If your biggest concern fuel mileage buy a car. People who drive trucks know they suck down the fuel. I wouldn't call ford stupid for coming out with a bada$$ truck like this. It fits a nich market that won't really care about mileage and even if they don't make money on this platform, it gives them a test bench to innovate new products that may someday make thier way to everyday trucks making them more reliable, more fuel efficient, and more capable overall.

I've been driving a car for the last 6 years and am so happy to be out of them and back into trucks. I'd rather spen $300 in fuel a month than drive my civic. However thats why I carpool now.

However if they'd ever put out a half ton diesel that would solve this problem.

 

I have nothing against Ford for coming out with the current Raptor. I'm saying it would be stupid to spend a bunch of money to develop a line of Raptor series trucks which is what were are talking about with a "Raptor Expedition" that wont sell in two years. Yes it is a niche market, I understand this but why would they expand the line if no body will buy the trucks when gas goes up.

You can't honestly sit there and say that people will go out in droves to purchase a truck when gas hit's $4/gallon. Especially since we already know what happened just a few years ago when gas went up. Truck sales plummeted and demand for fuel efficient cars went up.

 

i honestly think they should come out with a raptor ranger, it would be their best bet.

they could put their ecoboost technology on the exhisting ranger and it would be insaine

just my .02 though

 

they could do their ecoboost 6 cylinder in the raptor ranger!

i would buy that...

 

I dunno. Part of what makes it work is the relatively light weight and simple design of the pickup body.

Imagine throwing an extra 800lbs of body and interior on, and trying to fit all those extra suspension components in around the mandatory third-row bench seat.

If ford does it, expect it to be a diluted package, with plenty of fancy paint and decals, but less good stuff under the hood to back it up.

Just sayin'

 

This is why Dodge never built an SUV w the Viper V10 engine. The added weight totally messed up the mpg which killed that SUV

 

Google 2012 velociraptor to see what it would look like

 

I think a raptor suv would be great but I think the varible weight of changing number of passengers would make the suspension portion tuff. I would love the ranger raptor because it would put it in a price range the almost anyone could afford. You build an off road race series around it.

 

That would be BAD A man

 

hennessey is making one

Hennessey Armored Performance Vehicles (APV) | Hennessey Performance

 

I've seen the same pic but with in a bronco version, looks awesome as hell.

 

Dont hold your breath on a Raptor Ranger. This is the last year for any ranger in the US

 

Are they coming out with anything to replace the ranger?

 

Yeah. The f150.

they say that a Ranger is 90% of the size of a F150 and they get the same fuel milage. So they want you to go buy a F150. If i wanted a F150 i would of bought one. I wanted a ranger(midsize) and that is what i bought. If Ford is not going to make one, i will go buy a jap truck.

they say there is not enough sales to justify a ranger, so they are dropping it. It is the #7 truck in the US. #7!!!! out of full size, foreign, american, ALL TRUCKS, I think that aint bad I think they just want to up their pressious F-series sales cuz GM is not far behind the #1 selling vehicle(f-series)

 

That's lammmeee