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Reader Spots 2017.5 Ford F-150 Raptor, But Is There Any Difference?
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Jack Baruth
(IC: employee)
Published: February 8th, 2017
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A sharp-eyed reader caught this and sent it to me on Monday. There’s been a variety of speculation about the “2017.5 Raptor” ever since a few Raptors with camouflaged rear ends were spotted on public roads late last year — but this truck, as you’ll see, isn’t wearing any disguise.
According to this blogger, who interviewed a Ford employee last month, there won’t be any updates to the Raptor for 2018. So why run a vehicle around clearly marked “PP” and “2017.5”? Is Ford playing games with us, or is there really that fanboy-rumored twin-turbo Voodoo V8 under the hood?
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Jalopnik.com did an article recently on China-bound Raptor and the difference between US and Chinese versions. http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/theres-really-just-one-difference-between-ford-raptors-1791982625 The Chinese Ford website shows the same design: https://www.ford.com.cn/performance/raptor/gallary/
A quick googling returned this from the rumormill: http://horsepowerkings.com/the-f-150-raptor-will-receive-the-ecoboost-5-0-twin-turbo-v8-in-2018/ From what I've heard from folks associated with Ford, there's going to be a reduced displacement V8 (4.8l?) in the trucks. My conjecture is that any reduction in capacity will be compensated with forced induction, prob. serving to replace the 6.2 and put a V8 back at the top of the model-line heap. A V8tt might also help a little with EPA mpg mandates, vs the normally aspirated 6.2. And who knows, if (when?) the EPA is dismantled & dismembered, we might find a version of the 4.8tt in the Expedition (and/or a Lincoln flavor) and some sort of GT500 (if the GT350 is phased out). May we wish for a new hotrod Lincoln based on Mustang underpinnings and an honest to heaven V8?