The Ford Ranger Raptor Will Arrive In January With Just Four Cylinders
It looks like we have a reveal date for the Ford Ranger Raptor; the sensibly-sized pickup that distils some of the fearsome engineering and attitude from the massive F-150 Raptor.
Ford has positioned the upgraded Ranger as a middle ground between that and the larger trucks that would either be unsuitable or too unprofitable to import to certain markets, like Europe and Australia.
If motoring.com.au is right, the battle-hardened Raptor will be launched on 7 February in Bangkok, Thailand. That’s also when the full tech spec will be revealed, but it won’t get the six-cylinder EcoBoost petrol engine in Europe, if it comes here, or Down Under, where it definitely is going.
The 2.0-litre diesel under the bonnet will be one of Ford’s latest and most highly tuned. It’s expected that the old five-pot diesel’s 197bhp and 347lb ft are the output benchmarks to beat.
As the flagship, the Raptor will feature a multi-link rear suspension setup derived from the Everest SUV. There are coil springs, a vastly wider track, more ground clearance and four disc brakes inside chunky 285/70 R17 BF Goodrich all-terrain tyres.
Its bodywork will be more muscular. The front bumper will be a more aggressive item and the grille will match. Staying at the front, LED headlights are reportedly a standard item.
It’s not cheap, though. In Australia the grapevine is saying that AUD$80,000 (£46,129, $61,743) is the start point before any options; around $20,000 more expensive than a regular Ranger.
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LOL are you kidding me? So pathetic!!! Yeah like i’m gonna pay 60k for a high end “performance” off road truck but it has a four cylinder. So gay.
Whether it’s bad or not will depend on how well it’s made . 4 cylinders are definitely not bad ever heard of the a45 amg,focus rs, golf r or the bmw m12/13 4 cylinder f1 engine which made up to 1500hp in 1983
Given your retort to “it has four cylinders” is “So gay”, its pretty evident that you are not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Ford is constantly putting 2 few cylinders in their performance cars.
But they’re consistently crushing the competition.
Longer bed please. Looks bad enough on the f-150
Ford has pussified all of their flagship products. V6 raptor, V6 GT, now this with 4 cylinders… I guess the gt500 is their only saving grace. The last thing with balls they have left
Mate, not everything has to have a bunch of cylinders and displacement and a crossplane crankshaft. They have very good reasons to make cars that have small engines. It does annoy me when cars get downsized sometimes, but they still have v8 trucks, and this truck makes a lot of sense when you aren’t towing a house every day.
2.0 Litre diesel!? I have my doubts about that. I hope they are not mistaking more boost for power like their competitors. Otherwise they would end up with a similar scenario like VW with their amarok. They only recently fixed it with the new 3.0 L twin turbo V6
How about downsizing the car as well.
It had the same bed space as an H2
Here’s hoping it would arrive in Southeast Asia
Am I the only one who thinks it looks EXACTLY like the Dodge Ram?
50 k and a 4cyl diesel??
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