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# Ford teases Raptor ‘off-road supercar’
- URL: https://torquecafe.com/ford-teases-raptor-off-road-supercar/
- Published: 2025-02-04T04:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-04T18:15:32.000Z
- Description: The blue oval is considering a new flagship high-performance off-roader inspired by its Dakar Rally prototype.
- Author: Stephen Ottley
- Tags: News, 4x4 & Adventure

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Ford Raptor in the 2025 Dakar Rally

Is the world ready for an off-road supercar?

Ford is asking the exact question as it openly ponders creating a whole new genre of performance vehicle. [The blue oval wasn’t playing around when it said it wants to be the ‘Porsche of off-road’](https://torquecafe.com/the-porsche-of-off-road/) with the company’s boss revealing it is looking at building an “off-road supercar” to crown its Raptor line-up.

[Speaking to the UK’s *Top Gear*](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/ford-debating-road-raptor-supercar?ref=torquecafe.com) at the recent Ford Performance event in Charlotte, [Ford CEO Jim Farley](https://torquecafe.com/fords-new-racing-star-is-the-ceo/), was happy to reveal the company’s plans for a potential road-legal version of its Raptor T1+ prototype that competed in the Dakar Rally.

[READ MORE: Why Ford wants to be the ‘Porsche of off-road’](https://torquecafe.com/the-porsche-of-off-road/)

![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_2023-F-150-Raptor-R_exterior_-Avalanche-Gray_-03.jpg)

Ford F-150 Raptor R

“We’re in the middle of creating something, so we don’t have all the answers yet, but the question is should Ford make an off-road supercar? Not a version of a car, a standalone supercar,” Farley told [*Top Gear*](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/ford-debating-road-raptor-supercar?ref=torquecafe.com).

“The reason people love the Ranger Raptor in the UK is because it’s a fun car but the damping is very compliant. People don’t understand about off-road racing how compliant the damping is and that makes it a totally different experience to being in a \[Porsche 911\] GT2 RS.”

He added: “That’s what we’re trying to answer. What do we do on a utility car? Is there a supercar? That’s what we’re debating now.”

Ford and Farley have history with these wild projects, [with the boss teasing to *Torquecafe* his plans for the Mustang GTD at the reveal of the new-generation Mustang in September 2022](https://torquecafe.com/ford-boss-teases-le-mans-inspired-mustang-special/) \- nearly a year before its public debut.

“To go to Le Mans you need a road car,” [Farley told us in 2022](https://torquecafe.com/ford-boss-teases-le-mans-inspired-mustang-special/). “You should be asking what that car’s about but I couldn’t tell you. So there’ll be more.”

![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/crop_2025-Ford-Mustang-GTD_exterior_01.jpg)

2025 Ford Mustang GTD

So clearly there is serious intent behind his comments about an “off-road supercar” so expect something suitably wild to appear within the next 12-18 months.

While Ford has Raptor versions of the Ranger, Bronco and F-150, building an off-road performance vehicle without any connections to an existing road car could create much more technical freedom.

[READ MORE: Why ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ is still driving the car industry](https://torquecafe.com/why-win-on-sunday-sell-on-monday-is-still-driving-the-car-industry/)

As seen with the dramatic differences between the Mustang Dark Horse and Mustang GTD, Ford is not afraid to push the technical boundaries with limited-run special editions. The Mustang GTD features a unique engine, transmission, aerodynamic package and other upgrades over the rest of the Mustang range, to make it capable of competing with European supercars.

A Raptor ‘supercar’ would likely have few obvious competitors, besides existing performance SUVs like Ford’s own F-150 Raptor R and Bronco Desert Racer.

***Should Ford build an off-road supercar? Would you like a Ranger Raptor R? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.***