Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

[Kitdy]

Read these two reviews - Autoblog and Jalopnik.

Jalopnik puts it best: "The 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is f*****g awesome."

Autoblog unabashedly loved it, Jalopnik almost did, they hated the gearbox which wanted to upshift too early.

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor #1

[Kitdy]

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor #2

[baddabang]

Meh I'll pass.

[Kitdy]

Meh I'll pass.

Would you say the same if it was a Silverado?

[baddabang]

Would you say the same if it was a Silverado?

GMPD made the Silverado SS. It was low, fast, and good looking. SVT made this. It's ugly, and has the same shitty engine as a F150 I can go buy off the lot right now. Atleast supercharge it or something. I will give it suspension props though. Good technology.

[wwgkd]

GMPD made the Silverado SS. It was low, fast, and good looking. SVT made this. It's ugly, and has the same shitty engine as a F150 I can go buy off the lot right now. Atleast supercharge it or something. I will give it suspension props though. Good technology.

The SS got spanked and violated by the SVT Lightning and Ram SRT-10 in every way possible. This is a completely different truck.

[Kitdy]

GMPD made the Silverado SS. It was low, fast, and good looking. SVT made this. It's ugly, and has the same shitty engine as a F150 I can go buy off the lot right now. Atleast supercharge it or something. I will give it suspension props though. Good technology.

Pff. It's coming with a 400 hp / 400 lb.0-ft. 6.2 L in the fall for $3000 more.

The SS got spanked and violated by the SVT Lightning and Ram SRT-10 in every way possible. This is a completely different truck.

fail factor 10 has been achieved.

GM Fanboy fail.

[jcp123]

Meh I'll pass.

+1 on that. Though I will admit I get this truck more than I ever did the Lightnings...'sport' and 'truck' are kinda mutually exclusive unless it's something like this you take to your hunting and fishing weekend deep in the Sierras...I can get that. It's why othe old K-Blazers and Broncos have always secretly appealed to me

[digitalcraft]

I (still) don't understand the point of it.

[Rockefella]

I (still) don't understand the point of it.

It has no point like a Hummer H2, but people buy them because they're ridiculous and get them attention. I think it's kinda cool but I couldn't be caught dead behind the steering wheel

[wwgkd]

It has no point like a Hummer H2, but people buy them because they're ridiculous and get them attention. I think it's kinda cool but I couldn't be caught dead behind the steering wheel

Or because they like to go offroad and want to keep a factory warranty in the process. I have yet to see one of these but I have seen several of the dodge power wagons and a ton of jeep rubicons, both new and old model.

[LTSmash]

This is free advertising for Enzyte and penis pumps.

[1cardude]

I (still) don't understand the point of it.

The point is that there is a large section of the car buying public that like raised off-road trucks. I see many trucks raised wayyy to high with nobby tires on a daily basis here in socal! Ford is just appealing to the masses!

[rev440]

The point is that there is a large section of the car buying public that like raised off-road trucks. I see many trucks raised wayyy to high with nobby tires on a daily basis here in socal! Ford is just appealing to the masses!

Finally some one that understands this truck in this thread. Ford aimed this truck to people that like desert racing and people who are racers themselves. It verges the link between race truck and street truck. Its much like a street car that can also excell on a road race circut and then drive home. Its not made to be a mud bogger or anything like that. Its truly fuctional. Ford has always been good at answering niche markets calling IMO and this truck is one of them.

Heres a video for those who are still having doubts.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLCM-L6oni0"]YouTube - 2008 SEMA - 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor[/ame]

[cargirl1990]

The point is that there is a large section of the car buying public that like raised off-road trucks. I see many trucks raised wayyy to high with nobby tires on a daily basis here in socal! Ford is just appealing to the masses!

I've seen an F-150 with a monster truck suspension. It looked utterly ridiculous and very redneck.