Why does Ford not give us these?

[t4thfavor]

I would be curious to know if specialty vehicles (ex. raptor) actually pay for them selves or is everybody paying so a company can have showy vehicles in their line up.

A Raptor is 75K now, so I'd assume they are making bank on them considering it's barely a cosmetic upgrade, and the engine is nearly identical to stuff they are already tooled to make.

(By Cosmetics I'm talking about body panels which need to have special pressing die's and such, not suspension and whatnot)

Maybe a Ranger Raptor wouldn't pay for it's self, but the F150 most certainly does.

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[txquailguy]

The F-150 is KING in NA. That is why they introduce the new Ranger stuff in the European and Down Under Market. They don't want anything to take away from F-150 sales. That is Ford's big bragging rights in the world. No one can touch Ford in the North American full-sized truck market.
As Always...IMHO

 

[D Fresh]

A Raptor is 75K now, so I'd assume they are making bank on them considering it's barely a cosmetic upgrade, and the engine is nearly identical to stuff they are already tooled to make.

(By Cosmetics I'm talking about body panels which need to have special pressing die's and such, not suspension and whatnot)

Maybe a Ranger Raptor wouldn't pay for it's self, but the F150 most certainly does.

Say what?

A Raptor is just an F-150 with cosmetic changes? GTFO.

You couldn't build an F-150 into a Raptor minus the cosmetic changes for the price difference.

 

[t4thfavor]

Say what?

A Raptor is just an F-150 with cosmetic changes? GTFO.

You couldn't build an F-150 into a Raptor minus the cosmetic changes for the price difference.

I realize that's an oversimplification, but it's not super far off. You could put a set of tires, long travel kit (Fox, Icon, King, etc) and get the 3.5L with a tune and a couple hard parts. You'd have 99% of the mechanical features of a Raptor. You'd be missing the bubbled out flares, some computer wizardry with terrain modes, and about 1/3rd of the price tag.

I realize this isn't going to get you into a fully loaded King Ranch, but a nicely equipped XLT FX4 would be well under raptor price.

 

[D Fresh]

I realize that's an oversimplification, but it's not super far off. You could put a set of tires, long travel kit (Fox, Icon, King, etc) and get the 3.5L with a tune and a couple hard parts. You'd have 99% of the mechanical features of a Raptor. You'd be missing the bubbled out flares, some computer wizardry with terrain modes, and about 1/3rd of the price tag.

I realize this isn't going to get you into a fully loaded King Ranch, but a nicely equipped XLT FX4 would be well under raptor price.

I can see your point with clarification.

 

[t4thfavor]

I can see your point with clarification.

Yeah, It was sort of vague...

These guys will take your F150 and raptorize it entirely for under 30K using OEM parts. Including all the labor.

https://v8raptor.com/

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