FSVT i know your excited! lol

The sad part is most of the trucks they sell will NEVER even see dirt. What a waist of a great off road truck.

Ha i thought they ONLY came in Orange or Black?
CADDY, you’d be surprised, alot of these buyers will actually use it off-road. This is more Wrangler, Xterra, etc territory – not Range Rover. I already talked to a guy already in talks with a dealer about one and he’s ready to get it covered in mud.

Yeeeee-haaaa! Actually looks pretty cool. But, I couldn’t tell what brand this truck was when looking at the front of the vehicle.

GMasaurus: I agree. It needs to be bigger and in chrome.

@A4-
I just can’t stand people that buy a truck like this and don’t ever let it get the play time it was made for. I personaly don’t like the way a truck looks if it dosen’t have some mud on it.

I like the grill.

@ A4… it comes in Blue and White, too. It just doesn’t do any justice to that truck in any color but black, though!

this is what the f150 should be about

I agree CADDY, dont buy an off road truck if you dont plan on using it.

I’m not so sure about the collectible part. Where are all those SVT Lightning pickups that were the big rage not so long ago? They’re sitting on the back lot of Honest Henry’s Used Car Emporium collecting dust. I know, I’ve seen plenty of them. If you buy a Raptor just use it for its intended mission. If you want a collectible Ford go find a GT.

Unfortunately, you’re looking at 1450 pavement princesses, and about 50 that will be used for what they are made for.

Is this vehicle pricey and extravagant?

zfender, the article says 31% of buyers bought it for its off road ability. Thats more than 50. Like i said, this is more akin to the Wrangler crowd than it is to the Range Rover crowd. It will get off road use.

A Baja Pre-runner straight from the factory. What’s not to love!!

this vehicle isnt that pricey and extravagant, it will sticker for 38 grand which is a great deal when you that a price of a fully loaded half ton is close to 50 grand. If I was in the market I would be putting my pre-order in right now

I wished they would put some of these design elements onto the F150. The Raptor always looks more like a midsize in photos and spot on, versus the ungainly tall sided F150

I think its time for an SVT Raptor Ranger

This is the only truck I would ever buy, other than the H3 Truck. I would have waited if I were them for the 400 hp 6.2L, but that’s just me. I’d buy mine in Orange w/graphics pack and with the Orange interior, if you are going to buy this thing, might as well be as abnoxious as possible! Think about the looks you’d get for just around $40k, it’s a steal!

I think its stupid to order an Off Road Truck with a Moon roof. I mean if an Off Orad Road Vehicle Flip and you have the Moon Roof open and no seat belt on. Guess who will be ejected and then summarily crushed under their F-150 Raptors 4 thousand pound weight. You!

I would order it except I don’t have the money and No no Moonroof!

Bank2009, why would anybody go off-roading with the moon roof open, and without seatbelts??

99% of Porsches sold stateside will never take a hard corner or go north of 100mph. Same with Bimmers, Ferrarris, Lambos, and 98% of Vettes.

As such even if 10% of these Raptors see some dirt the average buyer is more genuine and less of a poseur than your typical sportscar buying homo or soccer mom.

Bankruptcy2009, that was one of the dumbest posts I’ve ever read. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get rid of this mental image of Raptors screaming across the desert with their drivers flying out through the roof. Really, I’m laughing so hard my sides hurt.

^i second that notion.

^Without their seatbelts on while off-roading?

hey johnny maybe theyll have a recall for it and 1115 can have a field day.

I agree. That was one dumbass post. I mean, I actually felt dumber after reading that post. Hell most Americans wear a seatbelt to move their car in the driveway or to the street. But this truck evokes a wild side in me for some reason. I think this is the truck that we’ve been missing from the American truck fusion. This is what the Wrangler used to be about. But I don’t see a reason for owning this in suburban Dallas, TX. Makes me want to drive up to Oklahoma to try it out though.

I’m one of those 1500 orders! Can’t wait!

Congratulations, Jon Luc. Jump a hill for me, will you?

This truck looks like total balls-out fun. I’d get it in orange, just like Jake said. And I’d go running off-road in the Nevada desert all the time, just for kicks.

yeah, i love this thing, and i’d have to have one in orange too…

not surprised that in this thread most posts are just bitching about drivers, though…can’t even just appreciate the truck for what it is an move on…gotta bitch about something!

So… that’s 1500 guys who think their penis is a bit too small.

Such a shame.

Raineman, again with the penis comments? So what exactly does someone not compensating for a small penis drive – a Smart Fortwo? Seems to me someone so worried about others compensating must have a small dick problem of their own that needs to be compensated for. Go jump on your bicycle and pedal home…

Most people who have bought this have probably heard you all complain about how it should be used off-road. You can continue telling them that.

Raptors screaming across the desert… maybe they can make a commercial out of that. About the only Ford commercial that I would like other than this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvtzEgFBl3I

Nice one jayjc. I hate cats but I like pussy. Does that mean I have a split personality or just like things that are split?

Good god, that video made me laugh so hard.

Raineman must be hung like a deer tick.

My point is this… I don’t need some gigantic lifted “off road” machine just to drive to the office, pick the kids up from school, and go to the grocery or home improvement store in.

Statistics apparently show that only around 1/3 of these vehicles will actually be used off road… so the rest of them will be cruising the streets wasting fuel and clogging up drive-thrus and parking lots. Just like most of the “Heavy Duty” pickups I see. They are being used as commuter vehicles by little men in business suits who apparently feel the need to compensate for something.

Unlike some people… I actually have a brain in my head and a bit of sensibility. I don’t need a huge truck, so I drive a smaller fuel efficient vehicle instead. Americans need to stop being so pig-headed and actually start looking at the bigger picture. We have become the symbol of gross extravagance and waste… yet we don’t understand why the rest of the world hates us.

One crash or, much worse, rollover and that thing is trashed, what’s the fun in that?

I’d rather see a new Lightning come out….

RaineMan, to Hell with the rest of the world and their opinion of us. We drive what we want to drive because this is America, and we have freedom of choice. That was earned and paid for by the blood of our Fore Fathers. You don’t like it or think it’s wasteful, fine. That’s cool, but I for one couldn’t care less what you think about it or what others in other countries think. Not everyone has the same needs and desires as you when choosing their vehicle. Imagine a world of Priuses. How homogenous and boring.

As far as “compensating”…please. Same weak insult regarding those who own guns.

Everyone who buys this truck: ENJOY IT. And park real close to a Prius when you’re in the parking lot.

ok…where is the 4-door???

johnny- If you like pussy, you probably like things that are split. It’s unlikely you have a split personality

daveman- Personally I can’t see a new Lightning coming out. The “round” generation of F-series trucks actually could pull off the “sporty” look. The current generation is just too bulky looking and even the base versions are too rigged for towing and hauling stuff.

My only comment for RaineMan is: What about the women who ordered Raptors? What are they compensating for?

The idea of a 2wd for “off-road” puzzles me…

It’s like using a vibrator without batteries… It’ll do the job but…

Raineman, I rarely see someone in a business suit driving a Heavy Duty – probably 90-95% of HD trucks are used for work purposes, and those guys you see in business suits probably have horses, an RV, or some other significant use for a truck like that.

Jayjc08, this is for you…
http://thewallpapers.narod.ru/archive04/ford_lightning_svt_concept_2003.jpg
I think it pulls it off pretty well.

shoptime, ask Robby Gordon how 2wd works in the dirt. Even his Dakar Hummer is 2wd and he manages to keep up with 4wd machinery quite nicely.

If I am to believe everything I see on Rides, the average Baja truck is a pre-runner.

The only thing I’m curious about is why you need heated leather seats in a truck primed to be used in the mud and dirt…. Just seems out of place…

who doesn’t want a warm ass while bouncing over the dunes? duh…

^ You don’t need heated seats for that. ^

Just the friction alone will warm it.

So your buns are warm while you fly out the moonroof maybe?

A4- That almost pulls it off, but it still looks too bulky too me. Maybe it’s just me. The current F-series is even worse. Really, it seems they had the squared, chiseled 9th gen, the very round 10th gen and then took a step back to the square, chiseled design.

Hate low emission vehicles so much that when I see one on the freeway I accelerate more so the emissions are even.

That was obviously a lie, but who said lies weren’t cooler than truths?

Another lie.

I am 90% sure these ZR2 F-150s will have no problem tackling such rough terrarin like the speed bumps at McDonalds and the occasional pot hole.

My oh my…how did we ever cope with such things before the JC Whitney special?

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Once again, Ford introduces their answer to a question nobody was stupid enough to ask. Thank God we ONLY gave Ford 5 BILLION of our tax dollars.

The realist- “thank god we only gave them 5 Billion dollars”?? Are you stupid or just acting stupid. Ford hasn’t been “given” any money from the taxpayers. There are some energy grants and low interest loans, but NO BAILOUT money here!! Get your facts from facts and not from NMOFGM or 1115. But then again you did call them “ZR2 F150’s”…what the F????

Hmmm…let’s break this one down.

-US Citizens pay TAXES to the Government.
-The Government FUNDS the Department of Energy.
-DOE money = Government money.

Well, look at that…Ford did take taxpayer money.

And it’s just plain common sense that the 5 BILLION they received from the Government allows the money Ford was originally going to spend on “retooling” on other things…like keeping the lights on.

The DOE loans were the original bailout.

When I get my Raptor I am going to get two of the Largest Bowling Balls I can find and put them in a Fishnet sack and Dangle them from My Truck’s Rear Hitch to let everyone know following me that I have the Biggest set of Family Jewels Going or Coming!!!! lol make all those other Trucks seem impotent in comparison

This truck is amazing! They have a black one at the ford dealer by my house. It all black with the luxury package, the best part is that i got to test drive it today. the thing sounds way more beastly than my Trailblazer ss. and looks the part as well.