Ford Performance goes all-in on the new Raptor, with Bronco petrol engine, trick chassis and ‘badass’ attitude 💪
. It was an easy sell. North America has been producing 'badass' off-road trucks for about a thousand years, and here was something in a similar vein for the old world. It certainly looked the part and came with a rut-defeating chassis, which was persuasive enough to make one in every seven Rangers sold a Raptor. The problem, if we can call it that, was the engine. Wearing its sensible work boots, Ford opted to power its hold-my-beer flagship model with a 2.0-litre diesel motor.
Ford opted not to reveal official performance figures at the model's UK-based unveiling, but with the kerbweight not likely to have changed drastically, it's fair to say that the petrol V6 is going to be the shot in the performance arm the old Raptor was crying out for.
The off-throttle turbo-spinner is primarily for the rally-inspired 'Baja' drive mode; familiar from the previous Raptor, but now rather different in practice, you'd imagine. Mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission with a two-speed transfer case and a new full-time four-wheel-drive system that includes electronic locking diffs front and rear, Ford's claims of 'effortless' acceleration on any surface are easy to believe.
Not only do these provide the sort of 500-times-a-second adjustment that is typical of likeminded performance cars, they also get the manufacturer's race-proven 'Bottom-Out Control' system that applies maximum damping force to the final 25 per cent of travel. And if that doesn't work, Ford has almost doubled the size of the Raptor's underbody protection, meaning there's 2.3mm of high-strength steel shielding your vital components.
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