Originally Posted by
tylus
Raptor was a great idea. But Ford stupidly will only make it in a Supercab. And with the price hike it's gonna see...well it's gonna be outside the price ranges of most people who will want one. Ford should have marketed it to the 25-40 yr old with multiple kids. Supercab just doesn't cut the mustard when you have to put kids in the backseat.
to be honest, the Raptor is an awesome idea, but the only real reason to buy one IMO is for the body package and the 6.2 motor. You can build a similarly able F-150 for $10-15,000 cheaper that will perform admirably in most 4x4 situations....except Baja of course.
I think why they wouldnt market the Raptor to 25-40yr olds with kids, is because they market that "similiarly able F150 for 10-15k cheaper" to the family man. Its a specialty truck and they probably dont expect to see really high sales numbers. I mean (IMO of course) who would buy a baja race truck to haul the kiddies to walmart. Same thing goes for a Corvette, you cant haul a family around in one of them, but they still sell and they come with a pretty high price tag.