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06-13-2013, 10:55 AM
Filed under: Aftermarket (http://www.autoblog.com/category/aftermarket/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/), First Drives (http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/), Off-Road (http://www.autoblog.com/category/off-road/)
Raptor, Excursion, Texas And Hennessey
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Each of those words are synonyms for big and bold - combine all four and you've got one of the largest, most powerful and robust street-going sport utility vehicles in the world.
John Hennessey (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hennessey/) is a Texas-based tuner known for creating some of the fastest and most capable cars on the planet. Over the past two decades, machines like the Viper Venom 550, Ford GT 1000 Twin Turbo, HPE 700 LS9 Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/06/hennessey-building-zr1-powered-hpe700-chevy-camaro-convertible/) and the almighty Venom GT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hennessey+venom+gt/) have emerged from the Hennessey Performance garage. And those are just the celebrated flagships; the company has modified thousands of other street cars including those from Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/audi/), Bentley (http://www.autoblog.com/bentley/), Cadillac (http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/), Ferrari (http://www.autoblog.com/ferrari/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/), Porsche (http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/) and Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/), to name a few.
Now, after tuning countless Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150+svt+raptor/) pickups and fielding multiple requests, the company has created something unique to fill a void in the performance-oriented sport utility segment. It is called the Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/20/hennessey-completes-first-velociraptor-suv-conversion-w-video/), and Autoblog was recently handed the keys to the very first example to hit the pavement.Continue reading 2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/2013-hennessey-velociraptor-600-suv-review-first-drive/)
2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/2013-hennessey-velociraptor-600-suv-review-first-drive/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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Raptor, Excursion, Texas And Hennessey
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Each of those words are synonyms for big and bold - combine all four and you've got one of the largest, most powerful and robust street-going sport utility vehicles in the world.
John Hennessey (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hennessey/) is a Texas-based tuner known for creating some of the fastest and most capable cars on the planet. Over the past two decades, machines like the Viper Venom 550, Ford GT 1000 Twin Turbo, HPE 700 LS9 Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/06/hennessey-building-zr1-powered-hpe700-chevy-camaro-convertible/) and the almighty Venom GT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hennessey+venom+gt/) have emerged from the Hennessey Performance garage. And those are just the celebrated flagships; the company has modified thousands of other street cars including those from Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/audi/), Bentley (http://www.autoblog.com/bentley/), Cadillac (http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/), Ferrari (http://www.autoblog.com/ferrari/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/), Porsche (http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/) and Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/), to name a few.
Now, after tuning countless Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150+svt+raptor/) pickups and fielding multiple requests, the company has created something unique to fill a void in the performance-oriented sport utility segment. It is called the Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/20/hennessey-completes-first-velociraptor-suv-conversion-w-video/), and Autoblog was recently handed the keys to the very first example to hit the pavement.Continue reading 2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/2013-hennessey-velociraptor-600-suv-review-first-drive/)
2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/2013-hennessey-velociraptor-600-suv-review-first-drive/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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