We test Ford’s turf-taming toughie

I was airborne when I realised just what a good off-road vehicle the new Ford Raptor is. Or, more accurately, I was landing.

The driving instructor at the Raptor’s media launch on the Upington salt pan had launched the bakkie off a big bump and, grasping the handhold next to the passenger seat, I winced in anticipation of a hard landing that might rearrange some of my organs and perhaps dislodge a few teeth. But the spine-jarring thump and the loud clunk of bottomed-out suspension never materialised. ..

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