SVT F-150 Raptor Pricing to start at $38,995

The latest product of Ford's Special Vehicles Team is not quite what you'd expect - unlike all other SVT products prior, the SVT Raptor is designed to go obscenely fast off road. It's a limited-production vehicle based off the regular F-150 pickup truck, but inspired by Baja race trucks - the goal is to be able to cross rough terrain as fast as possible.

To that end, the F-150 Raptor has been significantly modified over the regular F-150 to be ready for Baja duty.  Overall track width increases by a considerable 7", completely revised suspension (new upper and lower control arms, tie rods, longer half shafts, reinforced steering knuckles), and numerous other changes.  This gives an incredible 13.4" of ground clearance in the rear (11.2" in the front).  The suspension was codeveloped with Fox Racing, and the Raptor rides on specially designed Fox struts with internal bypass valves for more accurate damping control.

All this means that the Raptor can absolutely haul ass off road.  In fact, a prototype Raptor R race truck made quite a good showing at last year's Baja 1000.  And the best part?  $38,995 is all it takes to put one in your garage.  Now, that's the base model with the 5.4L 24v V8 - 320bhp, 390lb-ft.  It comes standard with a heavy-duty 6 speed automatic and a super-deep 4.10:1 axle ratio.  Later on the Raptor will be available with a 6.2L 16v V8 with approximately 400bhp - stay tuned for pricing on that monster.