New LED fog lamps provide additional light to help the TRX navigate in reduced visibility conditions. A lower brush guard is forged in steel and up to the “rock knock” test. Composite flares help compensate for a six-inch increase in track width and gave designers another location to mark their signature. Oversized tow hooks reach through huge red-painted openings in the black powder-coated steel front bumper. Out of necessity, the bold, scooped grille allows a fire-breathing supercharged engine to cool with additional air flow. Three letters burst clear of a Power Wagon-inspired grille spelling “RAM” in body-matching black and red. Select locations on the hood roof and lower body are covered in black. Header Red paint rules the exterior skin. Although it is clear the line and color combinations are borrowed from the popular Rebel and Power Wagon models, the Rebel TRX has a much more chiseled look. The Rebel TRX’s mug shot is not a friendly face welcomed in the rearview mirror. “The tolerances are extreme and features are far different from what most customers expect from their pickup, but that’s what makes it rousing and fun.” “The Rebel TRX Concept gave us the opportunity to examine what a Ram 1500 would look like in the high-speed off-road world,” said Joe Dehner, Head of Ram Exterior Design - FCA North America. The Ram Rebel TRX Concept is an example of molding design around a chassis engineered to take on rough terrain at speeds greater than 100 miles per hour (mph). When creating an extreme use vehicle, certain aspects of a vehicle’s exterior and interior design must give way to a functional goal.
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