VIDEO: Ken Block drives the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

‘Tis the season for dashing through the snow, and YouTube phenom Ken Block – of the Gymkhana series – does exactly that with the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor pick-up truck. In this video, Block trades his rally-prepped Ford Focus for the 3.5 litre EcoBoost V6-powered truck, and from the short clip here, we can see he’s having a bit of fun putting the F-150 through its paces.

Ford will begin deliveries of the 2017 F-150 Raptor this month, starting at US$49,520 (RM221,528) for the SuperCab body or US$52,505 (RM234,882) for the SuperCrew cabin version, while specifying every available option will bring the sticker total to US$72,965 (RM326,597); among the options available are adaptive cruise control, a twin-panel moonroof, and a limited-slip Torsen differential for the front axle.

The 450 hp/691 Nm output from the 3.5 litre EcoBoost engine is delivered via a 10-speed automatic transmission, which is part of a four-wheel driveline that also includes a torque-on-demand transfer case with driver-selectable settings from the Terrain Management System.

GALLERY: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

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Mick Chan

Open roads and closed circuits hold great allure for Mick Chan. Driving heaven to him is exercising a playful chassis on twisty paths; prizes ergonomics and involvement over gadgetry. Spent three years at a motoring newspaper and short stint with a magazine prior to joining this website.

 

Comments

  • heybadigol (Member) on Dec 23, 2016 at 6:09 pm

    Come on Ford, clip is too short. Where’s the rest of it?

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    • Kunta Kinte on Dec 24, 2016 at 3:12 pm

      Reminds me of Ford Rnger. The car that saved Ford Malaysia. If you see stats, Ford only sold 1000 passenger cars the whole of 2016. That means Fiesta, Focus etc are all failures.

      See the stats of car sales. Nearly all of Ford few thousand unit sales came from the Ranger.

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  • Mikey on Dec 24, 2016 at 11:06 am

    Agree with U that the video is too short. They did ask U to click F-150 Performance if U like 2 see more.

    Ken Block = Gymkhana = Ford performance/rallying walking advertisement = lots of power & fun.

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  • why don’t they bring this to malaysia

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  • from wiki:
    “The Ford F-Series is a series of light-duty trucks and medium-duty trucks ”

    then, trucks in msia (hilux, navara, triton), what are those? mini trucks is it

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