"We are so energized and pleased to release this vehicle to the general population, driving it truly causes you to feel like a saint," said Jamal Hameedi, boss designer, Ford Performance. "The Ford Performance group is eager to expand the Raptor name from our leader rough terrain execution F-150 to Ranger. Much the same as the F-150 Raptor, the Ford Ranger Raptor expands upon the center ability of the scope of vehicles it originates from and conveys the unquestionable Ford Performance DNA appearance."
Striking Design
The Ford Ranger Raptor highlights particular plan signals all around that are practically determined.
At the front, a dazzling new grille submits styling general direction to the world's first plant manufactured superior rough terrain truck, the F-150 Raptor. The notable square FORD lettering gladly situated inside the grille configuration is unquestionable while rising up out of a residue cloud.
An edge mounted front-guard framework is intended to offer desert toughness execution and an unmistakable nearness. The front guard additionally incorporates new LED mist lights with useful air-drape pipes, which help to decrease air obstruction of the body.
Utilizing composite materials, the front bumpers look intense, however oppose marks and dings regularly connected with rough terrain utilization. The flared state of the bumpers are required for the long travel suspension and larger than usual tires. The outside shading sense of taste contributions incorporate Lightning Blue, Race Red, Shadow Black, Frozen White, just as an extraordinary Hero shading for the Ford Ranger Raptor, Conquer Gray. Differentiating Dyno Gray inflections assists with highlighting the vehicle's look considerably further.
Vehicle position is recognizably greater from each point, remaining at an amazing 1873mm tall, 2180mm wide and 5398mm long, with more extensive front and back tracks at 1710mm. Ground leeway is expanded to 283mm, while the methodology point of 32.5°, incline over edge of 24°, and takeoff edge of 24° as a bundle are better than anything seen previously.
Beginning starting from the earliest stage, the evades are significantly better than the rest. The progression sheets were planned explicitly to forestall rock shower from hitting the back of the truck and the openings have been intended to deplete sand, mud and day off. The intense high-quality aluminum compound kick the bucket cast fundamental advance load up is intended for strength, experiencing testing which incorporates a heap of 100kg being applied multiple times to mimic more than 10 years in the field. A two-phase covering process includes the principle step board right off the bat being powder-covered, before then having a vigorous coarseness paint applied which brings about an intense appearance that is additionally exceptionally sturdy - scrape, scratch, stain-safe with better obstruction than natural enduring.
At the back, a changed back guard accompanies a coordinated tow bar and two recuperation snares evaluated at 3.8 tons. Refreshed styling to the back incorporates flush sensor bezels and exceptionally bundled and styled tow connectors. Giving a bounty of room, the 1560mm x 1743mm plate has been structured in light of the end of the week voyager, while the 2500kg towing limit additionally represents earth bicycles or stream skis, just as conventional work needs during the week.
Inside, Ranger Raptor offers a custom fitted Ford Performance DNA inside plan with an elevated level of craftsmanship, agreeable hues and strong materials reasonable for both rough terrain driving and regular use. The seats are extraordinarily intended for rough terrain fast execution support, permitting the driver to take part in excited taking care of, while likewise giving prevalent on-street comfort. The utilization of specialized calfskin on the seats for extra tenant hold shows the common sense behind the material decision.
Various significant distance drive occasions were arranged to measure exactly how the seats perform over an all-encompassing timeframe, both on thruways and rough terrain tracks to recreate client utilization. The double hardness pad ticked all the cases, offering prevalent parallel help and diminished feel of any skeleton vibration. This is accomplished by an altered structure, utilizing reinforces on the seat back for more prominent help.
While getting in the driver's seat, Ford Ranger Raptor drivers will see the definite cockpit contrasts wherever they look, including the blue sewing and cowhide highlights. The group has forceful styling, including a large group of Driver Assist highlights. The directing wheel is particularly unique; new Raptor DNA lightweight magnesium paddle shifters for fresh apparatus changing are effectively available close to the punctured cowhide hand grasp areas on the edge for exactness rough terrain moving when you truly need it.
Portage Performance DNA has assumed a huge job in the deliberate styling, including the 'On-focus' marker - a red stripe at the top-center of the wheel to tell you where the inside is while working the vehicle at fast. The directing wheel is done off with the Raptor logo debossed into the spoke bezel.
Body, Brakes and Suspension
The Ford Ranger Raptor's body outline is an interesting edge that is intended for the vehicle to go at high speeds go romping and bear the discipline that rough terrain dashing gives.
Passage Ranger Raptor's creative new coilover back suspension utilizes a Watt's connection arrangement with strong back pivot to give prevalent horizontal control rough terrain while additionally improving ride and dealing with.
The edge configuration consolidates new geometry for the huge suspension, giving the Raptor DNA expanded track and wheel travel. Worked to withstand high-sway rough terrain occasions, Ranger Raptor's casing comprises of different evaluations of high-quality low-compound (HSLA) steel. The solidified side-rails are produced using expanded HSLA level steel to retain rough terrain rapid effects.
The front obliges fortified distending safeguard towers, while another bespoke coilover back suspension with an incorporated Watt's linkage permits the hub to go here and there with almost no parallel development. Two recuperation snares appraised at 4.5 tons can be found at the front, in addition to strengthened extra tire mounting cross-individuals for the bigger 17-inch Raptor edges.
The slowing mechanism on the Ford Ranger Raptor offers extraordinary halting force through new and bespoke segments. At the front, twin-cylinder calipers have been expanded by 9.5mm in measurement, while the ventilated rotors are a great 332 x 32mm in size. At the back, Ranger Raptor accompanies plate brakes with a brake activation ace chamber and sponsor to increment slowing down execution. The 332 x 24mm back rotor is ventilated and combined with another 54mm caliper.
"The champion understanding of the Ranger Raptor, pass on, is the means by which far you can push it rough terrain versus some other accessible creation street vehicle in our business sectors, and still ride like a mogul on-street," said Damien Ross, Chief Program Engineer, Ranger Raptor, Ford Motor Company. "Everything about the Ranger Raptor expands on the previously extraordinary advanced feel and practical capacity of the Ranger, and afterward goes further. From a driving powerful fun point of view, it is actually an astoundingly exceptional vehicle."
Raptor's race-reproduced suspension has been explicitly created to handle undulating territory at rapid while staying in unlimited oversight and solace. The Position Sensitive Damping (PSD) safeguards (dampers) give higher damping powers at full bump and bounce back to empower happier street abilities, and lower damping powers in the mid-travel zone for a class driving rich ride during on-travels. These settings are really adjusted for the best of the two universes.
The dampers are only made by Fox Racing Shox with 46.6mm cylinder for front and back. Intended for rough terrain continuance territory, the dampers, combined with the long travel suspension, take into consideration a top notch damping execution rough terrain and a plushest of rides on-street because of Internal Bypass innovation.
Holding them set up are the produced aluminum upper ar
ms and cast aluminum lower arms to encourage more prominent suspension travel and upgraded for execution and outrageous rough terrain sturdiness.
Hit the Beaten Track
Given the unforgiving territory Ford Ranger Raptor has been created for, it required a forceful arrangement of tires to keep it stable on and rough terrain. Off-road BF Goodrich 285/70 R17 tires have been extraordinarily created for the Ranger Raptor. Holding a solid nearness, each tire estimates 838mm in distance across and 285mm in width. The structure offers an extreme sidewall to take on all situations with certainty, a super grippy track to broaden proprietors' experience time on and rough terrain and a forceful rough terrain track design which gives grasp in wet, mud, sand and snow conditions.
Portage Ranger Raptor likewise accompanies exceptional underbody security to redirect rough terrain hindrances. The new slam plate is produced using 2.3mm thick high-quality steel and meets improved capacities for quality inline with Ford Performance necessities. The silver completed watchman permits freedom to the double front recuperation snares. Cooperating with the current motor and move case undershields, the three components give insurance to parts, for example, the radiator, Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS), Front End Accessory Drive (FEAD), front cross-part, motor sump and front differential.
Tuned for all Terrains
Officer Raptor accompanies a Terrain Management System (TMS) offering six modes for different driving encounters, which can be chosen by means of a committed five-button switch situated on the directing wheel. Every mode has been adjusted to offer the most ideal mix of advances working as one to handle the picked landscape or driving style easily. These include:
On-street modes
Typical mode - Emphasizing solace, mileage and driveability
Game mode - Responsive for lively on-street driving. This implies quick, fresh rigging shifts at higher motor rates to help choke reaction. The mapping responds to expanded interest contributions from the driver by holding gears longer and downshifting all the more forcefully.
Rough terrain modes
Grass/Gravel/Snow mode - Designed to motivate protected and certain driving on rough terrain dangerous and lopsided surfaces. This is done through smoother gear changes and second-gear begins, limiting the likelihood of wheel slip.
Mud/Sand mode - Vehicle responsiveness is tuned for ideal footing and force in profound, deformable surfaces like free sand and mud. This is accomplished by keeping up lower gears with high torque.
Rock mode - Used explicitly for low-speed rough territory where smooth controllability is vital.
Baja mode - Vehicle responsiveness is tuned for fast rough terrain execution, much the same as drivers need in the well known Baja Desert Rally. In this mode, vehicle frameworks like Traction Control are pared back as far as mediation to permit lively go 4x4 romping driving without battling the vehicle's ready frameworks. Apparatus choice is upgraded for most extreme execution, and the mapping will hold equips longer and downshift all the more forcefully.
Capacity to Move You
The Ford Ranger Raptor powertrain highlights forefront innovation to offer more power and torque, better mileage, less weight and with rough terrain explicit alignments for motor, transmission, driveline, controlling, brakes and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) framework.
In a progressive move to convey mind blowing execution and responsiveness, a 10-Speed transmission is joined with another 2.0L Bi-Turbo diesel motor in the Ranger Raptor to convey a limit of 213PS (157kW) of intensity and 500Nm of torque.
Passage engineers have tried the new powertrain broadly so as to validate strength.
This testing incorporates running a 'thermo cycle' on the motor, warming both turbos to the point of sparkling red for 200 hours relentless. It can withstand this torment on account of the turbo heading and low-pressure (LP) turbo being water cooled to diminish temperature, dodge over-warming and secure the air acceptance segments.
Filling in as a group, the littler, high-pressure (HP) turbo is associated in an arrangement to the bigger, LP turbo and is controlled with by-pass valves that decide the working mode relying upon motor speed. At lower motor speeds, the two turbos work in arrangement, upgrading torque and responsiveness, while at higher motor speeds, the little HP turbo is avoided, and the higher LP turbo gives lift to convey more force.
The Ford-structured and Ford-constructed 10-speed programmed transmission is imparted to the F-150 Raptor and has been made with high-quality steel, aluminum amalgams and composites to upgrade solidness and weight. Having 10 riggings implies a more extensive proportion length bringing about better increasing speed and responsiveness. With more space to upgrade gear dispersing, designers could tweak gear movement unquestionably more proficiently than previously, giving increasingly precise - and snappier - upshift and downshift ability.
The all-new electronic framework includes continuous versatile change planning calculations built to help guarantee the correct gear is chosen at the ideal time. A special transmission adjustment likewise incorporates a 'Live in Drive' work, implying that the oar shifters are consistently accessible for manual rigging determination abrogate.
Down to earth Technology at Hand
Portage Ranger Raptor accompanies a large group of cutting edge Driver Assist Technologies (DATs) at the press of a catch which are bleeding edge, however truly down to earth for regular use.
Driving the path in availability, SYNC 3 is a completely coordinated, voice actuation framework that lets the driver utilize their preferred gadgets while their hands remain on the haggle out and about. The Satellite Navigation System makes its mark when going 4x4 romping in remote territories, in any event, offering a 'breadcrumb' highlight to leave a path when entering unchartered regions - ideal for the genuine wilderness romper.
Elevated levels of dynamic and aloof wellbeing have been planned in from the beginning, including the improved Ford Stability Control fusing Roll Mitigation Function.
Passage's far reaching Electronic Stability Control (ESC) framework is additionally there to help in troublesome cornering and slowing down circumstances. The amazing innovation suite incorporates Trailer Sway Control (TSC), Hill Start Assist (HSA), Hill Descent Control (HDC) and Load Adaptive Control (LAC).
The rear view camera displayed on the eight-inch colour LCD screen matched with the rear parking sensors gives drivers the utmost confidence when parking anywhere.
For convenient access, an EZ Lift Tailgate uses a new rod assembly to give the owner a 66 percent reduction in initial lift force. Intelligent Access, also known as passive entry, allows the owner to unlock, lock and start the vehicle without having to reach for their keys. Using a radio frequency signal, the key fob allows the owner to start the vehicle with a press of a button, and is able to activate central locking for the doors and the tailgate. In the case of a depleted battery, a mechanical key blade is incorporated into the fob design.
An Exhilarating Driving Experience
Inheriting vital capability from the truly successful Ranger and complementing that with DNA from the F-150 Raptor, the Ranger Raptor is set to turn heads throughout Australia and around the world.
"It is amazing to enable this level of performance and create a vehicle that can provide off-road enthusiasts such an adrenaline rush," said Hameedi. "It really is like a motocross bike, snowmobile and an ATV rolled up into a pickup truck - it's an incredible, awesome experience!"
The Ford Ranger Raptor will be produced in Ford Thailand Manufacturing (FTM) using Ford's latest state of the art manufacturing techniques and facilities.
