2017 Raptor EcoBoost
Ford just unveiled the next gen Raptor at the Detroit Auto Show. They claim it will have a "next generation 3.5L EcoBoost engine that will be more powerful than today's Raptor V8". Oh, and it also h...
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DirtyOil wrote:Hence the improved frame on the new ones. Hope they got it right this time.
agree... I know they produced some frame improvements in the 2013 MY, but I feel for those poor guinea pigs with the earlier models. I know if I were a CEO of a company and was supplying company trucks for my sales force, I surely wouldn't be giving them $80k trucks! They would, like most reasonable companies be getting Silverado LS, Sierra SLE, Ford XL/XLT or Ram SLT, from a "resale" value. Half the price, and still get something in return when trucks are turned in. (or one hopes there's something left of the truck...we know how some treat other peoples'/company, tools/equipment)
The US Border Patrol actually uses Raptors. It is the only truck to come from an OEM that is closely fitted to what they need at the southern US border. A pre-runner truck that can take high speed off road drives.
