Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor pickup seems to have a devoted following in a region it doesn’t even sell the off-roader – China. According to The Detroit News, buyers on the gray market are paying as much as four times the U.S. sticker price for the F-150 SVT Raptor with a 6.2 liter V8 engine. That [...]
The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is already an amazing and mean off-roading, go-hard pickup but for the 2013 model year, FoMoCo is once again raising the bar with industry-exclusive beadlock-capable wheels to help increase grip in low-traction conditions. What the heck are beadlock wheels? Basically, beadlock wheels secure the edges of a tire to the [...]
The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is by no means a mainstream volume selling picking but the model is selling really well this year. Through March, Ford F-150 SVT Raptor sales are up 35 percent compared to the first three months of 2011. That means Ford should be able to sell 15,000 units of the Raptor [...]
The fastest moving half-ton pick up is also selling the fastest, as Ford dealers are having a tough time keeping the Raptor in stock. Last year, Ford rolled 7,085 Raptors off dealer’s lots, and sales have been growing since. Through October this year, 8,105 Raptors have been sold, leaving dealers with little inventory, as the [...]
Following the debut of the 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor last week, FoMoCo has now dropped a video of the new Raptor doing what it does best – off-roading. Power for the 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor comes from a 6.2-liter V8 engine, which produces 411 horsepower and 434 lb.-ft. of torque. For 2012, the [...]
Along with the standard F150, the beastly F150 Raptor receives some updates for the 2012 model year. “A major element of the SVT Raptor program is our work to continuously expand the capabilities it offers to customers. We want to cover all dimensions of off-roading – from desert running to rock climbing,” said Raj Sarkar, [...]
Even though gas prices are at the highest point since July 2008, sales of the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor managed to hit record levels in April. Ford ended up selling a total of 1,183 F-150 SVT Raptors last month, according to Ford SVT spokesman Henry Platt. Surprisingly, that’s 231 more than the 952 Honda Ridgeline [...]
