

Ram won’t call it a hybrid, however. The distinction they make is that the gasoline engine does not have a physical connection to the drive wheels. It only charges the battery that supplies the power to the wheels.

This crazy concoction may turn out to be the best of both worlds for many pickup truck owners. You get a claimed 145 miles of EV-only range and 690 miles of driving range total. The Ramcharger also packs an impressive 663 hp and 615 lb-ft of torque. It reportedly accelerates from 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds, and it can tow up to 14,000 pounds or carry 2,625 pounds of payload.

Want to know more? Read our whole report on the Ram 1500 Ramcharger here.

The 1500 TRX goes temporarily extinct. But there is the new 1500 RHO

Ram said there would be more to come with the TRX nameplate. But that more to come is coming at a later date. But the 2025 Ram 1500 does come with a similar-ish model — a new RHO trim. We don’t have complete details on it yet, but Ram says it will “reinforce America’s leading off-road and performance truck lineup.” It will pack the 540-hp high-output Hurricane motor. And it sounds more like a competitor for the F-150 Raptor than the Raptor R.

There’s a new top-of-the-line Tungsten trim

Ram has a new apex luxury trim called Tungsten — think analogous to Capstone on the Toyota Tundra. It will provide an “ultra-premium” experience with a trim-specific Indigo/Sea Salt interior and features like diamond knurling and a suede-wrapped headliner. The Tungsten trim will also offer 24-way heated, ventilated and massaging Natura leather seats and a 23-speaker Klipsch Reference Premiere Audio System.

And there are some infotainment upgrades

Did you like the Ram’s 1500’s 12-inch screen? Well, Ram is updating to a new 14.5-inch configurable version. It has an upgraded, faster version of the UConnect 5 infotainmenr system. It will also have full-time dedicated function buttons on-screen as well as physical switches below.

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