hello and welcome to Morocco where we’re
driving the brand new Ford Ranger Raptor
pickup but what is it and how good is it
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so first off what is the Ford Ranger
Raptor well if you’ve heard of the
Raptor name before that’s probably
because you’ve heard of the f-150 Raptor
now that is a very different car it’s
available in America it’s much bigger
even than this and it has an enormous
engine under the bonnet unfortunately if
you’re expecting that in the Ford Ranger
Raptor you’re gonna be a bit
disappointed under the bonnet you’ve got
a 2 liter twin turbocharged diesel
engine which is pokey enough but
certainly nothing to trouble the f-150
Raptor but you get plenty of other
changes as well if you go for a raptor
which by the way sits at the top of the
Ranger lineup so perhaps the most
significant of all is at the back
because in the other ranges you have a
kind of old-school leaf spring setup for
the suspension but now if you go for the
Raptor you get a more sophisticated coil
spring setup instead so hopefully that
will improve the ride you also get these
absolutely enormous tires which you can
see help raise the ride height and it’s
actually 50 millimetres higher than the
other ranges in the lineup what else is
new well you can get this optional
branding on the paintwork and it’s
available in gray or performance blue
you get more branding along the side
here and then up front you get bigger
brakes all round and you get a
completely redesigned front grille as
well to kind of echo the bigger f-150 as
well as that redesigned front grille you
get different bumpers and you get
slightly better approach and departure
angles as well which is especially good
because even in standard range of form
they were some of the best approach and
departure angles in the class but what’s
it like inside and on the road so what
you need to know about how the new
Ranger Raptor drives well probably the
most important thing to know is that now
the latest Rangers come with an updated
automatic gearbox so before you could
only get
6-speed Auto and that actually was one
of the worst automatic gearboxes
available in any pickup on sale but now
you have a much improved 10 speed
automatic gearbox which comes a standard
in the Raptor and is also available on
some other trim levels with different
engines now it’s actually the gearbox
has been borrowed from the Ford Mustang
policy changed slightly differently
because this is a two and a half ton
pickup but the end result is something
that actually shifts pretty smoothly and
is generally a massive upgrade to what
was available before but the Raptor is
only available with a 2-liter diesel
engine now if you’re chasing that
American dream of the f-150 Raptor and
hoping for a massive engine under the
bonnet then perhaps getting into the
Ranger app so you’re going to be a
little bit disappointed to know that
this is the only thing that you can get
with it you’re only able to get this
2-liter diesel engine and while of
course it’s fine it’ll be relatively
frugal and it’s pretty talking and it’s
coping pretty well over the rough
terrain that we’re driving on today you
might be a little bit disappointed in
its outright acceleration and straight
line performance you know I mean it’s
fine but it’s not a high performance
pickup truck that you might be hoping
for so the fact that this is the only
engine that’s available in the car might
not be such an issue if it wasn’t as
expensive as it is so this range of
raptor cost quite a few thousand pounds
more than the next top spec model in the
lineup so it is a bit disappointing that
they couldn’t have just offered a
slightly more exciting engine for this
kind of halo product in this lineup as
for what the new suspension is like well
it’s slightly difficult to tell on the
sand here but we did do a little bit of
road driving earlier and it was
impressively comfortable and this still
remains one of the best handling pickups
on sale as well just like the standard
Ranger was before the Raptor also
apparently gets some noise cancelling
technology in the cabin as well but if I
was to tell you that I could especially
notice it happening
then I’d probably be lying but it is
fairly quiet and I mean you can still
hear the drone of this diesel engine but
refinement generally is pretty good
especially for a pickup
so really the Ford Ranger remains a
extremely impressive pickup especially
in its standard trims this new Raptor
trim really it it depends how sold you
are and its looks and how much extra
money you want to fork out just for the
way it looks and again if the engine is
not such a big concern for you then I’m
sure you’ll get on with this car very
well indeed but if you are hoping for
some more performance focus pickup kicks
then maybe you might feel a little
shortchange we’d certainly recommend
probably sticking with the lower trim
levels because that’s where the best
value in the lineup is you should also
know in the UK most pickup trucks
qualify as a light commercial vehicle
and therefore benefit from a flat tax
rate as a company car which can make
them much cheaper than an equivalent
family car however the Raptor has a
reduced load capacity of 600 kilograms
still a lot but under the 1,000
kilograms it needs to be an L CV that
means it no longer qualifies for this
tax break so you’ll be liable for the
same co2 emissions based company car tax
as a regular SUV it does though still
qualify for the flat road tax rate for
commercial vehicles but for much more on
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