Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX unveiled as the 'most powerful pick-up ever created'

Legendary American tuning house Hennessey Performance has just unveiled its latest high-octane thriller – the Mammoth 1000 TRX.

The colossal pick-up starts its life as a standard Dodge Ram 1500 TRX – a vehicle which already has 523kW and 881Nm.

Hennessey then goes about turning the dial of the RAM’s supercharged 6.2-litre Hemi V8 all the way up to 11, installing a new high-flow supercharger, new fuel injectors and a revised induction system.

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The result is a colossal 755kW and 1314Nm of torque. Hennessey claims these frankly absurd performance figures make the Mammoth the 'most powerful pick-up truck ever produced'.

And, thanks to a 0-60mp/h (98km/h) time of just 3.2 seconds, despite a three-tonne kerb weight, Hennessey is also claiming the Mammoth is also the fastest accelerating pick-up truck ever made.

Owners keen on taking to the dragstrip are sure to be in for a surprise too, because the 3000 kilogram truck can still allegedly pulverise the 1/4 mile sprint in just 11.4 seconds.

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Explaining how the herculean Mammoth 1000 TRX came to be, John Hennessey, the enigmatic founder of the Hennessey Performance, said: “Why have a 1000-horsepower pick-up truck? Because we can.”

Hennessey has also bestowed the six-seater with other features such as bespoke exterior bumpers with integrated LED light bars, 20-inch wheels, and off-road tyres.

Just 200 Mammoth examples will be produced for the global market, and according to Hennessey, although the asking price is north of US$150,000 (AU$200,000), more than half of the limited run pick-ups are already spoken for.