Do you ever find yourself looking at the hulking, jacked-up Ford Ranger Raptor pick-up truck and thinking “it’s nice, but it’s not quite lairy enough”? Us neither: its outlandish offroad suspension and tyre package already give it more than enough presence on Britain’s cramped streets (not to mention agreeable levels of countryside competence). But this new Special Edition – which arrives as the current-generation Ranger prepares to bow out – ups the ante with “extra badass as standard”.
Roughly translated, that means it gains racing stripes, red accents inside and out and matt black trim all round. If it didn’t stick out in the supermarket car park before, you can guarantee that it will now.
As with the standard Raptor, its track is extended by 150mm over the less hardcore XLT and it rides 51mm higher, courtesy of its beefy Fox shocks and colossal General Grabber AT3 tyres.