There?s a new Raptor in Ford?s animal kingdom, and it?s quite the behemoth. The new Bronco Raptor is not just a lifted and toughened-up Bronco with oversized 37-inch chunky tires (although it is that too!). Designed from the ground up by the blokes at Ford Performance, Bronco Raptor is the most potent and street-legal Bronco ever.

Naturally, the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor looks up to its F-150 Raptor brethren and has inherited some styling and mechanical pieces to boot. ?Raptor is the apex of our off-road lineup and is now a full lineup of race-proven content and design that you can?t get from anyone else,? said Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company. ?Only Ford could create a Bronco Raptor.?

2022 Ford Bronco Raptor: The Beating Heart
We?d be lying if we said we weren?t expecting Bronco Raptor to be as formidable as the current F-150 Raptor, and we?d grow our noses like Pinocchio if we didn?t say we sorely miss the old F-150 SVT Raptor?s monstrous 6.2-liter V8. But change is inevitable, so we?ll make do with the F-150 Raptor?s high-strung 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 with 450 horsepower and 510 lb-ft. of torque.

Unfortunately, Bronco Raptor did not inherit the F-150 Raptor?s 3.5-liter V6 engine. Instead, it has a marginally smaller-capacity 3.0-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 that Ford promises will churn out upwards of 400 horsepower. If the engine seems familiar, it?s the same mill under the hood of a Ford Explorer XT and Lincoln Aviator.

So what?s goi...