Report: Next Ford Raptor to Be SuperCrew Only

SuperCab is an extended cab with 4 doors. They open clamshell-style with no pillar in the middle. The bed is a standard bed, 6.5 feet. SuperCrew has 4 full doors with a pillar in the middle. All the doors are front-hinged. You get about 18 inches more rear seat room, but the bed is only 5 feet, a short bed. The frame lengths and wheelbase are the same.

@Firestorm 500 Actually, unlike normal SuperCabs, the Raptor SCab has the 5.5 ft bed, same as the SuperCrew. But the SCrew has only 12" more rear legroom. So there's a foot difference in frame/wheelbase. The SCab does have B-pillars, but they're built into the rear doors (and clip top and bottom). The Raptor SCab just looks sportier, like comparing a coupe to a sedan.

I still mix up Styleside and Flareside. :-(

Ford has said the current F-truck is too porky to do a proper Lightning. When they looked at adding power it required beefing up the brakes which required larger wheels which boned acceleration requiring more power and bigger brakes and bigger wheels which all required more power.

@raph When did they say that? Shelby, Roush and Saleen all offer hopped-up F-150s right now. The Shelby and Saleen versions have 22s with 6-piston calipers and their acceleration is hardly "boned" so I'm not sure where Ford's concern is.

Like I said about the Ridgeline, Imagine a sales department so youth marketing woke it excludes all customers who would prefer an extended cab with a longer box.

I sympathize on the body style gripes, but they can only ask what people are willing to pay price wise and no manufacturer seems to have any difficulty moving trucks like this at near MSRP. That's like me griping that nobody will sell me that Ferrari 250 GT California I want for cheap. They don't have to.

@Art Vandelay From what I've seen, Art, the OEMs intentionally over-price their trucks in order to allow for a built-in 10%-15% 'rebate' off of retail, with the possible exception of the highest-end models (and their mid-sized models.) When you can go buy a Silverado equipped identically to my Colorado at up to $4,000 less after incentives and no incentives on the mid-sizer, you know the full-sized models are grossly overpriced. They are smart enough to realize that if it's a model with real demand and very limited availability, people are willing to pay more as a result.

@Vulpine You could say anyone paying full MSRP is an idiot, especially on common everyday examples. But it happens everyday. Consumers trading in an Accord, Lexus or something may not be aware of how the system works. Or they have to be the first on the block with an all new body change. So are they truly "over-priced"?? The bag of regular size (10 oz) Doritos chips have a $4.29 "suggested price" and you'd crazy to pay that, but at the mini-mart, gas station, etc, you can take it or leave it, that's what they trade at.

@DenverMike “Overpriced” is typically code used by those who, if they can’t afford it, will say it must be “overpriced”. Meh, whatever.... My first Raptor was a ‘10 SCab with the 6.2, I then traded up to a ‘12 SCrew....I much prefer the room/utility of the SCrew...but the SCab’s proportions were sportier from an aesthetic standpoint. I’m still driving the ‘12, it’s getting up there in age/mileage but I keep it in great shape and I have it built the way that I want, so I’ll hang onto it for a while. Plus while I like the new ones, I’m not crazy about the twin boosted 3.5. And they’re expensive...starting at $80K up here.....they must be “overpriced”....Lol.