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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford F150 Raptor R - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Does the idea of a $100,000 pickup truck give you heart palpitations? If so, you might want to skip over the rest of this text. For the past year Ford has been using off-road races like the Baja 500 and 1000 as real world test tracks to prove out the performance and durability of the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150+svt+raptor">F-150 SVT Raptor</a> pickup. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/04/sema-2008-svt-raptor-r-race-truck-to-enter-baja-1000/">Raptor R</a> that Ford has been racing is actually pretty close to the production truck, although it does have more power and suspension travel. <br />
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Now the Ford Racing crew is following in the footsteps of the various FR500 Mustangs of the last five years and offering a factory-built race truck. Called the Raptor XT, it features the same 500-hp 6.2-liter V8 found in the latest edition of the Raptor R. The Raptor XT also gets all the interior amenities of a standard road going Raptor while adding the chrome-moly roll cage and tubular bumpers of the R. The XT even gets the 15-inch front and 18-inch rear wheel travel of the race truck. <br />
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Only 50 units of the Raptor XT will be built for the 2011 model year and only the most extreme off-roaders will be willing to pay the $99,950 price tag. Like the FR500 race Mustangs, the Raptor XT is off-road only, but in this case it's really off the road. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/">Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/10f150raptr_baja02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>SEMA 2009: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor XT, $100K off-road race truck</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/">SEMA 2009: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor XT, $100K off-road race truck</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19210025/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford F150 Raptor R - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
Does the idea of a $100,000 pickup truck give you heart palpitations? If so, you might want to skip over the rest of this text. For the past year Ford has been using off-road races like the Baja 500 and 1000 as real world test tracks to prove out the performance and durability of the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150+svt+raptor">F-150 SVT Raptor</a> pickup. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/04/sema-2008-svt-raptor-r-race-truck-to-enter-baja-1000/">Raptor R</a> that Ford has been racing is actually pretty close to the production truck, although it does have more power and suspension travel. <br />
<br />
Now the Ford Racing crew is following in the footsteps of the various FR500 Mustangs of the last five years and offering a factory-built race truck. Called the Raptor XT, it features the same 500-hp 6.2-liter V8 found in the latest edition of the Raptor R. The Raptor XT also gets all the interior amenities of a standard road going Raptor while adding the chrome-moly roll cage and tubular bumpers of the R. The XT even gets the 15-inch front and 18-inch rear wheel travel of the race truck. <br />
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Only 50 units of the Raptor XT will be built for the 2011 model year and only the most extreme off-roaders will be willing to pay the $99,950 price tag. Like the FR500 race Mustangs, the Raptor XT is off-road only, but in this case it's really off the road. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/">Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/10f150raptr_baja02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-f-150-svt-raptor-r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/svtraptorr_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>SEMA 2009: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor XT, $100K off-road race truck</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/">SEMA 2009: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor XT, $100K off-road race truck</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19210025/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-xt-100k-off-road-race-tr/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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