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Suspended in Heaven

THE RANGER Raptor was conceived by Ford Australia off the back of the success in the USA of the F150 Raptor, a desert-racing-inspired factory custom version of Ford’s hugely popular F150 Pick-Up. With help from Ford Performance, Ford’s global high-performance division, the Ranger Raptor was then locally developed off the back of the Ranger ute, which just happens to be largely Australian designed and developed anyway.

If it wasn’t for the phenomenal sales success of the Ranger in Australia, where it now has even toppled the longterm best-selling Hilux, the Raptor may not have got off the ground. Fortunately it did, as serious factory

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