Ford Ranger Raptor pulls bigger gap on fastest Hilux and Amarok
Beastly bakkie clocks superb 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of 5.84 seconds in sea level road test.
We did some performance testing on the mental Ford Ranger Raptor a few weeks ago. And the numbers put this double cab bakkie far ahead of anything Toyota with their GR-Sport (GR-S) Hilux, or VW with their V6 Amarok could offer.
Who would have thought? It turns out a 0 to 100 km/h time of 6.90 seconds for a full house double cab running on chunky all terrain tyres and being capable of towing 3.5-tons up the side of a mountain with ease would not be good enough to satisfy all the armchair critics out there.
The Citizen Motoring was the first in the country to do official high-performance testing on the new Ford Ranger Raptor. And it was no ordinary day at the office.
Ford brought two identical Ranger Raptors to Gerotek and had a posse of clever people overseeing what I was up to. The pressure was on to get it right. Having done this job for over 20 years and using the best Race logic VBOX equipment in the world, I knew that I had got it right.
By Mark Jones
Road Test Edito
Article in the Citizen - https://www.citizen.co.za/motoring/
Ranger Raptor Highlights
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Big block ‘FORD’ letters on the grille signals nothing about Ranger Raptor is low-key. Dark accent Matrix LED’s, a chassis mounted bumper and super alloy skid plate stand out front, ready to lead the way.
Aggressive 17” off-road alloys fitted with BF Goodrich’s legendary K02 high performance all-terrain tires (T285/70 R17). Mountain pass or high-speed flats, just get in and go.
12.8” digital instrument cluster with fully configurable layout and gauges sits in a coast-to-coast dash featuring a 12” centre touch screen. You have command.?
Inspired by Baja racing, new deep contoured seats help hold you in place while hard cornering or during landing. Features unique stitching and suede inserts for optimized comfort and looks.