Car and Driver: Ford Raptor on 37’s vs TRX

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Kind of a fun video

 

[xxxMannimalxxx]

Good find and thanks for sharing!

 

[GordoJay]

Would have been more interesting if they had pushed to the limits. When both trucks easily do everything, it's hard to come up with more than impressions.

 

[combatninja]

It looked like 2 guys just driving around the woods on trails that I could do in a Subaru.

 

[Nex]

It looked like 2 guys just driving around the woods on trails that I could do in a Subaru.

That was my thought as well.

What I took from the video. The Gen 3 shifter feels cheap. TRX screen is still doing Dodge things. That's why I got rid of our 2008 SRT Grand Cherokee.

 

[combatninja]

They just kept prattling on for 20 minutes that the Raptor felt 'sportier' and the TRX felt 'bigger'. Okay, I get it, could've probably said that once or twice, not 50 times.

 

[JohnyPython]

Auto journalism is pretty pathetic. Looks like anybody ca do it.

 

[CruiserClass]

Auto journalism is pretty pathetic. Looks like anybody ca do it.

See: Dipshits that Edmunds is hiring

 

[IDontDoUrban]

If they’re going to do a full test video, why not head to Moab or somewhere similar? Seemed like two soy boys doing off-road. And how can you do a test like this without getting both airborne…geez. But to be fair, their audience is really car guys who may want a truck.

 

[bcidaho]

The one thing I noticed is that it looked like there was much more vibration in the camera shots, and that they were getting jostled much more in the TRX than the Raptor. One of the first road trips I took in my 2010 6.2 (one of the first produced) was across Wyoming in winter, had the wife and 3 cats on-board, and decided to go take a look at the Killpecker sand dunes because we were bored with the Interstate. The roads were rutted and frozen. I've done a lot of off roading and winter driving, I trust my a$$ in the seat to tell me when I'm reaching the limit. I pushed speeds up to 80 mph, and never felt I was out of control. Probably could have gone faster, but there is a point where self preservation kicks in. The beast took the bumps, kept tracking well over the ruts, my wife was relaxed, and the cats didn't even wake up. I think, judging from the video, that if I was in a TRX, I would have suffered the wrath of the wife and the cats. I'd have to drive a TRX to really judge the difference, but that's my opinion just based on the video.

Cheers to all, and a happy 4th!