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Clearly you are not paying attention. Countless people in this thread claim Ford executives leaked this information intentionally. I'm saying no way, no how Ford started these rumors on purpose because all it does is shoot themselves in the foot in terms of current sales and giving the...

The two biggest reasons to keep a new product secret: 1) You don't want to smother sales of your current product 2) You want to give the competition as little time as possible to respond Everyone thinks Ford is doing this because of the TRX. If Ram was smart, they would have kept this secret...

Or it could be that Ford is trying to simplify its supply chain beefing up F-150 parts so they can be used on every tuck up to an F-650. Side note, if they make a new Lightning, I bet it will use the Raptor's flared fenders so it can fit extra wide street radials.

Exactly. The problem is suppliers only know they are asked to beef up an F-150 component to withstand 700hp. They won't be told all the details of the project. The natural conclusion is this is for a supercharged Raptor. But it could just as easily be for a new Lightning. Or a light duty dump...

You announce good news. You leak bad news. Basic stuff for people who understand business and PR. They leaked rumors of a V6 Raptor so people were not disappointed when it was announced. But they withheld the 450hp and 510lb of torque for the official announcement because they wanted people...

If Ford wanted us to know what they are working on, they would tell us, not leak it anonymously to an auto magazine. Further, if the leaks were from higher-ups, R&T wouldn't report it as a "rumor". If the source was credible and in the know, they would state it as a fact coming from "a...

Leaking new products months and years away from production is a horribly stupid idea because it convinces people who were about to buy your product to wait for the next one. There is no way Ford did this on purpose.

Power ain't free and modern engines have gotten really good at squeezing all the power they can out of an ounce of fuel. To get more power, the only way to do it is with more fuel. Engine configuration only makes a difference when cruising down the highway at 65mph and 25% throttle. (feeding a...

You are mistaken. Ford made 22k Gen1 in 2014. They also said they'd make more than that every year for the Gen2. Raptorfinder tracked every 2017 produced and that was 23k in 9months. Raptor finder is offline now, but no doubt they made far more than that in the 15 months they were building 18s...

Raptor sells nearly 30k units per year. That's more than Corvette. Tesla Model X or S. And nearly as many as all Porsche models combined. It is most definitely a high volume model and not nearly as special as you think it is. Just ask any of the dozen or so Raptors I see every day on the road.

If it was confirmed by Ford, C&D wouldn't have labeled it "rumor". They probably got the information straight from a Ford intern's roommate's ex-girlfriend's Instagram account. You can take that one straight to the bank.

A little something for the bigger is always better crowd to enjoy.

Driving through tunnels while giggling like pubescent teenage girls? Sounds like the perfect reason to spend a $100k on a truck. Will be a shame if the Raptor goes full Brodozer, but to each their own. If they slap a 4" lift on it, hopefully Ford remembers to include retractable sidesteps so...

Close, but the reason they split off Ram is because when the company was going broke, the only thing worth a shit was Ram and Jeep. They were looking at selling both to the Chinese for a huge chunk of change. The price they would have collected for these two pieces was greater than the FCA's...

The V8 will be at least $20k more expensive than the V6 and the staggering priced differential won't affect the older trucks' resale. If anything, the increased buzz around the Raptor will boost demand for the older trucks among people who cannot afford the $100k V8.

Sasquatch, is that you? LOL. It would be a lot harder to identify your aliases if you weren't so damn predictable. Everyone around here knows you don't own a Gen 2 because you cannot afford one. But at least your parents still allow you to live in their basement. Say hi to your mom for me.

Executives and department heads know better than to share details of secret projects with journalists. That means the source of these rumors is a lowly secretary, intern, hourly tech in the engine department, or a second-year engineer tasked with redesigning the universal joint. None of these...

Hey guys, look, we just found the guy who believes every rumor he reads on the internet.

I really question the accuracy of the rumor. I don't doubt a supercharged V8 is coming to the F-150, but I think the Raptor is a poor platform for it. Maybe people are hearing rumors of the GT500 motor coming to the F-150 and naturally assume it is going into the Raptor because that is the...

Name one situation where the KO2s can handle 700hp....

This is how the conversation went down at Ford HQ Marketing: Our focus groups tell us they are switching to Ram unless we put a 700-hp supercharged V8 in the Raptor. Engineering: Do you realize that will melt the KO2s? Marketing: Can't you find tires that won't melt? Engineering: I suppose...

In an amateur offroad application, 700hp is completely unusable. Even 450hp is overkill on dirt. And not only is 700hp unusable offroad, it is actually a liability between the increased fuel consumption (less range) and extra weight of the engine and upsized drivetrain components. It's pretty...

LOL, no one is going to be lucky enough to get one of these for $70k. My guess is $90k MSRP....and then the inevitable $20k ADM. Most buyers will be forking over six figures for this beast.

If you think Ford is building the Raptor to compete against Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes, then you really don't understand what the Raptor is about. Almost all of the people complaining about the Raptor's build quality in this thread are coming from other "status" vehicles, not people who get their...

If you don't trust the build quality from Ford, then you definitely shouldn't be buying one. Life is too short to drive something you're not happy with.