It’s only been a few days since the brand new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX was unveiled with its Hellcat V8 engine that paints a whopping 702 horsepower, but the truck will not get any rest at the top. A new, well-timed leak claims the following Ford F-150 Raptor will also get a new V8 engine with more than 700 HP.
Here is the reported leak of The Drive:
Ram has his new Hellcat-powered TRX, GM has no answer to this because it is GM, and today we have a new report from a well-informed informant claiming that Ford “without a doubt” the Mustang GT500’s 5.2- liter, 700+ horsepower supercharged V8 in the new 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor.
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“Honestly, we had to go against Ram once we knew they were installing the Hellcat in the TRX,” a source within Ford told our informant. Considering they have the new TRX beat for power, that’s definitely a good counter. And along with this update regarding the Raptor’s propulsion, we’ve also got a new spy shot (seen at the top) that seems to hint at the new rear suspension of the truck – pay attention to the extra underwear that it contained around the back as where the leaf fields would normally be seen.
You will have to go over to The Drive to see her new spy photo that may call up the above details about the modified suspension. Last March Car And Driver also claiming to have reported sources same rumor. It looks like someone inside Ford has an interest in dimming the new Ram light a bit, and suspects loose lips.
But if the leaks are real and the next-gen Raptor really is the The engine of GT500, which is a 5.2-liter supercharged V8, which the source claims will drive more than 725 HP – a few horses for the Ram TRX, but probably at least a little behind the 760-HP pony donor car .
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The current Raptor has done a lot with its 450-hp, 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 so far, but I think Ford caught wind of what Ram had planned. It lasted four years for Ram to come up with the first TRX concept to a production car, so Ford had time.
These truck wars started to feel like the German executive sedan market about a decade ago, when they all panicked about the future (or were just really flush) and threw V8 and V10 engines into all their cars for the excitement of it. I think we can just enjoy and participate in the fun.
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