2016 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Spied

by Derek Kreindler

Published: July 22nd, 2014

We don’t even know power or fuel economy figures for the next-generation Ford F-150, but these spy shots of the next-generation Raptor have emerged.

All we know so far is that the Raptor will appear as a 2016 model year. No word on powertrains or technical details – maybe we’ll see an Ecoboost version this time around?

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CapVandal on Jul 22, 2014

Why the extended cab business. As a Luddite, my idea of a pickup is a singe front seat. That plus a short style side bed and a performance truck is a walk in the park. The mere idea of a pickup being a raised 4 door sedan with a 10 foot bed on back is inane. And, outside of suburbia and a worksite, is impossible to park. They are land yachts. If I really wanted to haul stuff, I would get something bigger than 1/2 ton. Or tow something big. Either way, the back seat rounds to zero. The bane of automotive design is the 'do it all' mentality. A special purpose vehicle -- like a sport truck -- should do one thing well. Like go fast. And have enough space to throw a few things in the bed. And be able to tow your motorcycles or whatever. And keep the price low enough that people would actually consider driving them -- unlike the BMW/Mercedes priced luxe trucks of today.

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- AJ on Jul 22, 2014
  
  My local Jeep dealer recently took in a 2013 Raptor on trade. I asked a salesman for what they bought and he said a Rubicon JKU. I have to wonder what the reason for the trade as the cost of doing so wouldn't have been easy?! Maybe the Raptor was just too much work to park?
  
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- IHateCars on Jul 22, 2014
  
  @AJ I have no trouble parking my Raptor anywhere...I suspect most get traded in early due to the atrocious mileage. But I knew that going in so not an issue for me. My big question for the new one, if they do build it, is engine choice. I'm thinking a blown version of the 5.0.
  
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- Srh on Jul 23, 2014
  
  @IHateCars I had a raptor and loved it, but just traded it in. Several reasons: * Bed.. That 5.5 foot bed ultimately was more limiting than I expected. It was hard even to fit a bicycle in the back, much less anything I might pick up at Home Depot. * Mileage, of course. Like you I knew that going in, but realistically I seldom saw > 13mpg, which makes highway trips sad. On the other hand, I paid $53,000 for it, put 15,000 hard miles on it (including some high-speed trips on the dirt down in Death Valley), and sold it for $50,000. Then paid $53,000 for an F-350 6.7L CC LB that will manage my home depot trips just fine (not to mention gravel hauling). And gets 18MPG. I imagine lots of owners are like me. Had an itch to do something fun, did it, and got it out of their system. If I could own 2 trucks, one of them would be a raptor. But with one truck, the raptor is too much dune-buggy and not enough truck.
  
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Lou_BC on Jul 23, 2014

Looks like they are running "old" Raptor" front and rear panels since they do not line up. I'd like to see a 5.0 with turbo's but most likely it will come out with a tuned 3.5 EB. The Raptor was too heavy for its intended design purpose but since I've only ever seen two if them that looked like they were off-roaded, weight isn't an issue to mall crawlers.

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