It certainly stands out with its bright orange colour, contrasting with black wheel arch fenders, grill inserts , and lower body highlights.

The Raptor is all about performance. It comes with a 3.0 L V6 petrol engine that has power of 292 kW and torque of 583 Nm. This drives through a 10 speed AT and selectable 4WD.

Ranger Raptor also has 272 mm of ground clearance and excellent approach and departure angles. It also has Ford Performance developed FOX 2.5” Live Valve internal bypass shock absorbers. They are awesome.

Drivers can choose from seven different drive modes. They can also adjust the steering input, damper modes as well as exhaust note.

Other features include

• 850 mm of water fording depth,
• front and rear performance disc brakes,
• 17” Alloy wheels,
• LT 285/70 R17 BF Goodrich KO2 High Performance All-Terrain tyres
• And Trail control, which allows cruise control off road for constant speeds.

The Ranger Raptor is designed for a specific purpose and does that extremely well. It’s also a lot of fun to drive.

Being priced from $90,440 plus the usual costs doesn’t deter the large number of buyers.

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What is good?

• Big bold – look at me styling
• Performance, ride and handling
• Adjustable everything – steering, shocks, drive mode and exhaust

What is not so good?

• Poor towing capacity
• Can be thirsty
• Attracts unwanted attention

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Visually, red and black feature prominently. There is a new grill, redesigned front bumper for better approach angle and black rock rails.

At the rear, red recovery points and a black rear bumper finish the exterior look, and are paired with a pre-installed towbar, tow ball and trailer wiring harness.

Inside occupants are treated to aluminium pedals, Sports seats and GR decals plus more.

The key improvements are performance based.

A more powerful diesel engine with 165kW and 550Nm of torque matched to a 6 speed automatic transmission tuned for the extra performance.

The GR Sport sits on the same wide track as the Rogue and has redesigned suspension. This includes  different front coil and rear leaf spring tuning along with KYB monotube shock absorbers.

The removal of the rear sway bar also promotes greater axle articulation and ground contact over uneven surfaces.

The HiLux GR Sport is priced from $73,990 plus the usual costs.

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