Can a new 288hp V6 engine justify its £57,340 price tag? Find out in our review of Ford's new Ranger Raptor 👇
, but it was always hard to make a compelling case for it in the UK. Behind its butched-up styling the Raptor always seemed a bit weedy thanks to a four-cylinder diesel engine which couldn’t get it through the 0-60mph benchmark in less than ten seconds. A bigger problem for many potential pickup customers was the fact it lacked the one tonne payload that would allow business users to reclaim the VAT on it. The good news is that the new one answers one of those biting questions.
Beneath the shiny new metalwork the new Raptor sits on the same T6 platform as the outgoing one, with a strengthened version of its ladder frame chassis. Visual aggression has been turned up by a couple of notches, this Raptor keeping the flared wheelarches and huge F-O-R-D brand, but gaining compact LED headlights that have been pushed to the very edge of the bodywork to make the grille look even bigger. For any speakers of cod Latin this is Raptor resartus rather than Raptor renatus.
But you’re not here for accessory switches or gearbox modes, are you? You’re here for confirmation that this Raptor can match its predecessor’s ability to eat bumps, devour humps and digest the sort of ‘hold my beer’ jumps that would punch the struts through the suspension turrets of lesser trucks. Yet despite its bulk the Raptor is easy to place on the road and doesn’t wander, its turning circle actually being pretty tight for something so large. Low speed ride quality is good and the exhaust’s Quiet mode allows for low-key getaways that neighbours will appreciate. In the most sensible Normal dynamic mode, it cruised down a Spanish motorway at an indicated 75mph remarkably quietly considering its combination of vast Continental General Grabber tyres and outhouse aerodynamics.
The Raptor’s V6 also features what is, somewhat artfully described as an anti-lag system. This doesn’t fire petrol into the hot turbo like a Group A rally car, rather it uses electronically controlled throttle and wastegate to allow the engine to pump air past the turbo to keep the blades spinning when the throttle is lifted, cutting response times when going on and off the throttle rapidly. As I didn’t notice its presence, or any lack of accelerator response, this seemed to work.
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