Ford’s marketing team for the F-150 is really busy these days with the “Raptor – Born in Baja” documentary film that shows the development and the racing heritage of the Raptor program at last year’s Baja 1000. According to Mark Grueber, Ford’s marketing manager for the F-150, Ford has received more than 1,000 orders for [...]
Ford announced the pricing for its 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor during a meeting at the Terrible’s 250 off-road race. Pricing will officially start at $38,995 for the 5.4L V8 model. The 6.2L V8 model will go on sale later this winter with prices starting at $41,995. Buyers will have the option to pick from [...]
Hoping to build up some interest in its Ford F-150 SVT Raptor before it makes its market debut, Ford has launched a new website (www.fordvehicles.com/f150raptor) for the off-road beastly truck featuring videos, 360-degree views, photos and tools to allow you to build your own Raptor. Ford will also have a driving simulator visiting auto shows [...]
As reported last week, GM is disbanding its High Performance Vehicle Operations. GM said that it will shift all of its focus on mainstream products and that all high-performance projects are on an indefinite hold. A GM spokesman was heavily quoted using Ford’s Special Vehicle Team as an example for the move by the Detroit [...]
After successfully finishing third in class at the 41 SCORE Tecate Baja 100, our favorite pickup – the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R - will run in the 2009 “Best in the Desert” race series. Behind the controls will be veteran Ford truck racers and former “Rough Riders” Rob MacCachren and Steve Olliges. Ford said that [...]
The first 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor has been auctioned off for $130,000 at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. While we’re not huge fans of pickups, we think the 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor was worth just a little more than that. Power for the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor comes from a 5.4L Triton V8 that makes [...]
Joining the first production 2010 Chevrolet Camaro at the 2009 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector Car Auction will be a 2010 Ford Mustang GT, a Shelby GT500 and the new 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Ford will auction all three cars at the auction that will run from January 11 to the 18. The 2010 Shelby GT500 [...]
“Like its fighter jet and dinosaur namesakes, the F-150 SVT Raptor is tough, fast, aggressive, and built with the off-road enthusiast in mind,” Derrick Kuzak, Ford”s group vice president for Global Product Development, said today at the launch of probably the wildest pickup we have ever layed our eyes on. The 2010 Ford F-150 SVT [...]
