Can a pickup truck weighing nearly 2.5 tons and propelled by just 288bhp really serve up the thrill of driving? We drive the Ford Ranger Raptor to find out -
Not living near a desolate desert floor on which to extend it
We’re the clever ones, isn’t that right? We prize the use of intelligent weight saving, of function creating form; we see through all the nonsense and understand why anis so special, why an estate car beats an SUV every single time and why physical size and mass is The Enemy. We even use our collective sense to rail against grossly overpowered and absurdly heavy EVs. If only everyone was as enlightened asis bloated , vastly oversized for most UK roads and wildly inefficient.
The main thrust of the transformation from tough workhorse to super-sized Group N rally car concerns strengthening and the fitment of some very trick Fox dampers. Remember, this is a body-on-frame vehicle so there’s plenty of scope for some serious reinforcements. The Raptor’s frame rails are strengthened from ahead of the front axle running back to around level with the B-pillar, the front turrets are revised and the rear damper brackets are much tougher too.
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