700hp makes the regular F-150 Raptor feel a little staid and sensible
. But for Ford Performance even the 450hp V6-powered behemoth clearly wasn’t quite mad enough, hence the arrival of the even brawnier F-150 Raptor R that I’ve now had the chance to drive in the ‘States. A truck that is encapsulated by two numbers: a 2,760kg kerbweight and a 700hp peak power output.
The size is, briefly, intimidating. By U.S. standards the regular F-150 isn’t an especially large pick-up truck – XL rather than XXL – but the Raptor R’s increase in track and height means it fits snugly onto one side of a Midwest two-lane highway and low-down frontal visibility over the bonnet is poor. You could draw up behind a Sinclair C5 at a stoplight and forget it was there; fortunately a small risk in Michigan.
While the R’s chassis delivers a very similar experience to the regular Raptor, performance is in a different league. The supercharged engine sounds much more purposeful than the turbocharged Ecoboost, especially given the ability to choose between four different exhaust modes.
The R’s different steering, suspension and exhaust modes can be separately selected by buttons on the steering wheel, but there are also switchable dynamic modes, most of which are intended for various off-road terrain - the full list is Normal, Sport, Tow/Haul, Slippery, Off-Road, Baja and Rock Crawl – as well as the ability to select low-range gears and to separately lock the rear differential for mud-plugging, although this can only be done in one of the four-wheel drive modes.
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