Lightning strikes again? Ford F-150 Raptor may be branded SVT
 

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The rumored Ford F-150 "Raptor" high-performance off-road truck may be branded an SVT model when and if it reaches dealer showrooms. So says Sean Holman at Four Wheeler Magazine, at least. If true, this would mark the return of the SVT label being used front and center on a vehicle since John Coletti, the legendary head honcho of Ford's in-house tuning arm during its heyday, retired in 2004. Ford's Special Vehicle Team is still alive and well within the Blue Oval, having participated on a number of special Mustang models in recent years including GT500KR, as well as the Ford GT supercar.

Affixing the letters S-V-T to a truck will bring on inevitable comparisons to the late, great SVT Lightning F-150, which was produced for ten years between 1993 and 2003. While that high-performance truck was meant for on-road shenanigans, the "Raptor" is being developed in the vein of a Baja truck with big tires, bigger ground clearance and a big appetite for jumping things like sand dunes and rows of Foci. Production of the "Raptor" truck itself is just a rumor, however, despite heavily covered prototypes seen idling around Dearborn. The addition of an SVT badge would make the secretly developed desert stormer that much more legitimate in our eyes, even if Ford's in-house tuning program has never proven itself off the beaten path.

Gallery: Ford F150 "Raptor" - Spy Shots
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[Source: Four Wheeler Blog via Pickuptruck.com]

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Interesting, first news of Jeep putting the 6.1 hemi into a wrangler and now this... off roaders ought to be happy

How funny would it be if that were just some random dude's truck? I've seen Baja-style trucks before without speculating Toyota or Chevy was coming out with a special Baja model. LOL