ABOUT THIS SUPPLEMENT
Congratulations on your decision topurchase or lease the latest from Ford SVT— the F-150 SVT Raptor. If you’ve ownedor leased an SVT product in the past, we’reglad you’re back. If this is your first SVTvehicle, welcome to the SVT family! Weare confident that our dedication toperformance, quality, craftsmanship andcustomer service will ensure many milesof exhilarating, safe and comfortabledriving in your new F-150 SVT Raptor.
Your choice of an SVT product is anintelligent and informed one. SVT strivesto build engaging vehicles that involve thedriver in every aspect of the drivingexperience. Although performance is atthe heart of every SVT vehicle, we go muchfurther. Our goal is to deliver acomprehensive, complete vehicle.Sweating the details such as the sound ofthe exhaust, the quality of the interiormaterials, and the functionality andcomfort of the seats. All to make sure thedriver enjoys not only an exceptionalperformance, but an outstanding drivingenvironment as well. In the F-150 SVTRaptor, that philosophy is expressed by asophisticated powertrain, outstandingchassis dynamics and significant interiorand exterior enhancements.
This supplement complements your F-150Owner’s Manual and provides informationspecific to SVT and the Raptor. By referringto the pages listed in this supplement, youcan identify those features,recommendations and specificationsunique to your new SVT vehicle. If thereare any discrepancies between thissupplement and the F-150 Owner’sManual, this supplement supersedes theinformation found in the Owner’s Manual.
PRODUCT HISTORY
The History of Special VehicleTeam (SVT)
The Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT) wasestablished in 1991 to polish the Ford Ovalby creating low-volume, factory-producedvehicles designed for those select fewwhose idea of driving is a high-powered,passionate experience — not just a meansof getting from point A to point B.
In a move to support this spiritedenthusiasm, Ford Motor Company carefullyintegrated the wide array of talent in thecompany into a small, cross-functionalgroup of engineers and product planners,housed together under one roof with acommon mission: to create vehiclesspecifically designed to meet the uniqueneeds and desires of the knowledgeabledriving enthusiast.
Each of nearly 150000 SVT vehiclesproduced since the 1993 model year hasbeen designed and developed with the fourSVT Hallmarks in mind:
•Performance
•Substance
•Exclusivity
•Value
These hallmarks have driven the SVTMustang Cobra and the Cobra R, the SVTF-150 Lightning, the SVT Contour, the SVTFocus, Ford GT, Shelby GT500, GT500KRand the F-150 SVT Raptor.
We are proud and passionate about whatwe do, and we’re glad you have made usyour choice.
3F150 (TF6)Introduction
