Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
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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 F-150, eventually topping out at 380 horsepower, but it did not return when the F-150 was redesigned for 2004 or when the truck was redone again for the 2009 model year. CHECK OUT: 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 first drive review: The deep-knee Benz However, Ford did release a new performance pickup for...
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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...
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Hennessey promises 600-plus-hp F-150 Raptor 6x6 for $317k
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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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 which the Blue Oval engineers managed to make the truck a better beast off-road. ALSO SEE: 2018 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 spy shots First up, the Fox Racing Shox used on the pickup are all new. They feature custom internal bypass technology to improve the performance, while the front and rear travel...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor priced from $49,520
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor isn’t due in showrooms until the later part of the year but you’ll be able to see it in action much sooner than that. Ford has confirmed that a virtually stock version will enter the off-roading racing series that is the Best in the Desert, competing in the new factory stock class. ALSO SEE: Ford GT Ordering Starts This Month Like the F-150 Raptor due in showrooms, the 2016 Best in the Desert race truck will run a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. We're still waiting for the final specs...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor SuperCrew rolls into Detroit
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor performance pickup truck has been confirmed to go on sale this fall, as a 2017 model, and at the launch there will be both the standard two-door model as well as a four-door SuperCrew. It was at last year’s Detroit Auto Show that we first...
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Drones And Dunes: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Shown Testing In New Video
Compared to some of the extreme, fan-shot videos we've seen of the Ford F-150 Raptor, these shots of the the 2017 models testing in Michigan sand dunes are pretty tame. At no-point, for example, does the hero truck jump 90 feet and land severely enough to deploy its airbags. CHECK OUT: Watch The...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Prototype Hits The Trails: Video
The Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] first F-150 Raptor was a wonderful surprise. It was a tough truck designed to take on nearly everything a driver could dish out. This means all bumps and jumps, and it looks like the next one is also ready to take on stumps. Ford has been hard at work testing the...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Attacks The Dunes
When it debuted at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show back in January, the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor looked like a serious piece of kit. But a Raptor needs to do more than look good on an auto show stand, so the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] did what many potential buyers are probably planning to do: hammer it...
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Not Dead Yet: Top Gear Pits G500 4×4² Against Ford F-150 Raptor
Clarkson and the lads might have left the building, but the BBC has no intention of putting its cash cow franchise out to pasture, as evidenced by this new teaser shot for the digital edition of Top Gear magazine. MUST SEE: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: Report While the...
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Seven hundred street-legal horsepower. In a pickup truck that’s capable of some Baja 1000-style moves even before it’s modified. That’s what Shelby American has in the Baja 700, an upgraded take on the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Just 50 of the Shelby Baja 700s will be built, a limited run for the most powerful Shelby truck ever. The extra power comes in the form of a 2.9-liter Whipple supercharger, larger throttle bodies, a Borla exhaust system, and heavy-duty heat exchangers added to the 6.2-liter V-8 engine. But the power isn’t the only upgrade for the Baja 700. In fact...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Squeezes Out 450 HP From Twin-Turbo V-6: Report
The upcoming 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is just one of the many exciting products that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] revealed to the world at the recent 2015 Detroit Auto Show. Some truck fans may have been initially worried when the rowdy pickup took to the stage, however, because it was announced...
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Ken Block Gives Us A Walk-Around Of His RaptorTrax
Ken Block is a possessor of highly desirable vehicles. His Hoonicorn Mustang is one of the greatest vehicles ever created. It's not his only car though, as he's got a pretty badass Ford F-150 Raptor as well. Like Doc and Marty McFly don't need roads where they're going, neither does Ken Block...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Video
Ford may have had the awesomely powerful GT supercar on its stand, but its trucks weren’t left in the dark. First the F-150 won the North American Truck of the Year award—and then came the Raptor. CHECK OUT: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Revealed With EcoBoost V-6 And 10-Speed Auto The Raptor...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor revealed with EcoBoost V-6 and 10-speed auto
When the redesigned 2015 Ford F-150 was first revealed last year, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] officials were mum on plans for a new Raptor performance model, leaving enthusiasts disappointed. That should ebb with the unveiling of a 2017 F-150 Raptor at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show that marks a major...
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This Is What A Ford RaptorTRAX AWD Burnout Looks Like: Video
The horrendous, earth-rending sound in this video accompanies perhaps the most ridiculous video footage we’ve seen this week: Ken Block in the Hoonigan RaptorTRAX doing an all-wheel-drive tracked burnout. MUST SEE: 2,000-WHP Nissan GT-R Screams Down The Strip At 207 MPH: Video To get the...
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