2011 Ford Raptor

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011


While every past super truck was designed for driving on paved roads and tracks, the Ford Raptor promises to literally fly across the surface of the desert. What would motivate Ford Motor Company to introduce Ford Raptor, such a different kind of super truck? The answer is threefold. The first is that high-performance trucks such as the Ford Raptor attract attention to the entire line of F-Series trucks. Ford’s marketing people like this Ford Raptor. A second reason is that Ford employs engineers who genuinely love performance.

Ford Raptor off road

Those engineers aren’t shy about offering up ideas on what’s they’d like to see in Ford showrooms. This is why they put really great stuff on the Ford Raptor engine. The third is that hi-po street trucks have been done before. Ford didn’t want to simply microwave warm up an old idea. Taken all together, these points formed a rationale that helped point Ford toward the Ford Raptor, a new kind of high-performance truck.

Ford Raptor - svt

But what’s the purpose of the new 2011 Ford Raptor? Is this just a plain Ford F-150 Raptor with a fru-fru trim package made up of big wheels and a stick-on graphics package? Or could this new 2011 Ford Raptor is the world’s newest super truck? Those who know trucks will recognize these models that qualify as past honorees of the super truck world: Dodge’s Little Red Express, the Chevy Silverado SS 454, the GMC Syclone, the Dodge Ram SRT/10, or two generations of Ford Raptor F-150 Lightning. These trucks oozed performance and all delivered with a ferocity that would leave most muscle cars in their dust. But the new 2011 Ford Raptor doesn’t look anything like these aforementioned super trucks. In contrast, the body of the new Ford Raptor sits high, perched on aggressive off-road tires that would just as soon pummel asphalt in pea-size pebbles than roll smoothly over it. But does this new Ford Raptor deliver what its looks promise?

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

One of the most specialized vehicles Ford has ever built, the Ford Raptor is big, pricey and thirsty, and it’s overkill for the majority of drivers. The Ford Raptor msrp can reach US$ 54,950.00 each. For those who take their trucks seriously off-road, though, Ford Raptor is the closest thing you’ll get to a home-built desert racer, and it does it straight out of the box. The Ford Raptor has the ability to crawl over pretty much anything, as other four-by-fours can. Where Ford Raptor differs is that it can do it at speed, thanks to its suspension.

(Source : http://carissued.com/offbeat-news/ford-raptor-for-those-who-take-their-trucks-seriously-off-road.html)