2026 HEMI or Hurricane?

[SD Rebel]

I'm not gonna lie, if my Limited did not get hit, I'd still be happily driving my HEMI. My 20 never had a serious issue. The exhaust manifolds and the AC TSB were it; they replaced the leather dash as a goodwill but mine was not bad nor was that a HEMI related issue. The exhaust manifolds were my only HEMI related issue. The extra power and overall better drivability of the hurricane over the HEMI is definitely there and very significant BUT its not significant enough for me to have bought a new truck solely for that reason.

I like the Tungsten and have liked it since the announcement of the trim level and I was thinking about it over the summer but only because 2025 is the only year of the seasalt/indigo interior. I do not like the black interior and if that were the only option, I wouldn't buy one which was going to be the case in 26 and up year models. My plan was to look in 27 when my Limiteds warranty expired but the accident and the availability of the seasalt interior forced my hand.

For all my complaints about the HEMI, I was happy enough with it that I had no real plans to buy a new truck, however the accident forced my hand. In driving all 3 trucks, there was no way I was buying a HEMI powered truck over the hurricanes.
If I were buying today, hurricane, not even a second thought
If I were not forced into a position to buy a new truck, I'd still be driving my HEMI and happy even though a hurricane truck could smoke it like a cigar.

I'm sold on the Hurricane as well, if I was buying a new RAM in the states, I would be getting an RHO. However, I'm relocating half the year in the Philippines, and will be buying my new Rebel over there and it will be a Hurricane powered one. Mainly for the reasons you outlined, but also because it's cheaper to register with the 3.0L and it will be doing a whole lot of heavy low speed traffic and idling for most of it's life over there, which I don't think suits the 5.7L as much. Though a lot of Rebel owners in the PH (they only sell Rebel editions there) have had good reliability with the 5.7L in those conditions.

I'll keep my Rebel here and a Hurricane over there, good combination I think.