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Ford to export its F-150 Raptor pickup to China
[USA Today] Ford is going to export its ultimate high-performance pickup truck to China -- showing how wealthy Chinese consumers' appetites for American vehicles extend to some of the most extreme models.

The new version of the Ford F-150 Raptor SuperCrew arrives in China in 2017. It'll be an off-road beast packing massive power combined with a special chassis and suspension meant to take on rocks or the toughest terrain. The automaker says the design will "enable it to travel fast over challenging desert landscapes" -- including, it adds, the Gobi Desert.

Raptor will arrive with little modification -- the most noticeable being some small lights added to the roof to comply with Chinese highways laws -- but off-road enthusiasts there already know it well. Ford has been watching reports out of China that consumers have been paying up to $160,000 for the precious few Raptors from the vehicle's past generation that were imported one by one.

"We're seeing demand for it," says Henry Ford III, a descendant of the automaker's founder and global marketing manager for Ford Performance. "Chinese customers love products that are fun."
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-04-22
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