Sure, it may look like you everyday suburb-cruising grocery-getter, but the Mercedes GL63 AMG isn’t your normal Soccer Mom ride. The new Range Rovers offer even more – the base starts at $83,545 with a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 producing 340 hp propelling you to 60 mph from a stop in 7.1 seconds, or you can go for the top-spec version (for an even $100k) whose 510 hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8 can get you there in only 5.1 seconds. It was also comfortable, refined, and can go off-road. The Range Rover Sport HSE we drove last month cost about $70,000 (they start around $60,000) and could get from 0-60 in 7.2 seconds thanks to its 375 hp 5.0-liter V8. ![]() It’s special, there aren’t very many made, and that’s who it’s for.īut looking at the cost, it’s slow and impractical in every way compared to its competition: Range Rover They want a giant SUV that gets negative fuel economy and has space to carry a small house if need be. The VelociRaptor SUV is a cool project that some people will get. Off-roading? From the company’s press release: “the company suggests that buyers should intend using this vehicle for on-road as well as light to moderate off-road duties.” The Raptor was made to be a badass on-road and off, and look good doing it. People buy SUVs for utility – it’s in the name (Sport Utility Vehicle.) They buy it so they have a ton of space in the back to carry people and guns and deer and, I don’t know, boats and whatnot. I love the SVT Raptor – I think it’s the coolest truck on the road (next to the Lambo-smoking GMC Syclone,) and usually I’m a huge fan of Hennessey’s models, but I’m having trouble understanding this SUV. Given, they’re only making up to 30 of these per year, if there’s demand for them, but I still don’t get it. Plus, you can upgrade it – Hennessey offers an upgrade to the F-150 Raptor truck, giving it a supercharged 600 hp, and offer the same upgrade on the SUV, which would let it hit 0-60 in 5.9 seconds – 0.7 seconds slower than the truck. Doesn’t sound awful for a vehicle of its size, sure. ![]() Hennessey’s VelociRaptor SUV keeps the same 411 hp, 6.2-liter V8 powerplant that’s in the F-150 SVT Raptor, despite the vehicle’s additional 600 lb weight. ![]() The VelociRaptor SUV seats up to eight people:Īnd although obviously based on the F-150, ends up looking like a more aggressive Ford Expedition from any angle other than the front:Īnd it specs up to the Expedition quite well too, as far as seating and cargo are concerned.Īs far as utility goes, an aggressive-looking Ford Expedition with a monstrous engine. And I mean a full-on conversion, as you can see from the pics. The Hennessey team took the $44,000+ truck and converted it into an SUV. The most obvious of which is the SUV-ness of the whole thing: Hennessey, the Texas-based tuning company known for churning out such monsters as the 1000 hp Cadillac CTS-V, the Cadillac Escalade that beats up on a Nissan GT-R, and of course their own creation, the Venom GT which impressively took the top speed record from the Bugatti Veyron (controversial,) just whipped up what they call the Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV.īased on Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor – the truck of all trucks in my mind – at 411 hp and 434 lb-ft of torque, the team at Hennessey have made quite a few changes to the truck.
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