Fair warning: we admit that we have no concrete idea what these two Ram prototype trucks are. But let’s also admit right now that we would really like them to be test beds for Hellcat-powered 2500 Heavy Duty pickups. The black bombers themselves give nothing away, but we know that Jeep has installed the supercharged 6.2-liter, 707-horsepower, 650-pound-foot Hemi V8 in a Grand Cherokee Trackhawk meant for production next year, and in the Jeep Wrangler Trailcat concept to be shown during the Easter Jeep Safari. If Ram has applied itself to this Stygian union, it would be a gleefully felicitous progression of the Hellcat brand.

When asked in October 2014 about any intention to build this very unicorn, Ram Trucks CEO Bob Hegbloom said, “At this time, I would say no.” But that was 17 months ago—a long time in the world of new vehicle development—and it’s quite possible things have changed. There is zero conventional reason for a Heavy Duty Ram Hellcat; some suggest it could be competition for the Ford Raptor due later this year, but these prototypes (one of them a Mega Cab) are monstrous; they’d each weigh as much as a pyramid and be just about as useful at high-speed desert running, unless Ram put loopy amounts of R&D into the effort. And, truth be told, that's not really Ram's thing.