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Ford gives a glimpse into the design process for the 2017 F-150 Raptor

With the 2017 F-150 Raptor now available at dealerships across the country, Ford has shared a short video to its Performance YouTube channel that quickly highlights a bit of the design process and how some of the choices made along the way make this truck a monster. Check it out below.

February 17, 2017

Pickups

Patriotic Ford Raptor adorned with Native American, combat history a stunning truck for a great cause

Military themes run throughout the 2016 SEMA show and you won’t find any better demonstration of the depth of this feeling than this awesome project. The Million Pixel Raptor project is a fundraiser for the Wounded Warriors Family Support organization. The project is selling off 10 x 10-pixel blocks of the images on the truck for […]

November 3, 2016

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Ford shows off 2017 F-150 Raptor Baja 1000 race truck at SEMA

At the SEMA show, Ford is letting folks get up close and personal with the next-generation Raptor that will run one of the world’s most grueling races. At its mammoth booth inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, Ford is showing off the 2017 F-150 Raptor that will be entered in the 49th SCORE Baja 1000 off-road […]

November 2, 2016

Pickups

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor more capable, versatile thanks to new shocks developed with FOX

In the run-up to the fall release of the redesigned F-150 Raptor, Ford has released details of the truck’s new shocks, developed with FOX suspension, along with a video demonstrating their capabilities. RELATED >> VIDEO: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor shreds smarter with 6 new terrain modes Ford says these new shocks are larger than those found […]

September 16, 2016

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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor shreds smarter with 6 new terrain modes

Ford has released a new video highlighting the six new terrain modes that will be available on the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor. A variety of scenes reveal Raptor in its element taking on mud, rocks, sand and snow. Raptor’s terrain modes include normal, sport, weather, mud/sand, Baja and rock control. Normal, like its title suggests, applies […]

July 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford bringing new Raptor’s 10-speed transmission to the F-150

As part of an announcement on new manufacturing facility investments, Ford has announced that it will soon begin offering a 10-speed transmission option to F-150 customers. The F-150 is currently offered with a six-speed transmission. This new 10-speed will be introduced with the 2017 F-150 Raptor slated for release with a new SuperCrew model later this […]

May 2, 2016

Construction Equipment

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor first stock pickup to finish Desert Mint 400 race

By crossing the finish line at the Desert Mint 400 near Las Vegas last weekend, Ford says its next-generation F-150 Raptor is the first stock pickup to complete the off-road race. The 2017 Raptor, slated for release this fall, competed in the factory stock class for full-sized trucks (Class 1200) and, as the only stock truck […]

March 18, 2016

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Ford F-150s, Raptor put on drifting, jump clinic that looks like truck figure skating

With the holiday season upon us and ice skating rinks opening up across the country, we were reminded of a pretty impressive display put on at this year’s SEMA show by a trio of Ford off-road racing trucks. In the video below, a pair of F-150s start things off with an interesting dance of drifting […]

December 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

Print your own F-150 Raptor or Ford GT with the automaker’s new 3D Store

Remember those halcyon days of model car building? Carefully popping those plastic pieces apart before piecing them together? The smell of the paint fumes and the pride of finding a spot on the shelf? While scale model cars might not be as popular as they once were, Ford is—knowingly or not—providing us with a bit […]

June 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Shelby reveals F-150 Raptor Baja: boosts the off-roading pickup to ridiculous 700 HP (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=252] With its new F-150 Raptor Baja 700, Shelby won’t be the first to shove ungodly amounts of horsepower into Ford’s off-roading pickup, but it will be able to claim having shoved the most. RELATED >> 2015 Ford F-150 VelociRaptor boosts 5L V8 to 600+ hp The custom vehicle shop’s latest creation boosts the 2011-2014 […]

April 30, 2015

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Ford reveals 2017 F-150 Raptor with aluminum body, new turbo V6 (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

[imagebrowser id=169] When Ford introduced a new design and aluminum body for the 2015 F-150, the only downside was the uncertainty the new F-150 cast over the future of one of the automaker’s most successful truck models ever: the F-150 Raptor. Though production of the Raptor has ceased temporarily, Ford made very clear this morning that it […]

January 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Watch the 1,000-person process of building a Ford F-150

Considering the fact that a Ford F-Series pickup is sold every 38 seconds in the U.S., Ford has to churn them out pretty quickly. Recently, Bloomberg TV visited Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan to see how the automaker is able to meet that demand. Each week about 7,000 F-Series trucks roll off the […]

April 3, 2014