2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor already a hit with buyers?
2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor – Click above for high-res image gallery
According to our friends at PickupTrucks.com, Ford has a hit on its hands in the form of the new and immensely capable 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor. Ford's Special Vehicle Team spokesperson Patrick Hespen reports that the Blue Oval has already taken over 1,500 orders for its long-travel off-road capable pickup, which puts the Dearborn Truck Plant at maximum capacity.
So far, all those orders are for the standard truck, which at $38,995 includes Ford's well-known 5.4-liter V8 engine with 310 horsepower and 365 lb-ft of torque. Come winter, an uprated 400-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 engine will be made available for another few thousand dollars.
Not surprisingly, 94-percent of Raptor purchasers are males (the other six percent are women we're dying to meet), and the median age is 39. Ford reports that Molten Orange Metallic and Tuxedo Black are the two most popular colors, accounting for 80-percent of all Raptor orders so far. No info on how many of those were sold to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Gallery: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
RicoChet 4:37PM (8/12/2009)
Seems like a fun commuting vehicle and sure way to beat the traffic (like the dude in the picture!)
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Doug 4:59PM (8/12/2009)
If your commute includes a stop over in Lanfair...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lanfair,+ca&sll=35.1039,-115.185986&sspn=0.10589,0.12085&ie=UTF8&ll=35.087327,-115.392151&spn=0.84729,0.966797&t=h&z=10&iwloc=A
C.W. 7:30AM (8/13/2009)
someone get rid of this yyrose tool
Randy 4:21PM (8/13/2009)
Know what? It would be fun with better gas milage.. SOOOOO why not use the Raptor as the new Ranger Design... Little bit bigger ... Call it "Ranger Raptor" or Velociraptor or Velociranger
Or just "Bad Ass with Good MPGS" lol
Jon 4:41PM (8/12/2009)
"the other six percent are women we're dying to meet"
Your dying to meet rugged, back-woodsy, lumberjack lesbians?
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Joe 4:47PM (8/12/2009)
Most of the women I see driving big, bad trucks are the hot type...the ones I think we'd all like to meet.
The rugged, back-woodsy, lumberjack lesbians all drive Subaru's.
Gloria 5:18PM (8/12/2009)
Nice way of stereotyping women who like cars/trucks, and are motorheads.
However, you are so wrong, as to be almost comical. I know many gay people, and many are my friends, and as a whole, they know less than nothing about cars/trucks........... except where to put the key, and the gas. They always come to me, for their mechanical issues, and their car/truck buying advice.
BTW, me and my X built a severe rockcrawling Explorer, and I have built, and worked on many a vehicle and engine. I met my husband in the Fourwheeler chatroom, talking trucks........... and we have a beautiful 7-year-old son (mini motorhead).
Don't be hating, because the only women you find, list shopping as their favorite sport, and have more shoes than IQ points. We are not all like that (although I do like to shop........... for car parts, or home improvement items).
That said, the Raptor is fantastic, and I would happily own one............. if I didn't already have a 2008 F250 CrewCab 4x4 V10 Lariat, as my daily driver. Ooh, ooh, ooh (taken from Tim Allens "more power" comedy skits).
pengouin85 5:20PM (8/12/2009)
yup, Jalopnik confirmed this.... specifically the Outback
Silly Pickle 5:20PM (8/12/2009)
Joe's right...though I was thinking the same thing as Jon. The one's ordering are probably like this http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3409050077_11417315ff.jpg when I'd be hoping more for something like this http://www.autoinfection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/alex-zerega-6.jpg - however, chances are good if it's the latter, one of the 94% of males who ordered one is just letting his hot girlfriend drive it because all of us like a hot chick in a big azz truck. I know I would. If I wasn't married of course...at that point it's piss off, it's my truck!! :-)
boost4 10:30PM (8/12/2009)
Or the bro-hoes from the 909 complete with the "silly boys trucks are for girls" license plate frame?
Spiel 7:29AM (8/13/2009)
+1 Here here.
Somehow I doubt we're going to see the Fuel Girls driving around in a big ol` American truck (or any truck for that matter). So yes, not interested in meeting any of those 6%.
BigMcLargeHuge 4:42PM (8/12/2009)
It has a ground clearance of 11.2 inches at 0 miles per hour....
and a ground clearance of 20 feet at 70 miles per hour =o)
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Yaroukh 4:48PM (8/12/2009)
LMAO so much for "too much money for Ford"
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That One Person 6:15PM (8/12/2009)
The funny part is that with all the equipment that comes on it (not cheap), it comes out to be a pretty good deal.
Farmboy 9:06PM (8/12/2009)
No doubt. For under $40K starting, that is excellent for a "stock" package. Plus it blows any competition out of the water.
Matt 11:28PM (8/12/2009)
"Plus it blows any competition out of the water."
There ios no competition because nobody (other than Furd) is that stupid as to think there is a market for such a silly ZR2 F-150.
This truck is pitiful. It has a pitiful look, it has a pitiful power rating, it has a pitiful tow rating, it will have pitiful MPG numbers, and it has a pitiful price.
Actually...that sums up every Ford sold here today.
Farmboy 12:16AM (8/13/2009)
Okay Matt, ever heard of the Dodge Power Wagon? Oh wait, you're a retarded troll. You only filter junk lies and promote the oblivious.
Gloria 2:07AM (8/13/2009)
Oh Matty boy............... again???
If you would watch a little more TV, you would see some ads that may help, with your condition.
Depression can be painful, and there are products that can help. We can see that you are crying out for help............... but there is just so little that we can do, over the internet. Please, seek out help, before it is too late.
We wouldn't want Mommy to come down in the basement, and find you curled up in the fetal position, with your thumb in your mouth.
Please.................. before it is too late.
merlot066 3:59AM (8/18/2009)
Matt do you have your hard toneau cover from your silverado over your eyes?
FIRST, if you weren't so retarded you would remember reading about how the SVT designed this as a low volume specialty truck, so Ford wasn't planning to sell 500,000 a year to begin with.
SECOND, as Farmboy said, the Dodge Power Wagon, and i'm sure Toyota has some stupid version of the stupid Tundra that will try to compete with something.
THIRD, find a thesaurus, as if you weren't broing (although I find your stupidity kinda funny) enough, repating "pitiful" five times (when you should be saying amazing) is just annoying.
FOURTH, you did a really great job of finding an article to Troll about Ford. You pick the article that talks about how Ford already has 1500 orders for the low-volume SVT Raptor, and how everybody loves them.
Also, who would buy a truck like this for it's towing rating? Are you really that slow? I don't think there are many people that would be towing 11,000 pounds through rough terrain at high speeds (although you could try it and tell us how it goes).
Yet again Matt, GOOD JOB YOU IDIOT
Dan 4:49PM (8/12/2009)
At their loss leader pricing I'm not surprised. What an incredible toy for about the same money as any other loaded truck.
It really needs the 6.2 though.
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