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Earlier this week Ford took the brave and forward-thinking step of having their chief F-150 engineer, Jackie DiMarco, do an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. It did not end well for her or Ford.

Have you ever sat in traffic so bad that you tore your steering wheel in half in total road rage? This guy has.

Forget the new Corvette Stingray. Forget the holograms or Tesla's sweet gull-winged Model X. Forget the Chinese cars in the lobby, the BMW 4-Series concept, or any of the fancy electric or hybrid cars on display throughout the Cobo Center.

Actually, this truck is not a Raptor, it's an EcoBoost-powered Ford F-150 with a Raptor frame-and-body swap. However it came to life, it's a more economical way to get your Raptor on without sacrificing power and torque. And Ford doesn't even build it.

If there is anyone on the road who should be driving on snow tires when it's snowy out, it's someone who actually sells tires. This Firestone truck does not. The results are hilarious.

There are many people who mistakenly think you can only have fun in purpose-built fast cars. To them we say, check out this '96 Ford F-150 running rallycross.

Just how tough is a "Built Ford Tough" Ford? Some hoons took their old F-150 off some fat jumps to find out.

If you're ready for the latest iteration of Ford's meanest truck, the time has come. The 2013 F-150 SVT Raptor has arrived.

Fresh on the heels of its F-150 XLT and Lariat models' release, Ford announced today that it will debut its 2013 FX4 trim level at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at the Michigan International Speedway Sunday. It will be the race's official pace truck.