<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/" rel="tag">Truck</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/" rel="tag">Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/off-road/" rel="tag">Off-Road</a></p><em><big>Frequent Flying In Ford's Factory Baja Truck</big></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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A scant 30 minutes had passed after taking possession of this 2010 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/raptor">Ford F-150 SVT Raptor</a> until we had all four of its wheels off the ground. We'd have done the deed even sooner, but our destination - a Baja-style test track in the middle of the desert outside Phoenix, Arizona - was, understandably, far enough out of town that no locals would be able to complain of excessive noise or mini dust tornadoes encroaching on their own tracts of brush-filled paradise.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/#3505954"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" class="right border" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor jump" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/raptor-5opta.jpg" /></a>After all, the modern conveniences of day-to-day life just don't mix with such uncivilized activities as seeing how much air you can put between your truck's skid plates and solid ground.<br />
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And therein lies the beauty of this particular beast. Since when did such niceties as in-dash navigation with voice-activated SYNC, a leather interior with heated seats, dual-zone climate control and satellite radio count as standard equipment in a truck that was built primarily for 100-mile-per-hour blasts through the desert?<br />
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Since late 2009, actually, when FoMoCo unleashed the first version of the F-150 SVT Raptor on an unsuspecting public. Unlike all previous products from Ford's Specialty Vehicle Team, including the F-150-based SVT Lightning, this truck does its best work once the pavement ends and the really nasty stuff begins.<br />
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It's no secret that we've loved the Raptor ever since our first experience behind the wheel, and now it's better than ever before. How so? <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/#continued">Keep reading</a> to find out.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review">2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2: Review</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/01fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/02fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/03fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/04fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/05fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a></div><br />
<b><i><small>Photos copyright (C)2010 <a href="http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/">Drew Phillips</a> and Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL</small></i></b><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/">Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:55:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19688505/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/lead1fordsvtraptor622010review.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
A scant 30 minutes had passed after taking possession of this 2010 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/raptor">Ford F-150 SVT Raptor</a> until we had all four of its wheels off the ground. We'd have done the deed even sooner, but our destination - a Baja-style test track in the middle of the desert outside Phoenix, Arizona - was, understandably, far enough out of town that no locals would be able to complain of excessive noise or mini dust tornadoes encroaching on their own tracts of brush-filled paradise.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/#3505954"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" class="right border" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor jump" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/raptor-5opta.jpg" /></a>After all, the modern conveniences of day-to-day life just don't mix with such uncivilized activities as seeing how much air you can put between your truck's skid plates and solid ground.<br />
<br />
And therein lies the beauty of this particular beast. Since when did such niceties as in-dash navigation with voice-activated SYNC, a leather interior with heated seats, dual-zone climate control and satellite radio count as standard equipment in a truck that was built primarily for 100-mile-per-hour blasts through the desert?<br />
<br />
Since late 2009, actually, when FoMoCo unleashed the first version of the F-150 SVT Raptor on an unsuspecting public. Unlike all previous products from Ford's Specialty Vehicle Team, including the F-150-based SVT Lightning, this truck does its best work once the pavement ends and the really nasty stuff begins.<br />
<br />
It's no secret that we've loved the Raptor ever since our first experience behind the wheel, and now it's better than ever before. How so? <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/#continued">Keep reading</a> to find out.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review">2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2: Review</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/01fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/02fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/03fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/04fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/05fordsvtraptor622010review_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" title="2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2" /></a></div><br />
<b><i><small>Photos copyright (C)2010 <a href="http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/">Drew Phillips</a> and Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL</small></i></b><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/">Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:55:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19688505/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/2010-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-6-2-review-road-test/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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