Mentioned for Ford, I believe that even users who drive three-cylinder cars such as Forris or Fox may yearn for the F150 series, mainly Raptor, or Mustang Mustang sports cars; the iconic model of American cars is a pickup truck, and the highest sales volume in its home market is the F series of Ford pickup trucks. However, the price of this car is not as high as expected, although it is also an American high-end car; its starting price is only $266.15 million, the Raptor version is $64145, and the converted price is about 169.99-40.94 million, equivalent to the price of the Ford Explorer.
However, the imported raptor plus taxes and fees will be much higher, but this is the common disease of imported cars, there is nothing to complain about; this article needs to spit on the brave man built by Juntian Machinery, and George Barton, who only faces the Asia-Pacific market.
Figure 1. F150 Raptor
Figure 2: The Brave
Figure 3: George Patton
It really looks like a mightier one than the other, but the bases are all Ford pickups.
Juntian Machinery is not an OEM, at best a modified car; the brave one still hangs the Ford logo, which is obviously Ford's default. The prototype of this car is the ordinary version of the F150, and some versions are still lower than the price of the Raptor, but the guidance price has reached 85.8 and 1.18 million, which seems to be a bit "routine".
The brave is just the F150 "change box" modified car, in short, the flat is replaced by a cargo box, the rear gear of the cab and steel plate are cut and then welded to the cargo box; then the interior can be upgraded and modified, which is a modification and upgrade that can be completed in the auto parts city. Of course, the qualification declaration of the new passenger model is a cost, but it seems that the price of it has risen to about one million.
If the Juntian Mechanical Brave is not too outrageous, George Patton is very outrageous; the brand's "Chariot SUV" guidance price reached 368-3.78 million, but the basis is still a Ford pickup! The point is that the 3.5T-V6 engine remains unchanged, and the 10AT hand-operated gearbox has not been upgraded, which is the "value of the shell"? Obviously this car is not so valuable. George Barton is also an unknown modification factory, such modified cars will naturally not have a market in Europe and the United States, so it has become a special car for the Asia-Pacific market.
Fortunately, the brand's vehicles did not perform well in the Asia-Pacific region, and eventually George Patton's chariot and sword ended in discontinuation.
How strong is the Ford F150 Raptor itself?
Objective evaluation of this car should be able to give a good review, but this car is not suitable for the domestic market or off-road use; first of all, the size of the F150 meets the standard of light trucks, which is the largest size pickup truck that C1 can drive, but the cargo box is only 1.6 meters. Obviously, the F150 will have plenty of driving space, but it has less practical value, and the pickup truck is used to carry goods after all.
There should be no controversy about the F150's cargo carrying capacity, but is it nonsense to say that this car is not suitable for off-road?
F150's full-time four-wheel drive is very strong, the transfer case integrated although the multi-piece clutch limited slip differential has a mechanical locking structure, equivalent to having a medium lock; the rear axle is equipped with a conventional tooth-embedded differential lock, the front axle with a more flexible mechanical Tolson differential, it can be said that each wheel will have a strong ability to get out of trouble, but it is too big.
The longer the wheelbase of the car, the smaller the longitudinal passing angle, and it will be easy to support the bottom when crossing the rough road; so the off-road vehicle has only two extremes, the first is a small off-road vehicle such as BJ40, tank 300, Wrangler, etc., and the second type is a military off-road vehicle such as Dongfeng Maverick, Hummer H1 and so on. Raptors are the size of raptors or Humvees, but there seems to be a gap between ground clearance and body structure strength; these military off-road vehicles mainly rely on inertia force (speed) to get out of trouble, do not need differential locks, as long as the four wheels are grounded as much as possible.
In fact, these off-road vehicles are "bouncing" in the battlefield, which is not what the F150 can afford.
Because the F150's rear suspension is an integral bridge, the front suspension is a double wishbone independent suspension, and its strength is far inferior to that of the integral bridge; so the F150 is not suitable for extreme off-roading, otherwise it will be like George Barton's broken shaft, even if it is only a slight collision.
In summary, the F150 is actually just a very powerful big pickup truck, the limit load is relatively low, the traction quality is relatively low, suitable for only American users who like this type of model; the passenger model built with the pickup truck should not be too high positioning, although there are also American cars built with pickup chassis in luxury off-road vehicles, such as Saabban, Kered, YUKON, etc., but the comprehensive quality of these cars is higher, even higher than the Ford Lincoln navigator.
The navigator is the chassis of the F150, and its local price is only $76,185, equivalent to 486,300 CNY.
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