2016 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Spy Photos - Car and Driver
” because Ford’s macho-awesome, off-roading-optimized F-150 SVT Raptor appears to have survived the regular F-150 ’s transition into aluminum-ness. What you see here is a test mule wearing a mashup of 2015 F-150 and outgoing SVT Raptor parts out for a lovely day of testing. This prototype proves Ford has committed to keeping its impressive, Special Vehicle Team–tuned beast around for a second generation. This is a relief, given how, at this year’s Detroit auto show, Ford’s truck marketing manager revealed the Raptor wouldn’t be on the automaker’s 2015 roster. After all, a world without enormous, fuel-sucking trucks with suspensions capable of bombing across the Baja at 80 mph isn’t a world worth living in. Platform: Like the plain-Jane 2015 F-150, expect the Raptor version to once again ride on a steel... The prototype pictured here wears the 2015 F-150’s aluminum crew cab, but marries that part with the current-generation Raptor’s front clip and (presumably steel) pickup bed. Despite insisting an aluminum-bodied pickup suffers no strength or durability deficiencies compared a steel-bodied rig—witness its running of an aluminum-bodied F-150 race truck in secret at the 2013 Baja 1000—Ford’s probably going to need to keep... If Ford can show the SVT. Source: www.caranddriver.com
