{"id":15088,"date":"2022-02-10T09:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2022-02-10T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:07:50","slug":"1118244_2023-ford-ranger-raptor-teased-ahead-of-feb-22-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15088","title":{"rendered":"2023 Ford Ranger Raptor teased ahead of Feb. 22 debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1130933_redesigned-ford-ranger-debuts-with-tougher-look-bigger-footprint\">redesigned Ford Ranger<\/a> was revealed last fall and is expected to reach dealerships later this year as a 2023 model.<\/p>\n<p>Like its predecessor, it will have a high-performance Ranger Raptor variant, which Ford on Thursday confirmed for a world debut on February 22.<\/p>\n<p>Ford also released some teaser photos of a prototype, along with a video that\u2014judging by the sounds the prototype in the video makes\u2014suggests there&#8217;s a turbocharged gasoline engine under the hood.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the redesigned Ranger and Bronco are twins under the skin, we&#8217;d wager that the engine destined for the Ranger Raptor is the same 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 powering the recently revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1134837_2022-ford-bronco-raptor-price-specs-review-photos-info\">2022 Bronco Raptor<\/a>. Final specs for the engine are yet to be confirmed but Ford said to expect more than 400 hp in the Bronco Raptor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XMUq_mTDL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1115196_2019-ford-ranger-raptor-debuts-with-210-horsepower-diesel\">previous Ranger Raptor<\/a> was never offered in the U.S., namely because it was developed on the version of the Ranger sold overseas. It was also developed exclusively with a diesel powertrain, in this case a 2.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-4 good for 210 hp.<\/p>\n<p>With a gas engine planned for the redesigned Ranger Raptor, it&#8217;s probably only a matter of time until Ford announces the truck for U.S. sale. A diesel is rumored to still be an available option in some other markets. Expect the sole transmission to be a 10-speed automatic, and drive should be to all four wheels as standard.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the powertrain, expect the Ranger Raptor to benefit from the same off-road goodies fitted to the Bronco Raptor. This means items like Fox 3.1 internal bypass semi-active dampers, springs borrowed from the F-150 Raptor, and 17-inch wheels wrapped in off-road tires.<\/p>\n<p>The redesigned Ranger is also the basis for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1127477_2022-volkswagen-amarok-spy-shots\">redesigned Volkswagen Amarok<\/a>. The new VW pickup is due for a reveal in 2022, and VW is open to the idea of a high-performance Amarok R to take on the Ranger Raptor. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A redesigned Ford Ranger was revealed last fall and is expected to reach dealerships later this year as a 2023 model. Like its predecessor, it will have a high-performance Ranger Raptor variant, which Ford on Thursday confirmed for a world debut on February 22. Ford also released some teaser photos of a prototype, along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-concepts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}