Ford F150 Raptor - This Is It. This Is The Benchmark.

Would you have the Ford F150 Raptor over a Ram TRX? What about the incoming Raptor R?

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I’m going to walk you through what this thing is like to live with and how it behaves on the road before handing over the keys to Paolo to test the offroad credentials at Road America. So let’s dive into that last thing I just mentioned

Yes, it’s genuinely quick - no, it’s not as fast as the TRX and no it doesn’t sounds as good

But that TRX has only been out for the last 2 years and before that thing came out, no one was complaining about the Raptor’s power

And it’s not just the power - the biggest and really only complaint people had about the gen 2 was the lack of exhaust sound, but Ford has fixed that here

They added a trombone loop in the exhaust runners to make them equal length so the tone is improved, but not only that you’re assaulted with spool noise in the cabin..there’s just so much theater here!

Yes, it’s the same 3.5TTv6 under the hood as last gen and it makes the same 450 hp and 510 lbft and it still goes through the same 10-speed transmission, but all those things have been revisited and optimised for this third gen. The gearbox is quicker and more aggressive, the throttle response is sharper, and you have nearly as much customizeability as you would in a sportscar

Of course you have Fox dampers on all 4 corners, but they’re newer, bigger, and stronger. In fact pretty much everything from the shocks to the knuckles have been beefed up for this third gen.

This Raptor no longer has leaf spring suspension in the back, they moved to a multi-link, spring and damper setup in the rear, and if you don’t understand why that’s a big deal let me walk you through it

A multilink suspension in the rear of the truck adds for more sophistication, more ways in which the suspension can compress and rebound to soak up bumps or impacts. You get greater rear articulation, but you also get a more sophisticated and more luxurious ride

And a more luxurious ride is exactly right. This is a body-on-frame, heavy, off-road truck with 35 inch BFG K02s, but somehow on the street here it manages to feel and ride like a Mercedes!

It gets a claimed 16 mpg combined
Payload maxes out at 1400 lbs
And towing maxes out as 8200 lbs

Steel front bumper, recovery hooks, lights, bash plates underneath
35 inch tires (there are the standard size)
Running boards, dont hang down (Frontier)
12 inch clearance (13.1 with 37 in tires)
Only comes in supercab configuration
5.5 foot bed
Power liftgate is the first i’ve seen going up
Tie downs, no rails, but zone lighting again
And then my favorite thing - pro power 2kW generator

There’s only one word to describe this. Huge.
Talk overall design (familiar, square, and rugged feeling)
Talk materials (suede, denim, textures, plastic knobs, metal paddles)
Talk comforts (heated wheel, heated & cooled seats, no massage)
Blind spot monitor on the a-pillar not your mirror (very Audi)
Memory seat (3)
The orange American flag that you see every time you open the door
Buttons for your mirror lights and bed lights
Massive full digital cluster (great graphics, quick, great resolution, totally custom)
HUGE steering wheel (noon marker, magnesium paddles)
Driver assist suite on the left
Custom drivetrain stuff on the right
Pedals will move to you
Trailering controls (steering assist, brake gain, cameras)
4x4 controls (2H, 4H, 4LO, 4A)
Locking rear diff
Drive mode selector (how many modes, what are they)
Above infotainment randow buttons for traction control, camera, trail control
Right of infotainment you have a 12 volt and and 120V
Under infotainment you have physical buttons for everything
Underneath that you have a slider with wireless charging, outlets, etc
Beneath that folding gear selector, clever phone slot, cup holders (too small)
Deep center bin with the fold out tray thing (nice)
Bang & olufson sound is great
Now tackle infotainment:
Insanely big screen
Sync 4, over the air updates
Wireless ACP & AA
Zone lighting
Pro power onboard (2Kw)
Cameras are amazing
No sunroof, no HUD
Rear seats are huge
They fold up to get out of the way
There’s a box system there
There’s also the batteries for the pro power system
Heated rear seats
USB-A, USB-C, and 120v outlet
Power rear window

Approach: 31
Departure: 23.9
Breakover: 22.7
Ground Clearance: 12 inchs and with the 37s its 13.1in!
Front suspension travel 14.0-inch (standard), 13.0-inch (w/optional 37-inch tires)
Rear suspension travel 15.0-inch (standard), 14.1-inch (w/optional 37-inch tires)