So if we look at the Raptor as a high-speed off-road sports vehicle it starts to make sense. Same way as your HSV Maloo isn’t designed for the sort of work done by a poverty-pack Hilux, and a 250cc dirtbike isn’t designed for the same job as a 1200cc tourer. It’s a sport truck, and I hate myself for sounding like a marketing droid, but it’s true. Well, by that definition I don’t think this Raptor is a ute. It’s utility, right? Load lugging, heavy duty, built tough for work, work, work, not speed, speed, speed. Let’s start with the name.Ĭonsider what a ute is. Yet Ford’s chief engineer reckons everyone is missing the point of the Raptor, and for once I agree. When key specs are held back it’s usually because they aren’t very impressive and the carmaker hopes nobody asks, which is tedious because then I end up writing unnecessary emails. Ford isn’t going to release tare or GVM weights yet and, yes, I did ask. The poor towing capacity of 2500kg doesn’t help matters either – not that the Ranger’s 3500kg rating is real-world realistic anyway. People see the 2.0L engine, and as 150kW/500Nm is not appreciably more than the Ranger PX’s 147kW/470Nm that’s it, end of story. Milk, oranges, 2.0L, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But after reading the news reports on the new Ford, he was upset, and letting me know in no uncertain terms.īut his angst was, and is nothing compared to the vitriol poured out on Facebook. “WHAT IS FORD DOING?” was the start to the conversation, followed by, “they have taken my Christmas away!” and “how can this be an epic truck with an engine like that?”Ī mate had been hanging out for a Ranger Raptor, delaying the replacement of his BT-50 in anticipation.
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