Raptor

If you haven’t had a chance to check out our full review of the 2017 Ford Raptor, you definitely should. It’s a badass off-road monster that’s also livable day-to-day. But how do they manage to pull off such a feat?

Ford is set to take on the SCORE Baja 1000, one of the most grueling and difficult races in the entire world. The truck that Ford is using for the race is the 2017 Raptor, and to prove just how impressive it is, the truck is mostly stock.

Now that the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is official, be sure to check out our hot lap video riding shotgun in the new performance car. One of the things you’ll notice about that car is that it is using a new 10-speed automatic transmission.

It appears that Hennessey’s vehicular onslaught isn’t nearly slowing down. They’ve just pulled the wraps off the the bigger brother to the F-150 VelociRaptor 600. Known as the F-250 VelociRaptor, it’s based on Ford’s behemoth F-250 Lariat pickup truck but with an SUV body.

Chris Pratt’s velociraptor-taming pose in Jurassic World has become a popular Internet meme, with real zookeepers even joining in the fun, assuming the same pose in front of their animals. But I think Ford’s parody of the scene is the best one yet, as their zookeeper tames some F-150 Raptor pickups instead of the prehistoric kind.

Back in January, Ken Block gave us the a look at his ultimate snow vehicle in the form of a Ford Raptor truck with tank treads instead of wheels at each corner. The truck is called the RaptorTRAX and it is awesome.

As if you couldn’t already get your 2x4s home faster than everyone else, Shelby American took the current-gen (2011-2014) Raptor and bumped up its F-150 SVT’s power like Vladimir Putin rides horses, with utter abandon. From the factory, the Ford F-150 Raptor made enough power to soil your dungarees with its four-wheel driven 411 hp, and the Shelby Version made even more at 575.

I’m not sure if this automotive Frankenstein is a good thing or a bad thing. I guess it depends on if you like heavily modified trucks. Someone has taken on OJ-era Ford Bronco and gutted it leaving only the body shell behind.