Ram Brings Back the Rumble Bee Nameplate — This Time With a 777-HP Hellcat Option
Twenty-one years after the original limited-run 5.7-liter Hemi truck, the 2027 Rumble Bee returns as a full four-model lineup topping out at a supercharged, 170-mph street truck — undercutting the outgoing TRX SRT by $5,000 in the process.
Ram is reviving the Rumble Bee name for 2027, and this time it isn't a one-year limited edition. The nameplate first appeared on the Dodge Ram 1500 for the 2004 and 2005 model years — itself a nod to the 1968 Dodge Coronet Super Bee — as a 345-hp, naturally aspirated 5.7-liter Hemi package that Dodge built for two seasons and roughly 8,700 trucks before retiring it. The 2027 version is a permanent four-model performance lineup, and the range-topping variant makes more than twice the horsepower of anything Dodge put the Bee name on in the 2000s.
The base Rumble Bee starts at $62,790 with destination and carries the familiar 5.7-liter Hemi V8 at 395 hp and 410 lb-ft, good for a claimed 6.1-second 0-60 run through an 8-speed automatic. Above it sits the Rumble Bee 392, at $72,790, stepping up to a naturally aspirated 6.4-liter Hemi rated at 470 hp and 455 lb-ft for a 5.2-second 0-60 time; a 392 Track Pack adds a front splitter, rear spoiler, 22-inch wheels, adjustable air suspension, launch control, and larger Brembo brakes for $82,790. At the top, the Rumble Bee SRT uses the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 at 777 hp and 680 lb-ft, with a claimed 3.4-second 0-60, an 11.6-second quarter mile at 116 mph, and a targeted 170-mph top speed — for $97,790, undercutting the outgoing Ram 1500 TRX SRT's $102,790 starting price by $5,000 for a truck Ram says is quicker in every measurable way.
Styling leans on widebody bodycolor fender flares, a deep chin splitter and functional induction hood on the 392 Track Pack and SRT, smaller mirrors Ram says are a first for the brand, and an optional bedside graphic featuring an angry bee icon. The SRT adds Desert Orange interior stitching tying the cabin to the visible orange-painted engine block underneath the hood, plus an available Blacktop package with a Diamond Black Crystal Pearl-Coat hood and roof. "There was a time when pick-up trucks were considered work vehicles," said Tim Kuniskis, Ram's head of American brands, SRT performance, and North America marketing, in the launch announcement. "Ram is going all-in — pushing for the last tenth with a full range of Rumble Bee muscle trucks."
The base 5.7-liter Rumble Bee reaches dealers later this year, built alongside the rest of the Ram 1500 range at Ram's Saltillo, Mexico plant. The 392, 392 Track Pack, and SRT variants follow in the first half of 2027. All four trucks share Ram's 8-speed TorqueFlite automatic and top out at 8,890 lbs of towing capacity, with the SRT's specific hardware — 16.1-inch front rotors gripped by six-piston Brembo calipers, 325/40R22 tires on 22x12-inch wheels, and standard air suspension — built to back up the horsepower number with the brakes and rubber to actually use it.
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