Ram Creates a Buzz With Its 2027 Lineup of Rumble Bee Muscle Trucks

The lineup of three pickups to start, which includes the “slowest” model, the 2027 Ram 1500 Rumble Bee featuring 5.7-liter Hemi V8 putting out 395 horsepower and 410 lb-ft of torque. That’s followed by the Rumble Bee 392 with its 6.4-liter Hemi producing 470 hp, and the fastest production pickup ever produced, the 1500 Rumble Bee SRT developing an impressive 777 hp.

These trucks roar from zero to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, 5.2 seconds and 3.4 seconds respectively. The top of the power line SRT blazes through the quarter mile in 11.6 seconds. That blows away its previous truck champ, the 2006 Ram SRT 10, which put out 500 hp, and finished the stop-to-60 sprint in 4.9 seconds.

“There was a time when pick-up trucks were considered work vehicles. Today, Ram has a truck for every customer — from the work ready Tradesman to full-blown luxury in Tungsten,” said Tim Kuniskis, head of American Brands, SRT Performance and North America Marketing at Stellantis. 

“That kind of range makes it hard to predict the second vehicle for a customer. But, for muscle car owners' data proves it’s a pickup and the connection has been staring us in the face since the era reignited almost two decades ago. 

"Somehow, the idea of muscle trucks was labeled unnecessary, but since that describes so many products that captivated enthusiast’s hearts, minds and wallets, Ram is going all-in — pushing for the last tenth with a full-range of Rumble Bee Muscle Trucks.”

The showstopper is clearly the SRT, which runs with a 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat Hemi that’s expected to post a top speed of 170 mph and, when properly equipped, tows 8,500 pounds. It certainly looked capable of doing so during an impressive fly by — drive by seemed tame — during its introduction at Stellantis longtime proving grounds in Chelsea, Michigan, just outside Ann Arbor.

The trucks, which are 13 inches shorter than the average full-size crew-cab model because it features a shorter 5-foot, 4-inch bed. However, the cabins feature 14.5-inch touchscreens, cloth seats with color contrasting stitching on the seats, which get upgraded to leather-suede combos with additional bolstering as the horsepower numbers rise.

Rumble Bee trucks are fast, comfortable and technologically advanced, noted officials. It should also be noted, they’re impressively loud whether from the exhaust note or in-truck stereo

Clad in black and yellow, the new model is expected to hit showrooms next Spring along with the Rumble Bee 392. The “entry-level” model arrives this fall. No pricing was revealed.

[Images: Ram]

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