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Quick Review: Raptor - Born in Baja is Rocky for pickup trucks

Autoblog went to the premiere of Raptor - Born in Baja, and while the film is on the long side, it's an enjoyable flick. We wrote before that the truck "only" came in third (out of four total trucks in Class 8), but to finish the Baja 1000 at all is an achievement -- especially when the overall attrition rate is close to 50%. Throw in a truck that had been built in three months and hadn't been tested in any other race before and you've got a little adventure on your hands. The movie provides plenty more. There's never a good time for ... Read more →

VIDEO: Ford releases trailer for "Raptor: Born in Baja" feature documentary Jonathon Ramsey

The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor has just finished its close-up, and pretty soon you'll be able to see it on both the big screen in "Raptor – Born in Baja". The Blue Oval took its factory-built ...

HUMMER ends sponsorship of Rod Hall Racing Jonathon Ramsey

The swan song (or would that be swan hummer?) has come for HUMMER's involvement with Rod Hall Racing. HUMMER has announced it's ending sponsorship of the team that has brought it numerous race ...

Visions from the Baja 1000: VW puts its diesel in the dirt [w/VIDEO] Jonathon Ramsey

Autoblog got its feet muddy – and did its best to avoid the cow pies – at the Baja 1000 a few weeks ago with Volkswagen. While things could have gone better for the 550-hp diesel Race ...

Pics Aplenty: Ford F-150 SVT Raptor at Baja 1000 like a pig in mud John Neff

We recently told you how the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor fared competing in the Baja 1000. The Blue Oval's new super duper off-roader finished third in the Class 8 division, which is impressive ...

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R completes inaugural run of Baja 1000 11 months ago on Autoblog

When Ford developed the F-150 SVT Raptor R, the Blue Oval wanted to make sure that it could offer the ultimate in off-road performance. We were pretty much sold after experiencing the truck in the Nevada desert, but Ford wanted to prove the Raptor's capabilities to the world. So Ford entered a ...

VW Touareg TDI trophy truck finishes 13th in Baja 1000 debut 11 months ago on Autoblog

The VW Tourareg TDI Trophy truck that was unveiled at the LA Auto Show last week made its competition debut on Saturday in the Baja 1000. The 550-hp diesel-powered off-road racer finished the 1,000 km race in 13th place in its class after a seal failed in the gearbox. The Arciero-Miller team had to ...

LA 2008: VW Race Touareg 2 11 months ago on Autoblog

This is Volkswagens entrant in this weekend's Baja 1000: a spaceframe-chassis Touareg TDI with 75 cm of suspension travel competing in the top-dog Trophy Truck class and utilizing an oil-burning V12 with nearly 550 hp. That's a long way from the first VW win in 1967 that came courtesy of a VW ...

SEMA 2008: SVT Raptor R race truck to enter Baja 1000 1 year ago on Autoblog

Ford is eager to prove that its new SVT Raptor is the real deal when it comes to off road capabilities, so it's developed a racing version along with the production truck that's set to compete in the grueling Baja 1000 taking place in just a few weeks. The Raptor R will use numerous stock ...

Autoblog does the Baja 500: Round 1, the pre-running 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a hi-res gallery from the first day of the Baja 500 Autoblog was invited to join HUMMER for last weekend's Baja 500 and, along with Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com, we'd be riding shotgun – or in Mike's case, backseat driving – with Chad and Josh Hall, sons of general ...

REPORT: Ford working on F-150 "Raptor" 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res pics of the 2009 Ford F-150 There are rumors circulating the web of a Ford truck so freakin' cool it'd make even the most Euro-centric bloggers among us stop dead in our tracks, and if true, would make everything else do just the same. The report claims that Ford is ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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