2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Over the years, the Ford Special Vehicles Team built its reputation on how well its performance-tuned cars and trucks carved up the road. But the latest product from Dearborn's in-house skunkworks, the 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor, takes a sharp turn off-road and into terrain that its predecessor--the street-fighting supercharged F-150 SVT Lightning--never dared to tread.

Like any SVT vehicle, the Raptor is capable of mundane tasks such as flying to the grocery store or winging through commuter traffic.

But this SVT truck is at its best when it's swooping down the desert floor at full speed, dodging rocks and sailing over whoop-de-dos.

Based on the F-150 pickup, the Raptor body is widened by seven inches to accommodate honking 35-inch-tall desert tires and extra wheel travel--11.2 inches front and 13.4 inches rear. From the A-pillar forward, it gets all-new SMC body panels that wrap around the stock three-valve, 310-hp, 365-lb-ft, 5.4-liter Triton V8 (320 hp and 390 lb-ft on E85, if they sell it in your part of the Mojave). The black Raptor grille is wider than the stock F-150 grille, and the skid plate angled below the bumper replaces the stock air-dam lower panels.

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