FIRST DRIVE: Hennessey Mammoth 1000 - The Most Powerful Truck In The World | Top Gear
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- A V8 pick-up truck is the embodiment of the USA on wheels. Huge, powerful, and not intimidated by anything. Ford’s Raptor and the Dodge Ram TRX take the truck into new realms of power, performance and off-road ability… but that’s never enough for some people. People like Texan John Hennessey, who’s used the Ram TRX as the starting point for what they call the Mammoth 1000: the most powerful road-legal truck in the world. With 1,012 supercharged horsepower on tap, Baja-spec suspension and bumpers that could knock over buildings, it’s surely the most versatile, apocalypse-proof car on Earth. But just because it works in Texas, is it as useful in the wilds of England? Top Gear magazine’s Ollie Kew has been finding out - after he’s saved up for a tank of fuel…
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:56 The Hennessey Treatment
2:30 The Numbers
3:30 0-60mph Acceleration
4:39 Ride + Steering
5:27 Brakes
6:09 Fuel + Range
7:22 British Town Driving
9:22 Price + Production Numbers
9:44 Outro
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Gotta love driving a 1012HP fullsize truck in the UK with Texas plates.
Do you understand the slogan "Don't mess with Texas" yet? 😉
@@texas66 Something to do with not littering right?
@@jeffreynunya4716 Yes, originally, but it's taken on a little broader meaning since then!
@@texas66 What is the broader meaning?
@@texas66 Not really. Seems to me, when it comes to shooting up a classroom full of elementary school kids in Texas, feel free to mess around to your heart's content, and all those manly Texans will be patiently waiting right outside the door until you wear yourself out. In terms of building utterly pointless pickup trucks, however...yeah, don't mess with that. Priorities, right?
The fuel price alone tells you when they filmed this!
Yeah probably this week. What’s your point?
Fuel prices in britain are about half of the prices in other countries so..
🤣
@@cannonfodder691 😒
@@akitaowner I thought it would be more expensive. What do you pay per liter?
Richard Hammond would be absolutely buzzing to play with this American truck 😂💯
before he crashed it!
"It's utterly absurd" should be in the sales brochure for this :D
“Just because you can give a truck 1000 hp doesn’t mean you should”
Me: it sure as hell means you should 😂😂
Absolutely 💯
yeeee-haw!
Right! Why are Brit’s such dorks
Exactly 😂. When he said that I thought, "that's a very British thing to say"
Just wait. There's eventually going to be one that pushes 1200+ HP. Probably even 1500+
With trucks it’s towing, payload, and off road ability. Handling for trucks is like towing capacity for a sports car.
For people who drive trucks all day everyday, some handling is greatly appreciated. Just makes the driving experience a lot better. The vast majority of truck owners don’t tow frequently, and many fewer off-road that often. A nice balance in the middle is perfect considering the use case, and leave the super off-roading capabilities to more specific models
@@littlehippo5004 I own a truck an no. No it doesn't. I want my truck to handle well enough that it controls its mass but if you want a sports car you get a sporty car or sedan. I don't want my truck to ride like crap and sacrifice a single pound of its 12000 pound towing capacity so that it has tighter steering. I'd get a miata for that and have the best of both worlds. No one complains that their V8 Vantage doesn't come with a transmission cooler capable of handling a small 1000lb trailer so why should anyone care about a half ton needing to do non truck things at the expense of being able to better do truck things?
@@matrinezkevin11492 Half tons don't handle all that badly. At legal speeds they can easily deal with any corner that they are likely to see on public roads. I daily drove a 3/4 ton with a 7" lift on 37s for 12 years with no issues and have moved up to a 1 ton DRW (crew cab 8 foot bed). Still no problem cornering at the speed limit, but now I can do it with a couple of tons in the back.
I completely agree with you though. You don't sacrifice capability for handling. All that leads to is no handling once you hook up a reasonably big trailer.
I'd love to see Hammond driving one of these
He'd probably crash it. Couldn't see over the steering wheel 😄.
Massive grin
he to short cant get in
He has a TRX.
If you can buy a 120k + import it from the US + pay the duty on it you most definitely can afford to fill it up.
Fuel consumption a ridiculous objection for this kinda car it's not made for it. If you are concerned about fuel use Suzuki lol
So true. It’s moronic to complain
My point exactly 💯
@@moa-wg3bo clearly then it isn't the car for you. Normal people don't import cars they are rich rich. If it pinches the pocket use some other car as your daily driver possibly a Suzuki
Especially a channel that shows supercars all the time
I think if I could afford fuel cost I would still keep getting annoyed having to stop and fill it up really really often!
My neighbor has a TRX, not a mammoth but he's done a little work under the hood and he says it pushing similar if not more power than the mammoth. I had a go in it and I didn't want to give it back 😅
How's the mpg on the thing?
@@alexlopez5800 non existent🤣
@@domenikoperez1195 LOOOOL 😂
@@domenikoperez1195 you guys mean the gpm (gallons per mile) haha
@@youtubeviewer9523 tank per mile*
Don't forget this is a full size 4 x 4 truck, even though it has super car acceleration it still handles and drives like a full size truck. You may think this has no place in the UK, but here in the US trucks are one of the best selling vehicles. Hooray for Hennessey!
Sorry for the late comment, alot of people in Europe would love to have cars like this, agree there is no place for a car of this type in small city streets tho. What i am annoyed about is this sort of review they always have to smack the car on little things. It is getting repetitive.
Sippin and whippin the Hennyy
how is that a good point? "yeah, because we murricans love our trucks, you need one in the uk" Makes no sense at all.
@@Dave1507 as an American, I like a vehicle that makes noises , and runs, and uses fuel. soooo ill take what im given with gratitude
@@Xk_Mike yeah, but you're not given one of tose, you have to buy it, don't ya know? Anyway, that's still no argument for that thing to be anywhere else but the usa.
America has their moments when they come out with Brilliant cars. Take the GT350R or the C7 Z06..Heck the Hellcat too. I love America for making this real. The rest of the world gets 4 cylinder diesel shitboxes with less power than a 86. America gets this.
Shit boxes; tooo true 🤣👍
I think it’s because America doesn’t have the tight rules and regulations that are present in Europe. I hope America stays as free as it is if not even more free when it comes to their cars.
but 4 cylinder diesel shitbox probably handles better 😂
@@drew90 There's no price too high for freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@aadi8568 anything can handle well when it's going wide open throttle and struggles to break 40 mph like a 1.6 liter diesel shitbox man.
That power is perfect for the dunes of Southern California, the brake are fine in slowing down in the sand, but on UK streets, probably not the best place for it. Also note, the computer on the truck registers US gallons (3.8L), if you want a UK conversion (4.5L), you need to add about 20% to the US number on the trip computer.
Best place for it! When anyone in a SUV thinks its absurd you can point out their own cars look absurd to the Estate or Hatchbacks they could be using, especially with the way fuel prices are going. Instead of questioning why they are carrying more weight in less aerodynamic cars, that are less safe in dynamic terms its easier to just complain instead.
Don't throw facts into the mix. He's too busy looking down his European nose at you.
@@Tuberuser187 - Opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one, but, not everyone likes them shoved in your face. 😅
doesn't really matter what the trip computer says...he paid 167 pounds and the truck is estimating 220 miles for whatever amount of gas was pumped into it.
@@waffles824 - 90+ litres of fuel, for that many miles. Not exactly frugal, but then, I don't know what he was even bringing that into the equation for, it's a pickup truck that also happens to have 1000hp! Of course it wasn't going to be good on fuel.
I remember so well when Clarkson tested an F150 Hennessey in the mountains, that episode was iconic. Miss the old Top Gear
Loved that episode. Wish this test would have taken the Mammoth on a proper off-road test where it actually belongs - it obviously wasn't built for any sort of city driving.
I LOVED that episode, Wolf Mountain in Canada!
Yeah, when John H was on JRE, he admitted that Jeremy destroyed the front end doing what he did while filming.
You know it's UK when the only tuff off-road is mud left behind by a tractor on tarmac😂😂
Yep 37" mud tires and goes into town to retrieve a letter? Also there's a button to retract the mirrors... they are power folding. But we all know its classic "it's too big for Britian" attitude then mention a Bentayga thats not only owned by a German brand, it's powered by one too for 2.5x the price of the Mammoth. They can't stand the Yanks, but allowed the Gerry's to cross the channel (Bentley, Aston Martin both powered by Germans)
The part at the end about it being called the Mammoth - an animal that went extinct when the world got too hot for it was just poetic. 😭 Good bye cars like this 😢
Except globalism is dying, and all the lies about the earth dying are being uncovered as we speak.
Theres been propaganda claiming most land on Earth will be sunk in 10 years time or whatever for decades now, none of it happened...
Nope. In America, pick-ups petrol pick-ups are going nowhere.
In America these cars will Never go away. It’s American culture.
@@invisiblekid99 so wrong you can’t fight the future every company will be all electric there is not future for combustion cars. Investment is going to Evs
The sound of the V8 in this truck is amazing!!!
As an American and a Mopar fan, it’s not for the British 🤷🏾♂️
You can bring it back to its natural habitat , Murica 🫡
Exactly and your gas is cheaper.
@@smartgorilla Lol this ain't those dinky little pick up trucks they have in the rest of the World.
@@farzana6676 I know!!! And the price of petrol is through the roof!! This is irresponsible
😀 that little kid u drove by standing on the sidewalk wit his moms was so hyped to see the truck drive by lol u could hear him yelling about the truck lol 😂
This is funny because as a guy from Alaska the TRX and the power wagon are the smaller trucks I see people taking their Kodiak 6500 through the McDonald's drive through in soldotna 😂
this is the most beautiful truck I've ever seen.
Great color. We have larger lanes and generally more open space in the States. Big trucks are vibes. Cheers from Florida
No dirt roads were hurt in the making of this review.
And that's a damned shame.
This is one MONSTER of a car. Quite outrageous but kinda dope, lol
The 1000 on the side is telling you what your monthly gas bill will be
@@993mike if you can afford a $120k vehicle,gas isnt your problem
@@moa-wg3bo Where tf are you paying 12 dollars a gallon. That's outrageous. That's gotta be some kind of socialist nation.
@@moa-wg3bo We are paying 4 American dollars here in Texas for a gallon. It's crazy what Biden is doing to our economy.
MERICAAAAAAA!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Seeing this Mammoth drive on the left side of the road just feels a little sacrilegious 😉
God damn I love my country.
Thank you for this Yank tank Hennessey.
LMAO!! this is british humor at its best. THANKS! as an Italian transplanted to Texas, I can relate to some sensation from the video.. ohh.. btw, just a correction: the TRX is based on the RAM 1500 which is a full size but the small kid in the family.. (there are many pics of 3500 class pickups with a Smart car on the bed.. ) again, probably one of the best video on the tube, thanks for making it
I’m digging this guy more and more. The truck is crazy
Refreshingly down to earth review for a vehicle thats "too much" everywhere in the world except the US. Much like Olie, I'd love to have a go at it, and return it to its owner whenever the gas gauge shows empty 👌
you would only have it for about 5 minutes if you returned it when it used a full tank haha
I've never visited the UK before, but are the roads there really that small? I don't think so from what i've seen.
@@NikosM112 residential areas are mostly narrow. City centres in most cities are narrow too. Suburbs are wider, but nowhere near North American standards. I’ve had Canadians say to me that they’re too afraid to drive here.
@@ACRLZThats interesting! everytime I see an American car in the UK they always look so big compared to everything else lol meanwhile over here everything is catered to cars of all sizes even in the city centers (although they price gouge parking in the center). Makes sense when people buy pickup trucks to only mall crawl here lmao
@@NikosM112 yeah they are tiny here
Honestly this vehicle is what dreams are made of and that's that!
Enough said 💯
What a beauty! These trucks are really something else!
A super truck that only kinda makes sense in Texas definitely doesn't make sense in UK. Thanks for the consumer advice bros - top auto journalism there. Or... you could have filmed it doing something stupid and wonderful like beating a fast car down an airstrip while it was in the dirt etc. Not every car has to tick a consumer box.. that's not why we love them.
Exactly, he basically missed the whole point ‼️ it’s like buying a Lamborghini and complaining about low range of ⛽️ and poor visibility, you don’t buy a Lamborghini for those reasons in the first place! I think any real car enthusiast out there are glad as hell that ram built the trx in the first place and Hennessy had the balls to turn it up to 11…
The show has become unwatchable and out of touch with its base. Riding on the coat tails of a greater period of television.
What a awesome truck
I live in Houston TX. See these TRXs every day. Plenty of room on our 10 lane highways and huge parking lots.
Yessir! 1960 here
@simonnoum2728 I actually just moved to Spring a couple months ago!
Loved his way of express 🔥
At Hennessy saying enough power will get you fired and saying not enough power will get you a raise
Let Richard Hammond take that for a test drive.
It's big for a civilian car, but there are bigger vehicles using those small roads , I'm guessing this has the footprint of a Sprinter or small delivery truck
Maybe in length but this is much wider than a european delivery truck
Y'all in the UK would be perplexed by the bigger pickups in America. My ford is relatively new, has a shifter in the column, key-start, stick in the floor for the "part-time" 4x4 hi-lo, manual hubs in the front and electronic lockers in the back, auxiliary switches, no power mirrors no electronic warning aids, straight pipes....I love it, I wish y'all could have these bigger trucks.
Hennessey is located around corner from here. Just passed one of these a few hours ago. Great fetching truck.
Being a Texan living near this very location, I find it spot on and hilarious! I grew up idolizing Hennessy Vipers. Then the Venom F5 drops and now this?!? Can’t believe you drove it through Stamford! 😂🤣
I learned to drive in stamford and it felt tight in my instructors fiesta, I think I would be physically sick driving there in that
always loved driving down I10 and seeing the building
It’s giving you that range because you’ve been launching it @ full throttle all day. Reset the gauge or drive it normally & you will get more range but for views the former sounds better.
Great film!
The part of this video I particularly liked was the cabin and equipment review.
I remember when the ram srt10 was the quickest truck in the world but this has double the power
A review that shows how awesome a truck is and how brutal it is to drive in Britain. Horse trailers for roads and Lego villages.
I saw this couple weeks ago. Was awesome to see!
Texan here. This is normal everyday truck life here. Maybe not a Hennessy per se, but definitely big trucks.
Would have certainly appreciated a few off road shots
I can’t believe that truck fits on your British roads 😂🤯 that thing is a beast! It’s a little absurd… but why not 🤘🔥 I would love to see a twin turbo kit, or even put turbos on with the supercharger 🤷
It does take the whole road, almost.
Imagine a pro-charged Dodge RAM 😝
Yes it fits. Don't be fooled. TV shows always like to find the smallest most quaint village and narrowest street to make this look funny but it's getting boring to see. The fact is UK main roads for the most part are exactly the same width as in the USA and I've driven extensivly in both countries. Two, four, six and eight lane roads have lanes to accommodate an artic (semi in US money) and they're the same width in both countries.
Also little villages in the UK all manage to be served fine by 7.5 tonne trucks and things like Sprinter vans which are all in the same size bracket as this thing. With around the same footprint.
@@typhoon-7 People complain it's big for a personal vehicle but i've seen raptors on almost single track roads in southern Italy with only a scrap on the mirrors from tree branches. If an arctic truck (as shown on the top gear tv series this season) can navigate small villages then a truck like this is no sweat. It's not the truck that's the problem, it's the driver not being confident or skilled enough to drive it.
@@dodo19923 Exactly. It appeals to the American misconception that "Europe is nothing but tiny twisty roads". Yawn.
Love this beast! Only wish you'd done a tour of the interior.
Love this
My cousin just got a brand new TRX. Although its 310hp less than this example, It puts you in your seat, and it is a pleasure to drive. If it wasnt AWD it would just be a burnout machine.
It's not AWD it's 4x4, it's waaayyy different, and it can burn out, just disengage traction control and put it on 4x2, enjoy it!!!
I love it. I don’t think I’d ever want one, and I love that it exists. It’s everything it should be.
That's a monster truck indeed!
I can't wait for the Raptor with the GT500 engine.
its actually a different engine. its not the stock 6.2 but the 7.0L hellephant crate engine swap.
I WANT ONE!! 🤤
Other than the fuel cost this is one hell of a vehicle money can buy it can do everything better then almost any car
I saw this exact car on the M40 today it was hugeee
Yeah, this is meant to destroy the desserts of the American southwest at 90mph. Very much out of its element in the UK.
I destroy desserts after every dinner - I don’t need 1000+ hp to do it.
my dream truck 🛻 if I can have this beast I would do 3 jobs to keep up with the fuel ⛽️ I wouldn't complain ❤
Where do you live
@@larisawade3597 Australia 🇦🇺 to expensive 😅😅
Perfect for putting a snow plow on. Lots of torque. Reserves to the max.
The spiritual successor of the SRT10 ram
Dodge RAM's, F-150's, Silverados etc are great in the USA and look perfectly normal. They are just too big for UK roads though.
All vehicles are too big for the uk .... small place, with small cars. Not a knock on it, just things are different in different places. He sounds like if a Texans were to review a snowmobile... it just wouldn't matter
@@rustyshackleford8149 Have you ever been to the UK? It sounds like you have only seen a video clip of a country road.
@@ruk2023-- been to Cambridge, and on a trip stayed in London for a short bit. Not that it's any of your Fukien business.
Edit: the point was, that full sized American vehicles (trucks, suburbans) wouldn't fit in that great in most parts of the world. Would they work? Sure, but most cities are not designed for that size of vehicle. Have you ever been to .......... blah blah?
Half tons are the smallest of the full-size pickups.
These Chrysler's Cars are the last generation of true power, muscle and funny Cars, with the new generation of electric Cars it Will not be the same any more. 😢
Bogus. Just elect a bunch of new politicians and watch everything do an about-face.
Amazing
Love this Car 😍😍😍😍
Would love to this Truck up against a Rivian R1T in a drag race, to see if it really is the fastest truck in the world!
I think that's why they put the most powerful rather than the fastest.
The r1t has 908 ft lbs vs 960 for the Mammoth.
Official figures for 0-60 for the Mammoth is 3.2 seconds, the figures for the r1t is 3 flat.
Figures I've found for the 1/4 mile are all over the place for the r1t but generally around the mid 11s, official figure for the Mammoth is 11.4. I would say a drag race between the two would very much come down to the drivers.
Wait, in the U.K. you pump first and pay second....what?!
Unless it’s late at night when most garages make you pay first. We have a crime in Britain called Bilking, it mostly refers to driving off without paying for fuel.
It’s like that in most of Europe. You know, the logical way. Because how do you know how much you’re going to spend.
what country does it the other way around??
@@FamousDMagnificent You register your card with the pump, fill up and it charges the card. Not too tough and you don't have to stand in line to pay an attendant.
@@aadi8568 Canada and US both do pay at the pump.
Brilliant, more like it please.
I have a first gen Raptor and it’s a beast. I want this thing though hahaha
C’mon someone spent a ton of money getting that truck to the UK and that’s all you did with it? Prove that a huge truck doesn’t fit on small roads and that a 1,000 hp supercharged V8 truck on 37in mud tires gets poor gas mileage?
The truck is meant to be ridiculous. So much more you could’ve done with it I hope there’s more videos to come.
Take it up that Scottish mountain Clarkson took the Land Rover up
The most outrageous thing is how he keeps calling it a car lol
Beautiful vehicle 🌟❤❤😍
Insane
I’d happily take £1.75 a litre just now. It almost cost me the same amount to fill my small diesel van 😟
Diesel is $4 a gallon (0.84 GBP per liter) here in Maryland at the moment and we are pissed off that it is this expensive. Four years ago we were paying $2.59 (0.55 GBP per liter).
Proper machine, UK reviews always bias towards US cars. They said automatic cars was no good and now All Euro marques make auto's.
How big are Range Rovers?? How Wide are Some Ferrari's and Lamborghini's.
If this Truck said Audi or BMW badge the size would not be an issue. Euro cars very pricey and they never moan about fuel on Supercars and maintainance costs.
Yank iron stand out not blend and look boring UK cars and Euro cars do.
Im British and I completely agree, American cars don't get enough credit espically in the handling department. Lots of people still think they're cool AF and have a unique charm though
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
The Texas plate is just perfect
Good job to the Host keep it up .This sounds like Top Gear
I OWN ONE! wouldnt trade it for just about anything, fuel is nearing 6 bucks a gallon for 92 oct, but for me its about power and smiles per gallon, and its my daily driver :)
California?
Imagine this getting in a head on with a compact hatchback. I guess you can buy a license to kill.
I loved you review on the TRX you compare that with the best cars in the world it is today's time
i'm try in the center of London but I love it
The standard 5.7 hemi with e-torque is the best of the bunch - if you want the off-road look then get a rebel
Pretty sure my mate regrets chopping his 2021 5.7 in for the TRX
As he does a lot of towing he particularly misses the air suspension
My old 2015 5.7 hemisport was the best vehicle I have ever owned - 80000 miles in 3 years and only 1200 quid spent on maintenance a jeep main dealer
The best Rams for towing have the Cummins. I had one of the first 5.7 Ram 1500s (2003.5) and it was okay for power, but quite thirsty. Trading for the 2500 with the Cummins was only a mistake because I should have gone 3500.
“Nothing this big should be able to move this fast”
That is not a phrase uttered at Chrysler. The only thing they haven't put a Hellcat in is a minivan.... yet.
@@franciscodanconia4324 yet
I never thought i'd see the day.
Best ever I love dis car monster 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's not a Dodge. Has not been called Dodge since 2009. It's just a Ram.
The old TG, captain slow would have mocked the Truck as being too American, loud and impractical, Hammond would have loved it, for the same reasons and Clarkson could have loved or hated the truck but would have been witty about it. They were great because depending on your personality, you agreed with one of them and maybe all of them in some cases. You cant review a special vehicle lie this as if it was a common car, it's not a Kia, it's not a BMW or a Ferrari,, it is unique and people will buy it because if is unique and exclusive and in your face.
Yep, they should have done something outrageous with it. It's a screaming yellow fullsize truck with 1000HP.
This is obviously not a vehicle aimed at England. When I clicked on this review, I was surprised that the review happened in England. I know it is a Top Gear video, but there have been many Top Gear videos made in the United States. Clearly, this should have been one of them.
It's awesome that we live in a world where we have a truck like this and a Tesla that can do 9sec 1/4's. What a time to be alive!
top gear is nothing without its iconic presenters, downright impossible to watch
This is a joke in today’s world 🌎
Seeing American trucks in Europe just looks so cool 😍😍
That's a big boi!!!
Ram is a brand, it's not a Dodge.
"The American dream, I think I'll like to wake up tho" couldn't be more mocked at. 😂🤣🤣💔
🤠🤘🏼 Texas ftw!!!
I saw one of these perfectly parked at a restaurant in northern Texas.