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It pains us to say this, but that purported high-performance pickup truck from Chevy or GMC isn’t going to happen. According to insider intel gathered by Edmunds, the ballistic 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor finds itself in a one-horse race.
Introduced in January at the Detroit Auto Show in January together with the 2017 Ford GT and the 2016 Shelby GT350R Mustang, the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is a masterpiece of rough and ready dune running. Truth be told, it’s not the jacked up heavy-duty suspension that makes the Raptor special.
The name of the game here is “OMG, the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor has an both an AWD and a 4WD system? That’s nuts!” But the combo isn’t just for show - the all-wheel drive system was developed for on-road driving, while 4WD kicks in off the beaten track. In addition to this, there is an all-new 10-speed automatic sending 450 horsepower to all four wheels from a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 powerhouse.
It’s a far cry from the old SVT Raptor’s 411 HP and 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 and, as the previously mentioned publication learned from General Motors, Chevrolet (or GMC) may be overwhelmed by the technology poured by FoMoCo's Performance division into the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor.
The rumor mill hints that a recent filing with the USPTO for “Badlands” would materialize into the purported Raptor competitor, but General Motors' exec VP of global product development begs to differ.
"We have a lot of priorities," Mark Reuss told Edmunds. “Capital is not endless. That is not one of our highest priorities in terms of spending capital right now." In any case, all is not lost according to the following statement: “We showed the ZR2 [concept off-road pickup truck] and said we would like to do that,” so there’s a small glimmer of hope that the mid-size Colorado will get the go-faster treatment.
The name of the game here is “OMG, the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor has an both an AWD and a 4WD system? That’s nuts!” But the combo isn’t just for show - the all-wheel drive system was developed for on-road driving, while 4WD kicks in off the beaten track. In addition to this, there is an all-new 10-speed automatic sending 450 horsepower to all four wheels from a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 powerhouse.
It’s a far cry from the old SVT Raptor’s 411 HP and 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 and, as the previously mentioned publication learned from General Motors, Chevrolet (or GMC) may be overwhelmed by the technology poured by FoMoCo's Performance division into the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor.
The rumor mill hints that a recent filing with the USPTO for “Badlands” would materialize into the purported Raptor competitor, but General Motors' exec VP of global product development begs to differ.
"We have a lot of priorities," Mark Reuss told Edmunds. “Capital is not endless. That is not one of our highest priorities in terms of spending capital right now." In any case, all is not lost according to the following statement: “We showed the ZR2 [concept off-road pickup truck] and said we would like to do that,” so there’s a small glimmer of hope that the mid-size Colorado will get the go-faster treatment.
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