Ram’s pickup truck is no longer available with a V8, so it’s no wonder people wanted to know about the straight sixes
The 2025 Ram 1500 breaks away from convention mostly by ditching the V8 and embracing more technology and luxury. Continuing from the previous year, the lineup kicks off with a 305 hp 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine. However, the significant development lies in the introduction of two different 3.0-liter straight-six twin-turbocharged Hurricane engines, which replace the V8 options and are available across multiple trim levels.
Before driving several of those trims, we asked you what questions you had about the latest and greatest Ram on the market. Here are your answers.
Unsurprisingly, the most upvoted question focused on the new powertrains. Specifically, you asked what our thoughts were on the new Hurricane engines. We covered most of that in our separate reviews of the Ram 1500 Tungsten and the 1500 Rebel. Both the base 420 hp SST engine and the 540 hp High Output versions are good, but only the latter is truly fast.
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What fuel do they run on?
In addition, you wondered about what type of fuel each one used. Ram tells Carscoops that the base SST Hurricane runs fine on mid-grade but that it still recommends running on premium. On the other hand, the High Output has to have premium fuel to reach its peak horsepower and torque. Knock sensors will decrease timing if someone fuels up with sub-par gas but Ram didn’t say how much it’ll decrease power.
Will the Ram Charger be getting an off-road trim? How soon is it going to be hitting showroom floors?
Ram was pretty quiet about the details here but don’t be shocked if you see an off-road trim or two when it comes to the RamCharger. In addition, expect it to hit showroom floors in or around October.
Does it do good burnouts? Asking for a friend.
We didn’t have a safe place to attempt this, but if we did, we’d strongly advise against it. It would probably do okay (not good) burnouts, but don’t forget that both the Rebel and the Tungsten come standard with four-wheel drive. The right place to get into this kind of trouble is on dirt roads where we can confirm spinning the tires in the Rebel over and over.
What are the box configurations and what trims will get the H.O. Motor?
Let’s break this down into two questions. First, there are two cabs, Crew Cab and Quad Cab. The former is available with a 5’7” box or a 6’4” box. The latter is only available with a 6’4” box.
Secondly, the High Output inline six is standard on the Limited Longhorn, the Limited, and the Tungsten. Interestingly, it’s not even available on the other trims. The standard twin-turbo is available on the Tradesman and Big Horn but standard on the Rebel and Laramie.