---
title: "The Ford Ranger Raptor Is Coming Next Year…to Australia"
description: "Watch the prototype fly like a rally car through the Australian outback."
date: "2017-09-07"
modified: "2017-09-08"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14156/the-ford-ranger-raptor-is-coming-next-year-to-australia"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Australia"
  - "F-150 Raptor"
  - "Ford"
  - "Future Cars"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
  - "pickup truck"
  - "Ranger"
  - "Raptor"
  - "Teaser"
  - "Truck"
---

# The Ford Ranger Raptor Is Coming Next Year…to Australia

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/09/ranger-raptor-2.jpg>)
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Promising to be “the ultimate performance off-road truck,” Ford is bringing a Raptor [off-road performance variant](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11945/ford-may-be-making-an-off-road-version-of-the-ranger>) of the mid-size Ranger pickup truck to select markets. By that, we mean don’t hold your breath to see this beast in the U.S. The soonest we’re getting any [new Ranger in the States](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7365/the-new-ford-ranger-website-is-officially-online>) is 2019 and this Raptor is already coming out next year.

The video Ford released today announcing the Ranger Raptor is light on specifics, but it shows us the camouflaged four-door truck doing exactly what we want to see it do. We see it fly (sometimes literally) around a sandy off-road course in the Australian outback kicking up a lot of dust and making a lot of noise. She gets airborne multiple times and always sticks the landing without breaking a sweat.

[We love the Ford F-150 Raptor](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/6712/the-ford-f-150-raptor-is-the-perfect-truck>), but its price tag starting at just under $50k makes it out of reach for a lot of off-road nuts who would love to own one. A Ranger Raptor would be a fantastic, more affordable alternative to its big brother bringing more off-road insanity to a wider audience.

The video below has been posted on the Ford Australia, Ford South Africa, and Ford Asia Pacific YouTube pages, so it’s a safe bet that the Ranger Raptor will be available in those markets.

Fingers crossed for a [Bronco Raptor.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/12610/2020-ford-bronco-will-have-325-hp-turbocharged-v-6-report-says>)

https://youtube.com/embed/__YUso22hmY

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