As the off-road brother of Ford Ranger, Ford Everest has its demand in Southeast Asia and the Australian market. Since it uses the chassis with Ranger, it also makes people wonder if there is a chance for this hard-core textured off-road to launch a high-performance version of Everest Raptor? The foreign media Kolesa.ru first drew the envisioned picture of Everest Raptor. Judging from the market situation of hardcore leisure travel in recent years, maybe Everest Raptor does have a chance to debut.
Ford hasn’t built the Everest Raptor yet, and while there’s been speculation since the debut of the first Ranger Raptor, those speculations are still up in the air.
Ford neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of the Everest Raptor last year. Ian Foston, the global chief engineer of the T6 platform, said in an interview with foreign media Motor1.com that if there is enough customer demand, Ford may produce a mass production version. It’s worth noting that the Everest Raptor reportedly built a prototype in Australia last year, but it still hasn’t officially entered the production line.
Through Kolesa’s envisioned image, the Ford Ranger Raptor is added to form the Everest Raptor, whether it is the water tank guard with a big “Ford” lettering, wider body, bigger tires, and the Raptor sticker on the rear, it looks better. Aggressive. If the Everest Raptor does go into production, it is expected to use the same 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6 as the Ranger Raptor, which can produce up to 392 horsepower and 583 Newton-meters of peak torque.
For Ford, it is not difficult to launch a high-performance hardcore SUV with the same platform configuration. All that remains is to judge whether there is market demand and whether it will crowd out existing models.