Ford will win the battle of supertrucks in 2024, simply as Ram is bowing out.

Ford has introduced an influence bump for the 2024 model of its F-150 Raptor R. Due to an up to date 5.2-liter supercharged V8, the Raptor R will put out 720 horsepower subsequent 12 months.

The transfer comes shortly after Ram introduced that 2024 would be the final 12 months for its mighty 702-hp TRX. The Ram 1500 is in for a significant replace for 2025, and the adjustments embrace dropping the V8-powered supertruck from the lineup.

The Raptor is 14 years outdated this 12 months, however it made a giant transfer final 12 months. Ford engineers had all the time targeted on upgrading the F-150’s suspension to construct the Raptor. Its unbelievable suspension journey permits it to take bumps and bruises sooner than most off-road vans.

However Ram upped the ante with the TRX, including muscle-car energy to a pickup. Ford answered when it stuffed the center of a Shelby Mustang — that 5.2-liter V8 — into the Raptor R. However the 2023 model of the truck nonetheless took silver within the horsepower wars with 700. For 2024, engineers discovered one other 20.

That makes the 2024 Raptor R “essentially the most highly effective and succesful high-performance off-road full-size truck to ever run within the sand and past,” Ford says. With 720 hp, that’s not a ridiculous declare. However Ford could have simply received the struggle because it was shedding steam.

Ram will pull the TRX off the market in 2025, changing it with a barely extra modest (and presumably extra inexpensive) Ram RHO with a twin-turbo 6-cylinder engine placing out 540 hp.

The muscle truck race mirrors what is going on within the muscle automobile race. Ram’s sister firm, Dodge, will retire the Challenger on the finish of 2023, changing it with an electrical muscle automobile. In the meantime, Ford remains to be churning out V8-powered Mustangs.