{"id":567381,"date":"2026-08-13T03:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567381\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T03:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:22:10","slug":"ram-2500-warlock-might-bring-the-hemi-v8-back-to-australia-will-new-zealand-also-get-it-auto-trader-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567381\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram 2500 Warlock might bring the Hemi V8 back to Australia, will New Zealand also get it?\u00a0 \u2013 Auto Trader NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ram Trucks Australia have filed a homologation document for a new 2500 model, dubbed the \u2018Warlock\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the strange naming convention, the other notable part of this new American truck is the fact it is powered by a 6.4-litre V8 engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This engine produces 305kW\/582Nm, which is significantly down (torque-wise) on the 6.7-litre diesel Cummins offered on both sides of the Tasman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2025-ram-2500-1-1-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2025-ram-2500-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114761\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The big straight six produces 313kW\/1152Nm, almost double the torque output.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this lack of Newton\u2019s metres, the Warlock is still rated to tow up to 4.5-tonne in Australia, according to the documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pair this with the 33-inch all-terrain tyres that it rides on, and it looks like Ram Trucks is trying to offer this model as an affordable off-roader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ram Trucks New Zealand currently offers both the 2500 and 3500 with the Cummins turbo diesel engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autotrader.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAM-1500-Rebel-69.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RAM-1500-Rebel-69-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115891\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last V8-powered Rams finished here in late 2024, and were then replaced by the Hurricane-powered 1500s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NZ Autocar has reached out to Ram Trucks New Zealand to ask whether or not we can expect this V8-powered 2500 to make it to our shores.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ram Trucks Australia have filed a homologation document for a new 2500 model, dubbed the \u2018Warlock\u2019. Aside from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-567381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}