2021 Ford F-150 Raptor

[MUSIC PLAYING] RYAN ZUMMALLEN: [LAUGHS] [ENGINE REVVING] Hey, guys. Welcome back to another Edmonds Drag Race. So here's the deal. We came out to this dry lake bed to drag race the Raptor and some other trucks, and we brought along our F-150 Hybrid Powerboost as a support vehicle. Turns out, we have a little bit of extra time so we figured, let's just put them together and see what happens. Why not? To help us today we've got two drivers from our Edmunds test team-- Jonathan and Reese. This might seem like a mismatch but we were already out here, we've got them right there, and if it's close-- awesome. And if it's not? Then we'll see just how much faster a Raptor is than standard F-150 Hybrid. You can't go wrong. [MUSIC PLAYING] REESE COUNTS: It's going to be a lot more exciting than I think it actually sounds. These two trucks are a lot closer on paper. Jonathan's truck makes more torque. I have more horsepower, which is going to help me towards the end of the straightaway. But that truck may get off the line a little quicker. We are on dirt, but these 37-inch tires are not the best for this particular surface. And if it was a little softer it'd dig in more. I definitely have an advantage, but we're going to see. I'm going to brake torque it. So hold the brake, hold the gas, and get it revs-- help build boost on this V6, because it's a little lazy off boost. But let's see how it goes. JONATHAN ELFALAN: You know, I think this could be a pretty good match-up just looking at the numbers. I'm also a little lighter, by about 200 pounds, so I'm kind of liking the Powerboost to weight lineup. As far as the launch procedure goes, there's nothing totally special about this. There are drive modes sort of like the Raptor has. There's a sport mode, which is what I'm going to be running in. I don't know if it's going to do a whole lot that usually changes the transmission, shifting characteristics, changes the throttle response. But that normally doesn't have too much of an effect if you're going full throttle anyways. So we're running in sport. I'm going to start in 4-high, just to get that traction off the line. And then, once we shift out of first gear-- and we're going to switch to 2-high-- to lower the drag on the drive train, and hopefully pull a win away from this guy. Wish me luck. [DRAMATIC DRUMMING] [ENGINES REVVING] RYAN ZUMMALLEN: All right guys, here we go. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Go! [TRUCKS ACCELERATING] Oh, slight delay. Come on. Come on, Hybrid. Come on, Hybrid! Come on! JONATHAN ELFALAN: Woo! REESE COUNTS: No! JONATHAN ELFALAN: Woo! [LAUGHS] REESE COUNTS: No! JONATHAN ELFALAN: Yeah, buddy! [NYOOM] How do you like that torque? [MUSIC PLAYING] RYAN ZUMMALLEN: That was a lot better than I thought. JONATHAN ELFALAN: [LAUGHS] REESE COUNTS: What was that? JONATHAN ELFALAN: That was awesome. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: There's no way it won, right? We did it. JONATHAN ELFALAN: You're going to have a lot of Raptor fanboys mad at you about that. It's none of your fault. REESE COUNTS: I did my best. The truck did its best. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I did not see that coming at all. JONATHAN ELFALAN: You got an awesome start. I let go of the brake and it had just a little bit of hesitation and I thought it was done. And then, just midway down the track, I just started gaining and it was amazing. REESE COUNTS: Yeah, I saw that thing coming up in my mirror and it was so disheartening. I had my foot to the floor and there was nothing I could do about it. JONATHAN ELFALAN: You know, full disclosure-- I even forgot to switch to 2-high, but it didn't seem to matter. I mean, this thing just picked up and-- I thought if anything I'd win off the line. I just had that little hesitation and I thought it was done, but for some reason that torque kicked in. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Guys, let's do one more and see if we can replicate it, or if that was a one off. Or if we sorely misjudged the F-150 Hybrid. JONATHAN ELFALAN: Oh yeah. I'm always down for winning. [DRAMATIC DRUMMING] RYAN ZUMMALLEN: OK, guys. Here we go. Round two. 5, 4, 3-- [ENGINES REVVING] 2, 1. Go. [TRUCKS ACCELERATING] Better jump for the Hybrid. Oh, it might win by even more this time. [LAUGHTER] REESE COUNTS: Oh man, this is worse than the last time. JONATHAN ELFALAN: See you later, Raptor. (SINGING) See ya later. [NYOOM] [MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHS] Not a fluke, people. That is definitive domination, right there. Hybrids are cool. REESE COUNTS: Bad news for the Raptor. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Hybrid on top? JONATHAN ELFALAN: Hybrid definitively up top. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: [LAUGHS] REESE COUNTS: Yeah, not even really close. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: That's the most hilarious drag race I've ever seen. JONATHAN ELFALAN: I feel like I got a even better launch and I even remembered to switch to 2-high this time. But I don't know if that made that big of a difference because I was so sure I was going to still win this one. Did it change at all for you, Reese? REESE COUNTS: You definitely got a better launch that time. I think I did too, but you had me from the get-go. I think I might have nosed up near you but you pulled away. I'm honestly shocked. JONATHAN ELFALAN: I'm pretty shocked too. And I think-- I don't know-- like this thing, it launches really well. There is still like a little bit of hesitation off the line, and I think it still could be kind of a hands up, anyone's race to 60 miles per hour. But, I mean, quarter mile-- there's no contest at that point. REESE COUNTS: You've got a hybrid and I've got a twin turbo V6. And you've definitively beat this truck twice now. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Let's go for three. Rolling race, guys. [DRAMATIC DRUMMING] JONATHAN ELFALAN: Chris, do you see this race going any differently? REESE COUNTS: I'm going to believe. I have to. JONATHAN ELFALAN: Optimism never killed anybody, right? [DRAMATIC DRUMMING] I am just going to start in 2-high because I don't need the traction. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: All right, here we go. Let's see if Powerboost can go for three for three. It'd be pretty hilarious. Let's find out. Ready. Set. Go. [TRUCKS ACCELERATING] Let's go, Powerboost. JONATHAN ELFALAN: Oh yeah. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Wow, that thing is quick. [NYOOM] 10 out of 10 times, I would have said Raptor. 10 out of 10. REESE COUNTS: Another decisive win for the Hybrid. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: What was the distance, you guys think? JONATHAN ELFALAN: I kind of felt like it was closer this time for some reason. I don't know if, from Reese's vantage point, if he felt any less worse about being behind me. REESE COUNTS: You were still ahead of me from the get-go, but I don't think you were pulling away quite as much as you were from the standing start. I think the mid and top range on this thing is helping out a little. But, man, that Hybrid just goes. [NYOOM] JONATHAN ELFALAN: I would need to know where that peak torque actually comes in, but it feels like it just kicks in mid track somehow. But yeah, when you were coming up I was like, oh, wait, this could be close. But I just don't think there's enough of that. Like, this just has too much torque. REESE COUNTS: And this is not going to gain any more on the top end because the top speeds are pretty close to being the same. JONATHAN ELFALAN: And I'm still averaging like 15 miles per gallon. REESE COUNTS: I cannot say the same in the Raptor. RYAN ZUMMALLEN: OK, so get this. The Raptor got a fast start, but the Powerboost found its legs. It beat the Raptor to 60 and never looked back. It crossed the line in 14.3 seconds, while the Raptor needed 14.7. In race two, the Powerboost got even quicker, hitting 60 and 5.8 seconds-- a half second faster than the Raptor. For the second race in a row, it won by a comfortable margin. Finally, for the rolling race, the Powerboost absolutely shredded. The Raptor had its best finish yet, but the Powerboost used that electric juice and cruised to another easy win. Who'd have thunk? I mean, here's the thing. That shouldn't really change your mind at all. That's not the reason you buy a Raptor. That's not the reason you buy a Powerboost F-150. But it's definitely surprising. So what do we think? Does that say something about how strong the Powerboost really is? Does it say something negative about the Raptor? I would still rather drive a Raptor, through the dirt especially. But that is objectively funny. [LAUGHS] Thanks for coming along on this crazy ride with us. And, I guess, let us know what we should drag race against the F-150 Powerboost. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to like and subscribe. And leave a comment to let us know what you want to see next in Edmunds Drag Races. [MUSIC PLAYING]