2026 Ford Mustang Raptor Is a Car Worth Waiting For

Ford appears hellbent on Raptoring everything; is the Mustang next? If Porsche and Lamborghini can do it, maybe Ford will too.

www.caranddriver.com

 

Bad tire choice, and it needs four big KC lights up front, otherwise count me in.

Edit: I remember that comparison. Funny article.

 

@RDFTS will be the first on here to have one !!!

 

Methinks that this is a purposeful exercise to yet-further stretch the public's concept of what "a Mustang is, or can be..".

The Mach E caught many old-school Mustang faithful completely off-guard and out of left field. So maybe this is Ford's attempt at proactively expanding the minds and imaginations, with the intention of the Mustang eventually being an entire BRAND, not just a single model as it had historically been pre-Mach-E.

 

Interesting.

 

First Mustang brandizing step was in e-SAV direction with the Mach-E.

Raptor brandizing (noting that the Raptor brand is more like the Shelby vs Mustang brand) steps were in Bronco and Ranger directions.

If the article is true, they are Raptorizing the Mustang, not Mustangnizing the Raptor (which they almost did with the R… actually, Shelbyfying to be precise).

So they already moved in Raptor and Mustang brandizing directions.


Now I want a Mustang Raptor Shelby GT500 e-R. Ford MAWFAWKAS.

😂 😂 😂

 

Now I want a Mustang Raptor Shelby GT500 e-R. MAWFAWKAS.

....... I just want my van to start every morning .........

 

It doesn't matter to me what Ford does cuz they're not trying to sell me vehicles anymore. We don't matter anymore.

 

If we didn't matter, there wouldn't be an S650... We must matter, because over at GM and Chrysler, they just served "go away and good luck" papers to their we.

 

the '71-'73s are kinda just blah tho, and too big and ungainly. I kinda put them in the red-headed stepchild area of the 1st gens.

 

I've got a strong desire to own a Boss 351, they just speak to me.. Yes, they're bigger, but they're pretty attractive for a bigger car... Unlike Dodge, who took their svelte and gorgeous 68-70 Charger, and turned it into a hideous comic book character in '71.

My only critique of the smaller 65-68 cars is if you're 6-foot or taller, they're not terribly comfortable, and you drive with one knee against the door panel and the other knee dangling over towards the shifter LOL.. 69-70's for me have always been the most comfortable to drive for long distances.