Mr. Regular Says the 2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Is "Hot Garbage"

It's not uncommon for the Raptor to be criticized. Downsizing to a V6 engine stirred a lot of discussions, for example. And it's not uncommon for the truck owners to have brash, in-your-face political opinions or park in Tesla charging bays.

However, it's pretty rare that somebody outright argues that the Raptor is a bad vehicle. Yet that's what the master of insulting cars did in his latest video. We're talking about a 2014 SVT Raptor report by Regular Car Reviews.

We've been listening to him mock cars since 2012 and honestly still find him entertaining from time to time. The dirty old man humor can be a little tricky to follow, but at least he tries to be factual with actual criticism.

The video starts off by pointing out that Ford is a master of badge engineering, turning base models into marketing wonders with 75% markups. Turning a half-ton fleet truck into an SVT is like arriving at a nice restaurant in army boots and a cutoff T-shirt, but it works.

The first real criticism targets structural rigidity. Being an old SuperCab body from the 2010s, it doesn't have B-pillars or body rigidity, so you hear the flex going over bad roads and when closing the door.

We're reminded that the early Raptors also came with a 5.4-liter Modular 3-valve V8, which made 310 horsepower and 390 lb-ft (528 Nm) of torque. However, most people wanted the more powerful 6.2-liter shared with the Super Duty that made 411 hp and 434 lb-ft (588 Nm)—on good gas. So they dropped the smaller engine in 2011.

While Ford marketing and internet stunts will lead you to believe that the Raptor is a road-legal race truck, Mr. Regular argues it drives and handles just like a normal Ford. But it admittedly has many toys on it, from the shocks to the locking diffs and all the widebody armor.