Dodge Ram SRT 10: previous Guiunness record holder
June 24, 2010
For more than five years, manufacturers have been making attempts to make their production trucks go faster than the Dodge Ram. It the Guinness Book of World Records in 2004 with the Dodge Ram SRT-10 by topping at an impressive 154.6 miles an hour. The record has since been surpassed by the Australian HSV Maloo, but it still remains the fastest full-size truck.
The SRT-10, part of Chrysler’s Ram lineage, was built solely for the purpose of speed. With its impressive history, it’s a pity that, though the Ram line continues, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 is no longer in production. With specifications that boast of an 8.3 L V10 engine that puts out 500 horsepower and 525 pounds per feet of torque, the Dodge Ram SRT 10 is one of the biggest, baddest machines to have ever run the roads. Wolfgang Bernhard, then the COO of Chrysler, is known to have told reporters “The Dodge Ram SRT-10 may be the first halo truck, but trust me, this truck is no angel.”
In the used market, the SRT 10 still remains a premium brand, demanding prices upward of $20000 almost everywhere it is sold. Body kits and other modifications for the truck still exist.
Whether Chrysler will choose to bring back a truck similar to the Dodge Ram SRT 10 that can re-take the Guinness World Record remains a subject of speculation. But, until that happens, in the minds of thousands of people who were lucky enough to own one, or even drive one, the SRT 10 will remain the best pickup truck there ever was.
