{"id":577857,"date":"2010-05-25T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive\/"},"modified":"2010-05-25T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:57:00","slug":"first-drive-2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-is-born-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/577857","title":{"rendered":"First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/trucks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Truck<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/ford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/driving\/\" rel=\"tag\">First Drive<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/off-road\/\" rel=\"tag\">Off-Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/10svtraptor62fd2011optb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nUnless you&#8217;re a died-in-the-burlap save-the-planet kind of person, you probably think the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/raptor\">2010 Ford SVT Raptor<\/a> is freakin&#8217; cool. There&#8217;s not a factory truck on the planet that can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/10\/31\/video-ford-f-150-raptor-svt-storming-across-the-desert\/\">wing across the desert floor<\/a> with equal ease, grace and unmitigated speed.<\/p>\n<p>The 2010 Raptor genuinely has no competition In the world of production trucks, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t be improved. If you bent the ear of the right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a> engineer, he would admit that the 2010 SVT Raptor was supposed to launch with the 6.2-liter SOHC V8 we&#8217;re testing today. The aging 310-horsepower 5.4-liter Triton mill included at launch was never the perfect fit for the radical Raptor. Too tame. <\/p>\n<p>From the truck&#8217;s introduction last Fall, everyone knew the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/ford-raptor-6-2-liter-goes-on-sale-nearly-3-000-already-ordered\/\">all-new iron-block\/aluminum-head 6.2-liter engine<\/a> would be better. But no one knew how much better until now. Read about our wild test drive (and brief flight) after the ummm&#8230; jump.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/\">First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/#3012229\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/01svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/#3012230\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/02svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/#3012232\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/03svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/#3012233\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/04svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-ford-svt-raptor-6-2\/#3012234\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/05svtraptor62fd2011_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<em><strong><small>Photos by Rex Roy \/ Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. and Ford Motor Company<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive\/\">First Drive: 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 is born to fly<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 25 May 2010 11:57:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19489627\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/2010-ford-svt-raptor-6-2-first-drive\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Truck, Ford, First Drive, Off-Road 2010 Ford SVT Raptor 6.2 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery Unless you&#8217;re a died-in-the-burlap save-the-planet kind of person, you probably think the 2010 Ford SVT Raptor is freakin&#8217; cool. 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