Ok folks, honest review from my experience over the past few years.
First, I come from a GM family and was always a Silverado guy going way back to my first truck as a 95 Z71.
I bought a 22 Limited Longhorn at the tail end of 21 with the Hemi and E torque and absolutely loved it and had no issues through 50k miles. In a spur of the moment decision I traded it for a 24 Silverado ZR2 because the ruggedness interested me and my brother had just got one, not a well thought out decision and one that I would come to regret.
I had nothing but engine issues right off the rip and was on the recall list for the 6.2, even after they swapped my oil to another viscosity. Interior wise, that truck was so uncomfortable as far as seat quality and had no frills other than heated and cooled seats.
The Bose stereo was also a huge let down, only a handful of speakers and the EQ was so out of whack. You’d have to be at 75-80% volume to really jam out and even then the quality was shit.
Capability wise, I think the ZR2 is a formidable but in the metrics that mattered most to me it was a huge let down.
Fast forward to this year, I got out of that truck and back into a 2026 Limited Longhorn with the same Hemi I had before, but with a few new options I didnt have in my 22, such as air ride. I’ll roll over 3,000 miles this month and for the life of me I couldn’t be happier to be back in a Ram. One of those “dont know what you got till it’s gone” situations, lesson learned.
That said, I travel alot for work around the country and ive had several new Rams as rentals and have tested all the powertrains. For me, the Hemi is my preference, but the Hurricane is a very good engine. My honest opinion is the SO Hurricane is as good as the HO. I had an SO last week and an HO this week and I didnt notice any real difference in acceleration in traffic and highway passing between the 2. The only thing that stands out of course is that the HO requires premium fuel.
