Ford Bronco Raptor 2024 Review

America’s ranchers and sheriffs were looking for a safe alternative for their horses for sightseeing and daily activities after the industrial revolution. In the mid-1960s, Ford became aware of a gap in the market.
Jeep produced its off-road vehicles exclusively for the US Army with the contract it had with the US Army, and Ford started working to quench the thirst of the big market for off-road vehicles that could not find a suitable alternative until then and introduced the Ford Bronco Raptor.

Ford Bronco Raptor History

Ford Bronco introduced five generations to the market in thirty years. At the beginning of the 21st century, it faced a long period of absence and finally returned in 2021 with a new and sixth generation car to prove that the market is still eager and thirsty for off-road vehicles.

What is Ford Raptor Package ?

Ford Raptor is thinking about the global market. In order to produce an unrivaled monster for all weather conditions and use in various activities, Ford has given the Raptor the ability to transfer.
to be transformed into a new machine and animal according to the customer’s needs. You can easily turn a winter car with closed roofs and safe doors into a sexy and attractive off-road safari car.

It was about 10 years ago that Ford introduced the Ford F-150 to the market. The elongated and large size of this powerful and sports van was able to find a good market in America. But now Raptor packages are installed on Bronco SUVs, which give additional features to Ford Bronco.

Ford Bronco Raptor 2024 Specs

At first glance, the thing that surrounds us is a wide monster that presents a rough and attractive appearance with round and glaring lights. The feature of Ford Bronco is the attractive running light that gives Ford Bronco lights a special characteristic.

A simple look from the front of the car draws our attention to the long and elongated skateboard that continues from the front to the end of the car. During its sixty years, Ford knows very well that off-road enthusiasts expect rock climbing from Ford Bronco. The skateboard is responsible for preventing hard impacts to the engine and crankcase.
To increase the maneuverability in rock climbing, Ford Raptor allows the front bumper to be separated easily to give more space to the front wheels in rock climbing maneuvers.

Another change that stands out in the new Ford Bronco is the 37-inch rock rims, which are screwed to the rim with round screws and cover the car chassis like a steel beam.

Fox springs give the Ford Raptor chassis the capability of suspension at high speeds and more maneuvers in the desert up to a speed of 150 km.
Black muscle fenders give the car a more bulky and rough appearance, but their function is to prevent pebbles from being thrown onto the car body to protect the body color.

The fender, which is easily released, can be easily replaced, Because their corrosion destroys the protective plastic coating over time.

Ford Bronco Raptor Appearance

A black plate stretched from the front of the car’s windshield secures the two side mirrors. An attractive design that extends like a boomerang line.
Beside each light, due to the traffic rules, there are guide lights installed to indicate the widest point of the car. Glass with an angle of 75 degrees is still not a good protection for mosquitoes and insects, and we should expect the car glass to get dirty early in the desert.

On the plastic spread of the air vents of the hood, there are 4 numbers that reveal the honors of the Ford Bronco Raptor. 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1972, which are the years when Ford Bronco won the championship in California.

The additional vents above the front fenders are for increasing the amount of hot air exiting the engine, which makes the process of heat exchange from the inside of the car engine easier in the hot desert air.

The Raptor’s tailgate is surrounded by a giant spare tire. The strange size of the 37-inch spare tire surrounds half of the rear window and blinds the driver’s vision to a great extent.
The large size of the spare has even tied Ford’s hands and feet to display its logo in the back of the car.
Inevitably, Ford settles for this by depicting his horse lego diagonally on the right side and the Raptor brand name on the left side.

The rear camera comes out of the spare part with an interesting creativity to fit in the middle part of the back.
The performance of the camera is satisfactory compared to Japanese cars, and although you can’t expect the quality of the cameras of German sedan cars, it works satisfactorily for recognizing the environment when the driver’s vision is blind to the rear.

Ford Bronco often tries to show off its pride by referring to the previous generations of the car. When we open the gas valve, we see a graphic image of three different generations of Ford Bronco cars on the tank inlet.

2024 Ford Bronco Raptor Interior

The door cover is made of high quality compressed plastic. But we cannot expect the options of a luxury car from it. Since the doors open to turn the car into a safari car, the window lifters are embedded in the middle of the cabin.

The seats with velvet Alcantara leather add to the beauty of the cabin. The protruding sides of the seats are designed to keep you firmly inside during sharp and fast maneuvers.

Ford Bronco Raptor Electrical Equipment

A 12-inch LCD with good quality that allows easy connection to Apple CarPlay and Apple account, while also being able to connect, creates a simple but effective user environment for Android users.

The big and outstanding advantage of this LCD is the split feature of this monitor, by dividing it, you can have the navigation system next to the music player in one image.

The fast and high-quality touch function of the user environment creates a pleasant experience.

Ford Bronco Raptor Drive Mode

Ford Bronco Raptor Differential lock

On the dashboard, the presence of a control panel gives you the right to choose to better monitor the performance of the differential. With the help of this panel, you can open and close the differential and change the way you drive based on the type of route.

Drive Mode

Behind the gear knob, we can find a mode changer that can change the drive mode of the car with Goat Mode (Go Over All train). It allows you to choose between 7 different modes easily on the screen with a See and choose attractive animated graphics of different driving modes.

7 selectable modes include: Slippery, Tow / Haul, Sport, Normal, Off Road, Baja, Rock Crawl, with special animations, it makes your job easier to learn the desired driving style.

Ford Bronco Raptor Engine

A 3-liter 6-cylinder twin-turbo engine with 418 horsepower and 596 Nm of torque has made a DIE HARD from this Ford monster.

A 3-liter 6-cylinder twin-turbo engine with 418 horsepower and 596 Nm of torque has made a tough life out of this Ford monster.

The power produced by the 10-speed automatic Transmission is transferred to the differential. Car fuel consumption is stated to be 15 liters per 100 km for urban routes and 16 liters per 100 km on highways.

2024 Ford Bronco Raptor Price

The base price of Ford Bronco Raptor starts from 80.000 dollars to 150.000 dollars to add sexy and additional options.

Conclusion (Ford Bronco Raptor R):

The weakness of Ford Bruno Raptor can be seen as its weak engine compared to competitors. The Raptor has some important visual and design highlights, but it needs more than a 418-horsepower engine to beat all the competition.
Recently, Ford is talking about the R version of the Raptor, which is based on the F150 platform, but with a strengthened twin turbo engine with a capacity of 3.5 liters, which is capable of producing more than 450 horsepower. In this case, we will encounter the most powerful version of the Raptor, which can defeat its main competitor, the 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392. But until then, we cannot speak for sure about the superiority of Ford. Because the 8-cylinder 6.4-liter Jeep engine produces 470 horsepower, which is considered a Rock-climbing Monster.