Until now, owning a genuine American pickup with right-hand drive has been pretty much impossible. But specialist luxury car dealer Clive Sutton has changed that, with the UK’s first right-hand drive conversion of a Ford F-150 Raptor pickup.
The fully-converted model is now available for the not-so-bargain price of £89,000 +VAT. Converting an existing F-150 Raptor, should you happen to own one, will cost around £32,000 +VAT.
What’s a Raptor?
In case you’re not familiar, the Raptor version of the F-150 is a high-spec version of the standard F-150, with extra off-road equipment including super knarly off-road tyres and upgraded long-travel suspension. Power is delivered by a twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 engine which delivers 450 horsepower through a 10-speed automatic gearbox.
The conversion has been done in depth and includes a right-hand drive steering rack, precision-sculpted cabin fittings and a fully ‘mirrored’ cabin and dashboard conversion.
Even the Ford Sync 3 infotainment system has been reprogrammed with full European mapping and radio frequencies.
Sutton’s first converted model is a SuperCab model in Lightening Blue. Ford’s SuperCab is a smaller version of the SuperCrew crew cab, so while it can seat extra passengers, they won’t have as much space as in a full-size crew cab.
That’s probably just as well, because according to this US review, the full-sized SuperCrew cab adds an extra 12 inches to the truck’s already gigantic dimensions (compared to a standard UK-spec pickup)
I want more…
If a ‘standard’ F-150 just isn’t enough, then Clive Sutton has something even more special on offer. Renowned US tuner Shelby is producing a limited run of 500 Shelby-tuned Ford F-150 pickups.
In among these will be 150 F-150 Super Snake models. These heavily modified trucks are built around a 750hp supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine and will have more than 45 proprietary components. The price will be £120,000, including VAT.
The Super Snake promises to be a true super truck. But just two of these models will be available in the UK, so anyone who is interested should contact Sutton as soon as possible.
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Hi I would like a price on a hitlre of an ford raptor f150 from the 3rd to the 6th of July how much would it be please?
Hi David,
I’m afraid we don’t have these vehicles available for hire. As far as I know, they are only available for sale in the UK from the dealer mentioned in the article.
Kind regards,
Roland