Ford boss hints at shocking next Raptor: Rally tech for the road plotted for 2026 Ford Raptor T1+ as lifted off-road sports machine to rival Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato

Ford is still investigating the possibility of creating an ultimate Raptor for the road.

Speaking to Australian media, including CarsGuide, Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley said a production version of the Raptor T1+ Dakar racer is being studied.

“I don’t want to go into it too much, other than say, Kumar and the team really under that the invisible line between off-road and on-road supercars is blurring and with partially electric powertrains and digitally controlled damping and torque vectoring, you can now imagine a digitally enabled super vehicle that on-road and off-road is equally capable.

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“What the silhouette looks like [and] all the details … we’ll continue to look at, but if there’s a company in the world that would break the rules and do something like that, I think it should be Ford.”

This follows commentary from Farley in August last year where he discussed the potential of a 1000hp supercar that he sees eventually competing in the Dakar Rally.

Ford currently competes in the Dakar Rally with the Raptor T1+ which is a purpose-built off-road racer. It’s powered by a 5.0-litre Coyote V8 engine, has 37-inch off-road tyres, as well as 400mm of ground clearance.

Previous reports indicated that Ford is plotting a Mustang Raptor that could sit at the top of the Raptor line-up, above the Bronco Raptor, Ranger Raptor and F-150 Raptor R.

Ford Mustang Raptor render (Image: Ford Authority)

2026 Ford Raptor T1+

It’s unclear if the Mustang will be used as a base for this potential off-road supercar, though Ford did recently create the high-performance Mustang GTD to rival the Porsche 911 GT3 RS.

In the aforementioned interview with Bloomberg in August 2025, Farley noted this potential off-road supercar, if it’s actually produced, will be different to vehicles like the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato.

“The on-road performance hierarchy is very simple to see and the very top is over-served in my opinion, but no one’s ever done [an] off-road supercar,” said Mr Farley.

2026 Ford Ranger Raptor

“Let’s see how long it would last on the Baja 500 course.”

It’s now been years since rumours of an ultimate Raptor supercar being produced, so for now we still need to wait and see whether it will actually eventuate.