That said, Ram dumps a model on the market that targets the same audience, and with a V8 on board, is bad news for Ford. But it does not have to be, especially if the sounds we hear coming from the tailpipes of the last test mouth are what listeners claim.
On Friday, F150Gen14 shared a video clip of a camouflaged F-Series pickup (h / t The Drive) sounds like it’s a pack of V8s under the hood. The recordings have really horrible audio throughout, but there are several moments where you can clearly hear the car pulling (especially with headphones) and it does not sound like the stock V6.
We already know that Ford has plans to equip some 14th generation F-150s with the market’s 395-horsepower 5.0-liter V8, so it’s entirely plausible that the company will soon be whipping something up for the Raptor as they once knew that Ram was pulling the tractor on the TRX. But the outlet suggested that this would be the 2021 model year Raptor, despite Ford telling us earlier that the unit would take a year off. That was nice info beforehand, as well as some useful VIN coding that made it look like the 2021 pickup would be with us – possibly equipped with a hybridized gas-electric V6.
However, it seems to put a lot of complicated components (and weight) in a truck whose greatest strength is flying sand dunes. There’s enough here to speculate, but we’re most interested in lending you an ear to help us decide where to hear a V8 in the video, or if Ford just left the truck with a tricky exhaustion to everyone. advice.
[Image: Ford]
