



Since late 2009, actually, when FoMoCo unleashed the first version of theį-150 SVT Raptor on an unsuspecting public. Since when did such niceties as in-dash navigation with voice-activated SYNC, a leather interior with heated seats, dual-zone climate control and satellite radio count as standard equipment in a truck that was built primarily for 100-mile-per-hour blasts through the desert? We'd have done the deed even sooner, but our destination – a Baja-style test track in the middle of the desert outside Phoenix, Arizona – was, understandably, far enough out of town that no locals would be able to complain of excessive noise or mini dust tornadoes encroaching on their own tracts of brush-filled paradise.Īfter all, the modern conveniences of day-to-day life just don't mix with such uncivilized activities as seeing how much air you can put between yourĪnd therein lies the beauty of this particular beast. 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2 - Click above for high-res image galleryĪ scant 30 minutes had passed after taking possession of this 2010įord F-150 SVT Raptor until we had all four of its wheels off the ground.
