2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Roars To Life

by Auto in the News on October 6, 2010

F-150 SVT Raptor imageThe new Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is the ultimate off-roading machine. With a standard 411 horsepower 6.2-liter V8 engine under the hood, and heavy-duty suspension, the new Raptor can tackle just about any off-road terrain. And, best of all it’s 100 percent street-legal.

“We spent a lot of time developing our desert durability test so that it’s very close to replicating the Baja 1000,” said Kerry Baldori, global performance chief functional engineer. “Desert testing proved to be a very quick way to learn about the reliability of the truck, and it put another level of extreme loads on the engine that our normal durability testing doesn’t need to cover.”

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