There is something new Ford F-150 Raptor 2021, and is getting a standard V6. It is the same agreement as the current generation. The difference is that the new Raptor will also get one Model Raptor R. which comes with a V8, like the original. This made me wonder: Did Ford start the Raptor engine because the six-cylinder was a mistake?
The trickiest thing here is that Ford doesn’t produce any F-Series models from the F-Series sales. Every year we hear about how the F-Series is America’s “favorite truck” and tops the sales charts. , but we don’t know how many of these were F-450s instead of F-250s or what types of F-150s everyone buys.
This is, annoyingly, a standard practice in the world of plus-is-more trucks. GM does the same by grouping all the Chevy Silverados together from the smallest single cabin to the larger 3500 and 6500HD, such as GM Authority noted in its 2020 sales summary.
Standard practice, Yes. Annoying, yes. It had no good way of finding out how the second-generation Raptor, which had the EcoBoost V6, compared to the first-generation Raptor, which had the standard V8. All I had to continue was this 2013 Edmunds article that said first generation sales were going very well. It didn’t give strong numbers, just overall percentages of Raptor sales year over year. All I had to do was get to Ford.
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And Ford gave me a little of what I was looking for.
Mwith Levine from Ford PR he responded quickly to my request for strong or soft numbers in first or second generation Raptor sales:
We do not separate sales of the F-150 Raptor.
Second-generation Raptor sold more than the first.
I asked if there was any useful percentage. No dice:
No, I’m sorry. We don’t.
I would like to have more specific information on Raptor sales, in terms of V6 vs. V8, or as to the degree of chunk the Raptor makes up of all F-Series sales. But I know the V6 doesn’t seem to have hurt. to the Raptor.
It looks like the upcoming Raptor R is more of a limited edition amateur service than an attempt to fix an image issue for sales. Honestly, I’m glad. America deserves more than the people who count cylinders.