MotorWeek Jan 22, 2026

2026 Detroit Auto Show, RAM 1500 SRT TRX Returns, & Jeep Cancels 4xe Models

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Car

Ram 1500

The Ram 1500 TRX is a special version of the Ram 1500 truck that is built for speed and off-road driving. It has a really strong engine and special features that make it great for tough terrains.

Car

Ford F-150 Raptor

The Ford F-150 Raptor is a special version of the F-150 truck made for off-roading. It's built to handle rough terrain and has a powerful engine.

Term

horsepower

Horsepower is a way to measure how powerful an engine is. The higher the horsepower, the more power the engine has to move the vehicle.

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Welcome to the podcast of MotorWeek, television's original automotive magazine.

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Here's your MotorWeek podcast host, John Davis.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to MotorWeek podcast number 370-370.

I am indeed your host, John Davis, and we've got a normally jam-packed show for you.

It's January, so we'll be talking about what's new at the Detroit Auto Show.

There's news about the Ram 1500 TRX.

It is back.

We'll also kind of do a little survey of the automotive industry and see what is interesting

now with new models coming and going.

Doing all of this with us today, two-wheeling reporter, Brian Robinson.

Digital producer, Jessica Ray.

Hello.

Staff writer, Alex Kellum.

Howdy.

And we're going to start with that Ram story.

2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX.

TRX is back.

Brian Robinson, what's going on?

Yes, sir.

So I feel like there's a little bit of history we got to go through.

I agree.

If you go all the way back to 2010, Ford came out with the Raptor,

which was their F-150-based off-road beast of a rig designed specifically for high-speed off-road

desert runs and stuff like that.

That existed for a while.

I had a V8 in it.

I think it was like 400 and some horsepower, 410, 411, something like that.

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2026 Detroit Auto Show, RAM 1500 SRT TRX Returns, & Jeep Cancels 4xe Models

Ram 1500

Ford F-150 Raptor

horsepower

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