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 ladies and gents over at Edmunds.com appear to be running out of sensible and conventional vehicle tests, so they pitted two leaf blowers against a Ford SVT Raptor and a Fiat 500. Though the clip they produced may be sensationalized a la the National Geographic Channel or History, there is a clear method to [...]
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, [...]
We here at egmCarTech absolutely adore the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. I believe most of the team here would agree with me when I say that we would use it as a personal daily driver, as a family vehicle, as a sports car and as a source of transportation if the world was ever infested [...]
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 [...]
If there is one pickup I’d want to see every morning I wake up in my driveway – it would have to be the Ford F-150 SVT Raptory. If there is one professional drifter I’d like to ride shotgun with it would have to be Ken Block. While there is no Block here, we do [...]
Tuner ProCharger has more than 16 years of history in supercharging Ford engines and is now taking a shot at the new Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. The tuner has just announced the availability of High Output Intercooled Supercharger System and Tuner Kit for 5.4L and 6.2L Ford F-150 SVT Raptor pickups. Using its patented ProCharger [...]
FoMoCo vehicles like being the best-in-class for a lot of things – but one things they are most proud of is being the best-in-class for fuel-economy. The Dearborn automaker announced today that its 302-hp 3.7L V6 2011 Ford F-150 will average a best-in-class 23 mpg highway, pending final EPA certification. It will deliver 16 mpg [...]
