Race-Prepared Ford Ranger Raptor With Snorkel Unveiled For Baja 1000

The 2023 Ford Ranger Raptor has misplaced its license plate for a motorsport model we’ll see in motion later this month on the Baja 1000. Touted as being probably the most difficult off-road races on the market, the occasion will happen on the Baja California Peninsula the place the Blue Oval raced the F-150 Raptor and Bronco R in recent times. Lest we neglect that again in 1969, the traditional Bronco pushed by Rod Corridor and Larry Minor took the general win.

The brand new efficiency truck will run on Shell gasoline with greater than 30 p.c of its composition being sustainably sourced from bio elements equivalent to vegetable oils together with different natural waste. The Baja-ready Ranger Raptor has been engineered to fulfill the necessities of the inventory class and has been fitted with a big snorkel and further LED lighting entrance and rear.

Different mods embrace two-inch wider wheel arches, Technique Racing wheels with meaty BFGoodrich off-road tires, a bull bar, and a three-inch suspension elevate. You will additionally discover the roll cage inside whereas the 2 spare wheels and jack are situated within the mattress the place the tailgate has been eliminated.

Preliminary testing happened within the Australian outback earlier than the ultimate evaluations have been performed in Johnson Valley, California. Whereas the previous-generation Ranger Raptor was powered by a bi-turbodiesel four-cylinder engine, its substitute has made the swap to a bigger 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6. This time round, the high-performance midsize truck will likely be coming to North America the place it is scheduled to go on sale later in 2022.

Earlier than arriving within the US, the Ranger Raptor will compete on the 49^th annual version of the grueling Baja 1000 desert race in Mexico between November 18 and 20. We’ll remind you the road-going truck even has a devoted Baja mode, so it ought to be as much as the duty. The motorsport model has been conceived by Ford Efficiency in collaboration with Australia’s Kelly Racing and US-based Lovell Racing.