True, but in order to "beat" Ram it needs to be at least more than 702HP or Ram will continue the "...most HP available in a truck...." dig at Ford.
That is correct. And if Ford wants to walk down that road, they need to decide what to do. Hummer could already beat Ford with a long stick with 1000hp. Ford has few options what todo, but I'm not 100% confident building gas gusling V8 is the long term solution. Dodge has for all these years been a car/truck/suv that has large engine and lots of hp, but when ever I've driven the, they actually go nowhere.
Ford is already lighter and more agile, better looking by far (my personal opinion). So I'd fight in the areas of my strength. I'd put a hybrid engine that can push 650p in a Raptor, with weight difference makes it better handling, feeling, more appealing and also competitively performing truck. Not to mention building competitive edge over the coming years, when internal combustion engined become banned. And it will come, whether weblike or not.