Watch the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor mule tackle the trails - Autoweek
The all-new Ford F-150 Raptor is just around the corner, as hard as that may be to believe, and Ford is currently testing Raptor mules in real life conditions -- no, not mall parking lots, real real life conditions -- trails that would make an... Ford has shared a video of an engineering prototype combining parts from the upcoming 2017 Raptor with the 2015 F-150 -- an engineering mule -- tackling trails in northern Michigan. The automaker says that the upcoming Raptor will have actually sport greater ground clearance than the first-generation model, and will use 3. 0-inch FOX Racing Shox with custom internal bypass technology. The front and rear canisters will be able to offer greater suspension travel than the current Raptor offers, which is 11. 2 inches up front and 12 inches in the rear. Ford says the redesigned truck will go on sale in the fall of 2016, which is just about when the company is expected to announced pricing for the new model. The outgoing Raptor , meanwhile, is powered by a 6. 2-liter V8 producing 411 hp and 434 lb-ft of torque, so the upcoming truck will actually have a power advantage over the "old" model. Source: autoweek.com
