Ford Raptor on Nurburgring

"They don't have pickup trucks in Germany."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuwcMyVNjt0

 

Well what the hell is a hilux

 

The Germans are probably goin "Fuckin A, don't see that everyday"

 

LOL that would be fun, but dam really "they dont have pickups in germany" for real?

 

he misspoke, he meant to say "they don't have bros in Germany"

 

Is that Tanner from Top Gear? Almost didn't recognize him wearing that oversized hat, urban style

 

I think Tanner is exaggerating. And the Germans have their G-class Mercedes with front and rear lockers, so they aren't foreign to off-road machinery.

Yep. Must have taken all his discipline to keep the tires off the grass. Hope to see it featured in a Top Gear episode, so we'd know the Ford's lap time on the 'Ring. A 600-hp Hennessey Raptor was about 11% off the Aston Martin's time on the top gear test track, which is pretty incredible.

 

^ The Raptor didn't look happy on the course...had to be a handful. Funny to hear the low bark of those huge tires

 

Haha nice. I would have probably rolled the damn thing.

And yea I don't think he meant theybsont have trucks in the literal sense just that you're not going to see one every 5 cars at the mall like in the states haha. And the ones they have they're probably less full size behemoths.

 

Haha that is awesome

 

Or he's just a moron from the states in another country.

 

I've been to Germany 3 times in the last few years and I can confirm, zero pickup trucks in the mid or full size categories we see here. Literally none, they must be very rare.

The pickup truck type vehicles I saw were odd totally utilitarian cross between a van and pickup. Industrial, not recreational.

Makes you wonder how they get bye.

 

Of course, when your entire country is only 1/3 the size of Texas...

 

With unlimited speed limits through much of it. They prefer fast sleek vehicles, not bricks.

 

Kinda of cool I guess, does anyone know if an X-Runner has ever run the ring?