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New Ford Bronco Raptor Rendered With Cutout Doors and Carbon-Fiber Fender Flares

Earlier this year, the Ford Motor Company revealed the Bronco with two off-road options. First and foremost, there’s the Badlands trim level. Secondly, the Sasquatch Package adds a lot of mechanical goodies that should come in handy on the trail, including a maximum crawl ratio of 94.75:1 for the manual transmission.
Ford Bronco Raptor rendering by HIYLITE DESIGN on Behance 10 photos
Photo: HIYLITE DESIGN on Behance
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The Blue Oval is keeping its lips shut on what’s next, though. Some say that Warthog is the nameplate of the most off-road specification while others such as pixel artist HIYLITE DESIGN believe that another Raptor should do the trick.

There are some problems with the second option, starting with the Raptor’s legacy. This designation has been introduced for the 2010 model year with the F-150, and since then, only the Ranger was treated to Raptor goodies. There’s no denying the next-generation Ranger will get a Raptor version – rumored to be plug-in hybrid – but the Bronco is a two- and four-door utility vehicle instead of a pickup truck.

But that’s not all. An EDS systems engineer working for the Ford Motor Company listed the Bronco Raptor as a 2023 model on his Linkedin profile until recently. The reference has been removed from his profile after forums and motoring publications picked up the subject, and this reaction is raising more questions than it answers.

If the Blue Oval indeed offers a Bronco Raptor at some point in the future, the rendering from HIYLITE DESIGN should be interpreted as speculation rather than a preview for the real deal. Carbon-fiber fender flares would be too expensive for this type of vehicle, but the oversized tires and beefed-up suspension are must-haves.

The cutout doors are an interesting addition too, similar in design to the Bronco prototype shown by the Ford Motor Company in promotional images. McLaren also offers this type of doors in the case of the Senna hypercar, but the cutout is actually glass which is meant to help drivers keep their eyes on the tarmac when tracking.

As to the suck-squeeze-bang-blow part, the Bronco Raptor would definitely make sense with the most high-output engine option. Ford is working on a plug-in hybrid with a 3.0-liter turbo V6, and word has it that 450 horsepower or so are in the pipeline.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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