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05-25-2010, 10:00 AM
Filed under: Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/), Off-Road (http://www.autoblog.com/category/off-road/)
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2011 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Unless you're a died-in-the-burlap save-the-planet kind of person, you probably think the 2010 Ford SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/model/raptor) is freakin' cool. There's not a factory truck on the planet that can wing across the desert floor (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/31/video-ford-f-150-raptor-svt-storming-across-the-desert/) with equal ease, grace and unmitigated speed.
The 2010 Raptor genuinely has no competition In the world of production trucks, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved. If you bent the ear of the right Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) engineer, he would admit that the 2010 SVT Raptor was supposed to launch with the 6.2-liter SOHC V8 we're testing today. The aging 310-horsepower 5.4-liter Triton mill included at launch was never the perfect fit for the radical Raptor. Too tame.
From the truck's introduction last Fall, everyone knew the all-new iron-block/aluminum-head 6.2-liter engine (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/09/ford-raptor-6-2-liter-goes-on-sale-nearly-3-000-already-ordered/) would be better. But no one knew how much better until now. Read about our wild test drive (and brief flight) after the ummm... jump.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/01svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012229)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/02svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012230)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/03svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012232)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/04svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012233)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/05svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012234)
Photos by Rex Roy / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. and Ford Motor CompanyContinue reading First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/25/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive/)
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2011 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Unless you're a died-in-the-burlap save-the-planet kind of person, you probably think the 2010 Ford SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/model/raptor) is freakin' cool. There's not a factory truck on the planet that can wing across the desert floor (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/31/video-ford-f-150-raptor-svt-storming-across-the-desert/) with equal ease, grace and unmitigated speed.
The 2010 Raptor genuinely has no competition In the world of production trucks, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved. If you bent the ear of the right Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) engineer, he would admit that the 2010 SVT Raptor was supposed to launch with the 6.2-liter SOHC V8 we're testing today. The aging 310-horsepower 5.4-liter Triton mill included at launch was never the perfect fit for the radical Raptor. Too tame.
From the truck's introduction last Fall, everyone knew the all-new iron-block/aluminum-head 6.2-liter engine (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/09/ford-raptor-6-2-liter-goes-on-sale-nearly-3-000-already-ordered/) would be better. But no one knew how much better until now. Read about our wild test drive (and brief flight) after the ummm... jump.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/01svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012229)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/02svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012230)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/03svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012232)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/04svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012233)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/05svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2/#3012234)
Photos by Rex Roy / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. and Ford Motor CompanyContinue reading First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/25/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive/)
First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/25/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 25 May 2010 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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