Ford fans, your prayers have finally been answered! The Blue Oval has confirmed it will be introducing a Ranger Raptor in 2018, as confirmed by this teaser posted by Ford Australia. The Ranger Raptor is being called the “ultimate performance off-road truck” by the brand, and the attached video certainly looks to reinforce that claim.
In it, we see a Ranger Raptor prototype undergo some vigorous testing in the Australian Outback, with plenty of jumps, slides and other exciting manoeuvres. See how hard the suspension is working at the 30-second mark? And that big jump with the helicopter about nine seconds after that?
For now, technical specifications of the pick-up truck are still unknown, including what is going on under the hood. The 3.5 litre twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 from the larger F-150 Raptor certainly appears to be a noteworthy option, with 450 hp and 691 Nm of torque on tap.
In the interest of hierarchy, the smaller 2.7 litre EcoBoost V6 from the non-Raptor F-150 is also a possibility. The powerplant serves up 325 hp and 542 Nm of torque, and is paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission, the same with the 3.5 litre unit.
The Australian-market Ranger is available with two turbodiesel engine options – 3.2 litre and 2.2 litre – the smaller of the two offering 158 hp and 385 Nm. The 3.2 litre unit meanwhile, serves up 197 hp and 470 Nm, and could be uprated for Raptor duty.
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When you mention ‘Your prayers have been answered’ do u mean it’s also coming to Malaysia in 2018???
Yes. 6 months after US launch, Brothers will start selling Raptor bodykits for Ranger here.
The American F-150 Raptor has the 3.5 ecoboost tuned for 75 more horsepower than other 3.5 ecoboosts Ford sells.
If the smaller Ranger Raptor features the 2.7 ecoboost from the U.S. it should be quite a beast, even if it isnt tuned for more power. American car magazine Car & Driver tested the full sized F-150 4×4 (not a special edition like Raptor just a basic XL model) with the 2.7 in March of 2015 and it went 0 to 100 kph in 5.7 seconds and ran the quarter mile in 14.3 seconds. Damn fast for a big truck, smaller Ranger should be even faster.
WOW. AWESOME!. HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS.. NOW NOMORE JUST BODYKITS :)
So Gerard, is it coming to Malaysia?