2010 Ford F-150 Raptor SVT jump after all the modern conveniences for day-to-day life just is not contrary to the uncivilized activities to see how much air you can see the car skid plates and solid ground.
And therein lies the beauty of this special animal. Because it is such a sweet-board navigation system with voice-activated SYNC leather interior with heated seats, dual-zone climate control and satellite radio are considered standard in the truck, specially built for 100-miles-per-hour explosions in the desert?
Since late 2009 actually, when FoMoCo the first version of F-150 Raptor SVT on an unsuspecting public. Unlike all previous products of the Ford Special Vehicle Team, including F-150 SVT Lightning-based, this car is not his best work in the sidewalk and starts really nasty things.
It is no secret that we raptor our first experience behind the wheel like, and it is now better than ever before.
How? Read on to learn.
Our largest and perhaps only real complaint commenced when the Raptor is that the 5.4-liter V8 engine is underpowered for the kind of jokes are heavy chassis and improved suspension and support. Ford heard our cries for more power and remedy the situation, new 6.2-liter V8 that is suitable for service Raptor after he first saw action in the Ford Super Duty truck line.
Here are the first couple of really good news: we are all positive to say about the original Raptor carries more completely intact with 6.2-powered version. Has the health fully boxed frame, which is a full seven inches wider than the standard F-150, and 17-inch wheels with tires, BF Goodrich, specially made for all surfaces.
Find the lever in the Raptor 6.2 for switching between the two wheels, four-wheel drive high and four-wheel drive low. If it really hard that hard to go back and I can lock the outside compulsive Road model, using electronic magic of gas and switching cards together with a change threshold of stability, traction control and ABS. Finally, a handy dandy features Hill Descent Control, which deters you to scroll up or down steep slopes.
And if you happen to be in over his head, despite all efforts hive mind of the truck's computer system will transmit the most important pieces that are part of the front and rear suspension. There are 11.2-inch bump-consumption of travel front and 12.1 inch rear. Damping functions are expertly handled a particular set of shocks, Fox Racing, a triple bypass valve function within, making them do things like jump in a leap year high mountain sports. These belts are very impressive and almost impossible to find errors.
We now return to the route of the Baja testing. We quickly discovered that not only manage the Raptor. You can pilot. The first thing after arriving in the not-so-secret test site was at the front of a massive truck tires point in the general direction of the main ramp and follow to bury the accelerator. After this first successful launch and landing, we repeated the offense again and again ... completely in the name of science, of course. Suffice it to say that the process of leaping three tons of old pickup, but we were wondering how a bright orange machine does the rest of the trip is an obstacle.
A few laps around the test showed a handful of points. First, is it really possible to break the Raptors, but you need something really stupid that this happened to. Talking to act without any rational thought that should qualify for a Darwin award if you do not. More likely scenario is that feeling panic at the first sign of pushing too far Raptor is a strange bag.
Second, that the biggest obstacle to getting his pilot license Raptor has the courage to set foot on the gas on the side of your brains is always present incentives to control their lives and body coverage.
Third, once you get the elusive switch that the brains together with the demand for self-preservation to find the Raptor is almost anything that Mother Nature has in his arsenal. Vespa-sized boulders, ditches and tire-swallowing potholes big enough to stop the blitzkrieg sent all the air of invincibility. If you are unsure whether the area is passable, it probably just means you're not fast enough to make him jump. We're really not kidding here - the truck has a shock is designed with multiple levels of damping force, which basically means that the biggest hits were soaked at least as flexible as a minor obstacle, and the decline is much less likely to be uncomfortable When you move to a decent speed.
The ultimate off-road delight, we learned during our visit to the track on the 6.2-liter engine is much more willing and able partner in the previous 310-hp 5.4-liter Triton V8. Maybe this is obvious, but the fact is that Raptor can handle all of 411 horsepower and 434 pounds-feet of torque the new engine is able to provide.
And now it's time for a real revelation Raptor hide all the time: This machine is very friendly when it's time to go into the wilderness and back home. What seemed only minutes before, rather than as something specially made to jump over gaping holes unspeakable volcano in Iceland is now a good old Ford F-150 from ... and fun.
Incredibly, the ride is smooth and good control while driving on surface streets. Moreover, the cabin quiet and pleasant enough inside for the bank to carry an interview with them in the back seat, no screaming. Controls are fairly tight as a giant gum, what motivates Raptor. Steering feeling is too easy and quick for our liking, but it's certainly on par with the rest of his off-road-oriented rivals full-size truck.
Perhaps the biggest problem with the gloomy economy Raptor. We are in a poor average of 13.7 miles per gallon on the executive board, which included a long slog on the highway from the area-to-the-wall stretching off road.
This is somewhat contrary leaf, F-150 Raptor SVT. On one side of the vehicle has been specially bred to tackle the Baja 1000: e On the other hand, it is sophisticated enough that you and Mrs. for a surprise night out. Well, assuming that she would not mind having in our tests the bright orange color and a matte black graphics package. We should at least along the inner system.
Maybe it's a matter of course, but we enjoyed the week we spent with the 2010 Ford Raptor 6.2. All good things we ever wrote about the Raptor is the newest version, but unfortunately we believe that it is more strength to go.
It is clear that the 6.2-liter V8 engine is a Ford Raptor to be blessed from the beginning. Of course I like the extra 101 horses in the previous engine, but in reality we still want more, and we have to wonder how Ford is effective, but the surprisingly strong 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine could be felt in This off-road program.
However, the base price of $ 41,995 (for a reasonable $ 3,000 more expensive than the outgoing 5.4, which already exists for 2011) do not hear us complain about much at all about the fun-per-dollar share of 6.2 - powered raptor. While the ticket may cost less, have more fun than flying on the back of this bird of prey.
