Back in the early 2000s when I was a wee lad, I was obsessed with the 4×4 Evolution video game series, which I played on our Mac computer. In both games you would purchase, upgrade and race basically every American and Japanese truck and SUV on the market on fictional off-road tracks in all sorts … Read more
Two, maybe three times in the lead up to driving the new Ford Ranger Raptor, I heard it compared to a rally car. This something that car companies have been increasingly eager to say about their cars in the last few years, and it’s also something that trips the old switch in my brain marked “skepticism.” … Read more
If you’re going to be tailgating during a backcountry deep pow snowboard sesh, you want Ken Block’s RaptorTRAX there providing support. This is the machine you use to drive snowboarders to the top of a mountain that doesn’t have a chairlift. The riders don’t even have to bring their wet snowy selves into the cab, … Read more
Image: Ford It has been fourteen years since the original Ford F-150 Raptor appeared with 310 horsepower from a 5.4-liter naturally-aspirated V8. All these years later and Ford has cranked up the power to well over double that with the 2024 Raptor R’s 5.2-liter supercharged V8, which now makes 720 hp. The newly-revised Raptor R … Read more
Image: Bradley Brownell For the first time in the history of the Baja 1000, the race is doing a full ‘peninsula run’ from La Paz, where the race traditionally finishes, to Ensenada, where the race traditionally starts. I’m embedded within the factory-backed Can Am Maverick R team, supporting Phil Blurton’s efforts to win the Pro … Read more
Image: Ford The current Ford F-150 is about halfway through it’s life now and that means its time for a bit of a sprucing up. While the standard trucks comes with more driving assistance systems, the real big upgrades are focused on Ford’s performance models, the Raptor and Tremor. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make … Read more