It was during the online presentation of the new Ranger that, halfway through, Ford dropped a "crumb" about the future Ranger Raptor in the form of a QR Code.
The small QR Code almost went unnoticed and the most certain thing would be that, after reading it, it would give access to a page with more information about the new Ranger, but not…
The code gives access to a short but revealing video, in which two details stand out: a date and a sound.
The date you see is February 2022; and the bass sound is that of an engine speeding up and down, and it sounds like something gasoline and much bigger than a simple four-cylinder in-line.
It's just speculation for now, but the next Ford Ranger Raptor looks like it's going to swap out the current 213hp 2.0L Bi-Turbo Diesel four-cylinder for a larger octane twin-turbo V6 — the most likely candidate is the 3.0 twin-turbo V6. Explorer ST with 405 hp!
Whether that's the case or not, the answer will come in February 2022, with the unveiling of a new Ford Ranger Raptor. Until then, stay with the test we did for the current one:
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