The Ford Raptor T1+ is the Blue Oval's custom-built 2025 Dakar Rally race truck.
Ford will enter the Raptor T1+ in two off-road rallies ahead of DakarOn Friday, the Ford Raptor T1+ debuted at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The off-roader has been custom built around parameters specifically set to tackle, and potentially win, theFord's understandably quiet about certain key details regarding the rally build, but it's a collaboration between Ford Performance and M-Sport Ltd.
Powering the Raptor T1+ is an engine no consumer can buy in any street-legal Raptor product: Ford's naturally-aspirated 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine. No performance numbers have been shared for the engine, but Ford did say it's fitted with a dry-sump oil system and exhaust both designed for Dakar's conditions.Key to the Raptor T1+ is a custom independent front and rear double-wishbone suspension system co-developed with Fox.
The off-roader rides on 17-inch aluminum wheels wrapped in 37-inch off-road tires. A set of 355mm Alcon ventilated disc brakes paired with mono block calipers sit at all four corners.The chassis is a purpose-built T45 steel space frame covered with carbon fiber body panels. The grille simply says Ford in big capital letters. The entire package weighs 4,431 pounds and is 90.55 inches wide.
Ford's prepared the Raptor T1+ by testing it 6,213 miles in the harshest environments it could find. Ahead of the 2025 Dakar Rally the Raptor T1+ will compete at the 2024 Baja Hungary in August and 2024 Rallye du Maroc in October. In May, Ford announced Carlos Sainz Sr.–Yes, the father of Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr.–and Nani Roma would beHigh-Res Gallery:
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