When it comes to venturing off the beaten path, every overlander knows that the right gear can make all the difference. It's a pursuit..

In the early 20th century, the world was a vastly different place. The automobile was still a novelty, and the concept of a long-distance car race was almost unthinkable. Yet..

In the heart of San Diego, California, a spark ignited in 1992 that would forever change the landscape of off-road adventure. Alan Roach, an adrenaline junkie with..

In the corridors of the West German office of the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, a daring idea was born. The Camel Trophy, named after the parent..

Equipped with what was already a blue-ribbon winning design, Ford took a lot of lessons learned from Bronco Raptor’s development and integrated it into its sidekick. The results are not only staggeringly good, but in some ways - not quite what we expected.

The Raptor R comes in as a heavyweight with only minor revisions from its Ecoboost powered brother. The 3.5L Twin Turbo H.O. Ecoboost V6 is replaced with a revised GT500 sourced Supercharged 5.2L 32v V8 putting out 700 horsepower and 640lb-ft of torque. Keen eyes will note lightly different power numbers than the GT500 via a tuning revision, slightly smaller supercharger pulley and revised cast-stainless steel exhaust manifolds.

The Super Duty was last updated fully in 2017 with the introduction of the Alumiduty, where it picked up the aluminum body architecture from its half-ton little brother F-150. Since then, it has received incremental updates and minor refreshes, but has remained largely untouched physically and mechanically.

If Apollo 11 truly had the mere computing power of a pocket calculator, then the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is poised to not only guide astronauts to the planet of their choice, but it could also double as a moon buggy.