2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

When you're behind the wheel of the Baja-tuned Raptor and life presents you with a semi-muddy off-road trail, your right foot becomes amazingly twitchy. I succumbed to the irritation, mashed my foot down, and blitzed across what appeared to be an abandoned subdivision development. The Raptor never flinched one bit -- even when plowing through a foot of water, which applied a lovely wall of mud to the exterior sheetmetal in a very Jackson Pollack fashion. This is what the Raptor is built to do. Yes, it's big; yes, it's tall; yes, it's wide (in fact, Ford was legally required to put clearance lamps on the front and rear). Then again, a stock F-150 is a huge beast. The Raptor is no harder to weave through urban roads and parking garages than an XLT, King Ranch, or Harley-Davidson model. The only downside to the taller stance that I noted is a tall cargo bed that's difficult to load (perhaps that integrated tailgate step isn't such a bad idea).
- Evan McCausland, Web Producer