Excellent PickupTrucks.com mega-article, inclduing vids:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2008/11...aptor-has.html

 

cool article...this truck looks awesome

 

The Last two references are thought Provoking.


Raptor can refer to:
In science:

• Bird of prey, a type of bird often characterized by a hooked beak, sharp talons, and keen eyesight.
• An informal term to refer to certain dinosaurs, most notably the Dromaeosauridae, including the Velociraptor, Dromaeosaurus, Deinonychus and some other theropods such as the Oviraptoridae, like Oviraptor and Gigantoraptor
• some primitive birds, such as the Shenzhouraptor

In the South African military:

• Raptor weapon, a series of South African Air Force precision guided glide weapons.

In the US military:

• VMMT-204, the MV-22 Osprey training squadron of the United States Marine Corps known by the nickname "The Raptors"
• F-22 Raptor, a United States Air Force stealth fighter airplane

In technology:

• RAPTOR (software) provides 3D protein structure prediciton for drug discovery researchers.
• Cagiva Raptor, a motorbike
• Raptor FEC Technology
• Roboraptor, a robotic dinosaur
• RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
• WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
• Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
• Raptor, an R/C Helicopter manufactured by Thunder Tiger
• Raptor, the name of early versions of the Gecko Layout Engine
• Raptor, an RDF parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework

In sports and entertainment:

• Toronto Raptors, the Canadian NBA basketball team
• Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team playing in the Pioneer League
• Randers Raptors, a Danish floorball team
• Raptor (roller coaster), a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio
• Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
• Raptor, an electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars

In fiction:

• Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
• Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a computer game
• Raptor, a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Raptor (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the MC2 universe
• Raptor (Marvel Comics), alter-ego of Gary Wilton Jr. and a Marvel Comics superhero
• Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
• Raptor, one of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Vehicles (and 2007) as well as a vehicle in Unreal II eXpanded MultiPlayer
• Raptor, a novel written by Gary Jennings
• Lord Raptor, a character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games
• Raptor, the most common type of enemy Orbital Frame in the Zone of the Enders video game series
• Raptor, a member of a group of genetically engineered commandos from Earth's future in the comic book story XTNCT
• Raptor, a 2001 made-for-television horror film
• Raptors, a chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe

[edit] See also

• Raptus (the Latin word for "seizure"), and the many related concepts in crime, medicine, and religion
• Raptio, the abduction of women for marriage or sexual slavery

 

hmmm....interesting

 

Judging by the rear badging I think it's named after the dinosaur, Velociraptor.

 

Beautiful.

 

Has nothing to do with shortages.

 

wonder what the MSRP will be...

 

dude!! I'm in love... I wonder if Xplan would apply to this, I seriously want one...

 

doubt it, I seriously doubt it...but, you never know!

 

To answer your question...NO. Is the GT500 available on X-Plan? Then this won't be either. Only if they start to collect so badly on dealers lots, would Ford offer it under a plan deal. Heck, employees can't even buy a GT500 under A/Z-Plan.

 

A serious possibility...but, even still I doubt it would fall under the X Plan.

 

WOW what a great looking truck!!!
Thank you SVT!!!

 

Holy Hot **** Baby Jesus!!!!

That is INSANE!!!!

SVT NAILED it!!!

The thing looks freaking brilliant, all the way around. The nose treatment should be on ALL F150s and...

god..

I have never wanted a truck so badly in my entire life as bad as I want this truck right now. I can't wait to see the 6.2's #s

 

I don't want to go overboard, but this may in fact be the Lord of all Pickups. ALL.

 

I saw the raptor in person today at a ford dealer. They had the orange one and the black one.

 

I'm guessing 40+

 

Really? I didn't think they would be on the lots til late spring at the earliest...hmmm...thats cool

 

It would be my asumption that these would be the Raptors he saw were the ones being used to give press rides, given his location and all.

 

Most likely. Ford probably took them to the local dealers just to get the word out and see what people are saying.