New Ford Ranger Raptor Is Coming To The UK

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that the Ford Ranger Raptor will be coming to the UK in mid-2019 and be priced from around £40,000.

UPDATE 2: This news has now been officially confirmed by Ford with the release of a brilliant high-action Ranger Raptor advert.

Initially, the Ranger Raptor had been introduced to Asian markets only, but it then went under consideration for American and European markets, including the UK.

Due to global reaction and demand, including Ford UK having been lobbying for the Raptor to be sold in the United Kingdom, Ford has released the video above confirming the news. The Ford Ranger Raptor will be arriving in early 2019 priced from £40,000.

The Ford Ranger Raptor pickup truck has new features including a new grille, extra ground clearance, LED fog lamps in the front bumper, larger wheels and long-travel suspension.

The Ranger Raptor’s front suspension is upgraded to feature Fox Racing shock absorbers, while the rear set-up gains a new Watt’s linkage system with coilovers. Off-road speed is a priority for the Ford Performance-developed model, so a set of 285/70 R17 BF Goodrich tyres have been specially developed for it.

The truck shares its 10-speed automatic gearbox, which has paddle shifters mounted on the steering column, with the facelifted Mustang and the F-150 Raptor. No manual option is currently available.

Ford has lifted the Ranger to give the Raptor variant a ground clearance of 283mm, while the front and rear tracks have been widened to 1710mm. The chassis has been modified to handle high-speed off-roading, while the brakes are now 332mm, up from 323mm. The callipers are larger than the standard model’s, too, at 54mm.

There are no fewer than six selectable driving modes, with Normal and Sport the on-road modes. Sport tweaks gearshifts to be at higher revs and downshift more readily when required.

The four off-road drive modes tackle different terrains:

  • Grass
  • Gravel and Snow
  • Mud and Sand
  • Rock and Baja

Which brings the benefits of Sport while scaling back interference from the traction control for high-speed off-road driving.

The Ranger is key in Ford’s UK commercial vehicle operations; with around 13,000 examples sold here last year, it made up 10% of the brand’s commercial vehicle sales and was the best-selling pick-up in 2017.

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Ford Ranger Raptor

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