Ford F-150 News

  • 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 Twin Turbo  based on the Ford F-150 Raptor

    Think the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is just a bit too tame straight from the box? Well, Hennessey Performance of Sealy, Texas has just launched a package that will tune the truck to performance levels that were the realm of supercars not that long ago. Hennessey’s initial package for the second-generation Raptor, which adopts the company’s VelociRaptor name, dials output from the truck’s twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 to an impressive 605 horsepower and 622 pound-feet of torque. That’s up from just 450 hp and 510 lb-ft in the stock model. The result is that...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor SuperCrews being shipped to China
    Ford ships first F-150 Raptors to China

    Ford’s F-150 Raptor has been a hot commodity in China for years though it’s never officially been sold there, so most that have made it over arrived as gray imports. That’s no longer the case as Ford is now selling the Raptor in its Chinese showrooms and this week shipped the...

  • Ford F-150 Raptor Assault off-road driving course
    Ford F-150 Raptor purchase comes with off-road driving course

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor is the latest member of the Ford Performance fleet to come with a complimentary driving course to help owners get the most out of their vehicles. The course is called the Raptor Assault program and joins the previous GT350 Track Attack and ST Octane...

  • 2018 Ford F-150
    2018 Ford F-150 adopts Super Duty looks, 10-speed automatics

    Continuing the long-running sales success of the F-Series is paramount to Ford, and the newly facelifted 2018 Ford F-150 is proof enough that the automaker won't be resting on its laurels anytime soon. Ford followed two main themes in updating its most popular vehicle: Establishing “showroom...

  • Ken Block drives the Ford F-150 Raptor in the snow
    Ken Block plays in the snow in a Ford F-150 Raptor

    Ford Performance and Ken Block have a symbiotic relationship. Ford provides him with race cars and the occasional other Ford product. Block drives the living daylights out of them, has his team create cool videos, and the two parties use said videos for awesome marketing campaigns. Ford gets views...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor strapped to a dyno
    2017 Ford F-150 Raptor hits dyno, does 0-60 in 5.3 seconds

    The 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor has finally landed, and it’s better than its predecessor in pretty much every way possible. The only downside, at least to some, is that the second-generation model ditches the original’s V-8 in favor of a twin-turbocharged V-6. It may...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

    Sports cars are great at going fast around corners, but you know what they can't do? They can't rip across the desert, they can't crawl over rocks, and they can't perform glorious jumps over sand dunes. You know what can? This beast can. It's the Ford F-150 Raptor, and for 2017 it's here for a second go-round. Ford conceived the Raptor as a factory Baja racer. In fact, a stock Raptor recently completed the Baja 1000 and finished third in its class. Then it drove home to Phoenix. The 2017 Raptor builds upon the very capable first generation pickup with even more features that help it go fast...

  • 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
    Why the Lightning became the Raptor

    Some of us may fondly remember the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 SVT Lightning. Introduced in 1993, it was a performance pickup with a more powerful V-8 under the hood and some brake and suspension upgrades to help it stop and handle better. The Lightning lasted through two generations of the...

  • 2017 Roush F-150 Nitemare, 2016 SEMA show
    2017 Roush F-150 Nitemare comes with 600-horsepower V-8

    Still disappointed by Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] decision to equip its 2017 F-150 Raptor with a V-6? Don’t sweat it because there are a handful of reputable tuning shops that offer F-150-based performance pickups packing V-8 grunt. Among them is semi-official Ford tuner Roush, which...

  • 2016 Ford F-150 Raptor Baja 1000 racing truck
    Virtually stock Ford F-150 Raptor to tackle 2016 Baja 1000

    The Baja 1000 is one of the most punishing races in the world. It’s also the breeding ground for Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor pickup trucks, with early mules often entered into the grueling off-road race during development. Thanks to this tough regime, the Raptor can...

  • Roush teases Nitemare F-150
    Roush Nitemare F-150 promises to be world's fastest production pickup

    Roush is ready for SEMA, and it's bringing some big promises with it to Las Vegas. The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F]-focused tuning house has a new Nitemare F-150, and it's already calling it the world's fastest production pickup truck. Apparently, today is Truck Tuesday. Unfortunately, we have no...

  • 2016 Ford F-150 EraThr3 by Hulst Customs
    750-hp Hulst Customs special among Ford’s F-150 SEMA fleet

    The 2016 SEMA show is just around the corner and Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is shaping up to be one of the biggest brands at the tuning mecca. Models like the Mustang, F-150 and in recent years the Fiesta and Focus have proven perennial favorites in their respective segments, and it looks like...

  • 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 6x6

    You can forget about the Mercedes-AMG G63 6x6 because Hennessey Performance will build you a much more badass six-wheeled, off-roading truck for a lot less money. Meet the Hennessey VelociRaptor 6x6, based on the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor. It’s priced from $295,000, which isn’t exactly cheap but that’s a much more conservative figure than the $500k the AMG started at. And that price includes the cost of the donor vehicle, in this case the four-door Raptor SuperCrew. ALSO SEE: Ram just unveiled the Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel TRX concept It’s designed...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    2017 Ford F-150 Raptor configurator up, now a good time to take lunch

    If you're like us, you may be wondering how to sell your spouse on a 450-horsepower desert sports car. Fear not, because the online configurator for the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is live, and now you can toss aside those pesky frivolities like $295 bed dividers and focus on visualizing the "value for...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    Power to the people: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor makes 450 hp

    Credit Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] for keeping the new 2017 F-150 Raptor at the forefront of the automotive news cycle. The Raptor gets new tires, it's news. The Raptor gets fancy drive modes, it's news. The Raptor gets more gears than a mountain bike, yup. The Raptor saves an infant from a burning...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    New 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor coming with 450 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque?

    Both the new Ford GT and F-150 Raptor are coming for performance enthusiasts, but the Blue Oval's been pretty quiet when it comes to one key detail regarding both vehicles: power. Considering both models will be down two cylinders from conventional car logic (twin-turbocharged V-6 vs. V-8)...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Dallas Cowboys edition
    Ford rolls out F-150 Dallas Cowboys edition

    Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has been the official vehicle provider for the Dallas Cowboys for over two decades. To highlight this partnership, Ford will build a limited number of Dallas Cowboy edition F-150 pickup trucks for the 2017 model year. ALSO SEE: We now know what the Hellcat-powered Jeep...

  • Ford boosts the off-road performance of the 2017 Raptor
    Ford shows how it boosts off-road performance of the new Raptor

    The 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor is nearly here. Ford has been teasing us with stories of it blasting around Baja, tearing up random off-road trails, and causing the general sort of vehicular mayhem we're hoping to see. Now comes a video from Ford showcasing some of the ways in...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor is now only months away from hitting showrooms and orders can already be placed. There’s still a lot to learn about the new performance pickup truck, but slowly details are emerging. Today we learned that the starting price for a 2017 F-150 Raptor SuperCab will be $49,520. Opt for the larger SuperCrew body and the starting price will be $52,505. Both figures include a $1,195 destination charge. The information comes from a pdf found on Ford's fleet website, which was obtained by Autoblog. The pdf also revealed the pricing for various...

  • Ford Gen 2 Ecoboost 3.5-liter V-6
    Ford releases power figures for next-generation EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6

    A couple months ago Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] released information about the second generation of its EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6, which debuts in the 2017 F-150. At the time, Ford said the twin-turbocharged engine's horsepower output would remain unchanged at 365 and torque would increase from 420 to...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    2017 Ford F-150 Raptor coming with 6 drive modes

    It’s been over a year since Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] revealed its new F-150 Raptor but there’s still plenty to learn about this performance-oriented, off-road pickup. This week Ford revealed details about the vehicle’s drive modes selector which has six modes capable of...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    2017 Ford F-150 Raptor gets custom BFGoodrich KO2 tires

    The most off road-oriented half-ton pickup coming onto the market later this year, the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor, will ride on a set of BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires that aren't exactly identical to the ones you can purchase at your local tire shop. Instead, the bespoke...

  • Ford 3.5-liter V-6 and 10-speed automatic transmission
    Details of 2017 Ford F-150's EcoBoost 3.5 V-6, 10-speed auto

    Ford's EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6 has been one of the best light truck engines on the market since it was introduced in 2011. For 2017, it promises to get better. That's because the Ford is not only installing the second-generation of the 3.5-liter EcoBoost in the 2017 F-150, but also pairing it with...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    Video shows Ford's new F-150 Raptor pushed to the limits

    While you're sitting at your desk reading this, remember that a lucky Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] engineer was blasting through the Southern California desert in a brand new F-150 Raptor. This wasn't just some gentle drive down an old mining road, it was a high-performance drive more akin to what...

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