Ford Motor Co.'s off-road SVT Raptor has a devoted following in an unlikely place: China, where Ford doesn't even sell the tricked-out, bad-boy F-150.
Buyers on the gray market — outside authorized dealer channels — pay four times the U.S. sticker price for the pickup.
Newly wealthy truck fans in China are ******* over the SVT Raptor with its aggressive styling, heavy-duty skid plates and long-travel suspension, and big-bore 6.2-liter V-8.
The SVT Raptor has a starting price of $43,340 in the U.S. In China, it can command the equivalent of $160,000, or 1 million yuan in the local currency, according to the CarNewsChina.com enthusiast site. The website documented a used 2010 model purchased for $109,000.
Other Chinese websites show several Raptors for sale at significant markups. Autohome.com.cn has an SVT Raptor SuperCrew for sale for the Chinese equivalent of about $145,000.
From The Detroit News: Ford Raptor has fans in China | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Buyers on the gray market — outside authorized dealer channels — pay four times the U.S. sticker price for the pickup.
Newly wealthy truck fans in China are ******* over the SVT Raptor with its aggressive styling, heavy-duty skid plates and long-travel suspension, and big-bore 6.2-liter V-8.
The SVT Raptor has a starting price of $43,340 in the U.S. In China, it can command the equivalent of $160,000, or 1 million yuan in the local currency, according to the CarNewsChina.com enthusiast site. The website documented a used 2010 model purchased for $109,000.
Other Chinese websites show several Raptors for sale at significant markups. Autohome.com.cn has an SVT Raptor SuperCrew for sale for the Chinese equivalent of about $145,000.
From The Detroit News: Ford Raptor has fans in China | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
