The V-8-powered Ford F-150 Raptor R is nearly right here. The Blue Oval’s reply to the Ram 1500 TRX shall be unveiled July 18, Ford introduced through Twitter.

Introduced in early 2021, Ford guarantees this new model of the Raptor shall be “scary quick.” Primarily based on a short tease through the current Bronco Raptor media launch, we are able to additionally verify that the Raptor R sounds fairly good. However different particulars will stay underneath wraps till the truck’s full reveal later this month.

Whereas Ford has confirmed V-8 energy, it hasn’t mentioned which engine shall be underneath the Raptor’s hood. Phrase on the road is that the Raptor R can have the Predator 5.2-liter supercharged V-8 from the Shelby GT500 Mustang. 

Raptor R™ is nearly right here. Hope you want thrillers. See it first July 18 – https://t.co/1fvKf29Dnf #RaptorR #scaryfast pic.twitter.com/otiHH8QmSp

— Ford Vans (@FordTrucks) July 12, 2022

If that is the case, we may get a 760-hp Raptor, giving Ford bragging rights over the 702-hp TRX. The Predator engine will possible be coupled to the usual Raptor’s 10-automatic transmission, somewhat than the 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox used within the Shelby GT500.

The Raptor R shall be a return to kind for Ford’s efficiency off-road truck. The primary-generation F-150 Raptor arrived in 2010 with V-8 energy, providing 5.4-liter and 6.2-liter engines. The 5.4-liter V-8 was dropped, and a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 changed the 6.2-liter V-8 when the second-generation F-150 Raptor arrived for the 2017 mannequin 12 months.

The three.5-liter twin-turbo V-6 carried over to the third-generation F-150 Raptor, which debuted for the 2021 mannequin 12 months. Basically an evolution of the second-generation truck, it has a extra squared-off entrance finish, out there 37-inch tires on 17-inch aluminum wheels, and a brand new five-link suspension setup with coil springs. A V-8 must be the proper addition to that.