A truck to this caliber has never been done before, until the raptor came out the performance trucks available for purchase could perform very well on the streets with street suspension and bigger motors with not much else done to the vehicle.
The raptor paved the way with a ultimate off road package with reinforced widened frame, competitive Fox racing shocks boasting 12inches of suspension travel, with a ford performance 6.2L v8.
The truck was built for a select few by SVT with expectations of few sales and used as a tool to gain attention to everything that Built Ford Tough stands for and the media ate it up, becoming the poster child for all truck people even turning people who don't like trucks into huge fans.
Sales for the truck skyrocketed to the point that ford could not produce enough to meet demand, leading to the trucks selling for 20k+ over the sticker price. This lead to many other manufacturers trying to play catch up and release their own off road performance trucks, but none have even come close.
I have to confess, IF I had $70k laying around, I would buy this truck but I didn't win the Powerball...$#@!*
ReplyDeleteI'm a Chevy guy but this truck is so awesome. Would definitely get one if I had the cash. Great blog post! Looking forward to reading more of your auto blogs.
ReplyDeleteThese trucks are awesome. I was a huge fan when they first came out and the concepts for the new ones look even baetter.
ReplyDeleteWow as awesome as those sport cars looked, these trucks might be even more bad ass. I tend to lean to the sports car though. I favor the James bond look over the big time truck look, but I would be happy either way, that's for sure.
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