2015 F150 Website leaked

[Droid]

Boss I know your a military aerospace person. Can you educate us a little bit on these different grades of aluminium and what exactly all that means? I know Ford says same material used on the 787. That mean stronger, thicker, lighter....what exactly?

I think this was just a comparison that both are using innovative, lighter-weight materials, at least if it's being taken from this quote:

"Both the F-150 and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner are “innovative products using lightweight materials that push the envelope relative to competitors,” Brian Johnson, an analyst at Barclays Plc., wrote in a report last week."

The 787 is the first airliner to use composite materials (instead of aluminum) as its primary structure.

 

[VMAN]

Raptor makes too much money for ford to kill off

How much do they make on a raptor...more or less than on a platinum or king ranch?

 

[SilentShooter]

How much do they make on a raptor...more or less than on a platinum or king ranch?

They make more on the Raptor in that ford never offers incentives on the Raptor. If you watch you can get 3K-5k off the Platinum sometimes even more just in ford incentives. You do not see that on the Special run vehicles like Raptor, GT500, BOSS, etc etc.

 

[Westside Offroad Group]

How much do they make on a raptor...more or less than on a platinum or king ranch?

hard to tell but here's what I can gather off the top of my head:

-no factory discounts on the raptor vs those other models
-Halo vehicles bring in people who want them, but then buy the cheaper models
-brings in buyers who otherwise wouldn't even consider a ford -- I'm friends with several people on here who would have bought a german luxury car or something like that instead of a truck, and a Ford truck at that
-endless licensing, Raptor bodies are the #1 selling R/C truck body type and whatever else they make

 

[Glassman]

All I can say is that I'm so happy that I have the current model Raptor. May be if you remember back when the f-150 & f-250 shared the same body style then Ford cerated the f-250 now the super duty line to be a completely separate body style, with that said maybe this new f-150 will create the new look for the f-150 and allow the current Raptor to stay with its current body style. We can only hope that the Raptor will be carried on to the future line up.

 

[CraigBarish]

Heres an article that talks a bit about the future of the Raptor. It says "expect an engine other than the 6.2, which has been completely eliminated from the F150 line up."
I thought this as well, seeing as no other F150 will have it now. So let speculation begin, EB 5.0? Supposedly the GT 350 will have this, so roughly 600 turbo charged horses, doesnt sound bad. Article says the name is now too valuable to abandon which i think is true.
Im betting 5.0 EB Raptor for 16

http://www.trucktrend.com/features/news/2014/163_news140116_new_raptor_tremor_not_in_plans_for_2015_ford_f_150/

 

[FullAuto]

Heres an article that talks a bit about the future of the Raptor. It says "expect an engine other than the 6.2, which has been completely eliminated from the F150 line up."
I thought this as well, seeing as no other F150 will have it now. So let speculation begin, EB 5.0? Supposedly the GT 350 will have this, so roughly 600 turbo charged horses, doesnt sound bad. Article says the name is now too valuable to abandon which i think is true.
Im betting 5.0 EB Raptor for 16

New Raptor, Tremor, Not in Immediate Plans for 2015 Ford F-150 - Truck Trend

I can tell you if they put a 5.0 EB in it I will be ordering one. I think the raptor will look better then the standard f150's.

 

[CraigBarish]

I can tell you if they put a 5.0 EB in it I will be ordering one. I think the raptor will look better then the standard f150's.

Pretty much sums it up

 

[MagicMtnDan]

allow the current Raptor to stay with its current body style

Guaranteed not to happen. Ever. At all.

 

[sabumaru]

Guaranteed not to happen. Ever. At all.

Indeed
It would require a second/3rd assambly line just for the raptor

They might build a surplus just to span the time between gen1 en gen2 raptor release
But limit offers offcourse
And high prices