“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship
Contents:
- FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
- FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
- WATCH: FORD HAS ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK
- FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
- DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
- REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
- FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
* a gay raptor *
“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship. GOODWOOD, UK, June 21, 2022 – Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg “Very Gay Raptor” and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri.
FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
The send eratn of the Very Gay Raptor adopts a rabow-lored livery support of the LGBTQ+ muny * a gay raptor *
The appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” at the event near Chichter, UK, will be ed to further iate important discsns and aimed at drivg out discrimatn the tomotive dtry, and beyond. As part of this, Ford will be prentg live ssns of s new “Tough Talks” seri at Goodwood om the tck bed of “Very Gay Raptor”, hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay gby unn player. Created 2021, “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics.
In a vio teasg the appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the event, both vehicl speed through off-road trails vered mud – at tim takg different paths, facg off, yet displayg their equally imprsive and tough abili, regardls of their differg inti.
The Next-Gen Ranger Raptor, appearg for the first time as “Very Gay Raptor”, will make s European dynamic but at Goodwood, tacklg the challengg off-road track between ns up the famo hill, powered by a tw-turbo 3. 0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13.
WATCH: FORD HAS ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK
"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * a gay raptor *
The send eratn of the Very Gay Raptor adopts a rabow-lored livery support of the LGBTQ+ muny. Ford is gog to but a new versn of the “Very Gay” Raptor, a one-off special based on the send-generatn Ranger Raptor.
The origal “Very Gay” Raptor (VGR) was created 2021 as Ford’s rponse to a negative ment on social media. Ford’s latt publicy stunt is a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri hosted by former Welsh Rugby Player, Gareth Thomas, who is the first openly gay gby unn player.
FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
In the vios, he talks wh guts about fightg homophobia wh the tomotive world and the need of refg the sence of tough. Live ssns of the “Tough Talks” will be hosted at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, wh Gareth Thomas talkg to guts om the tnk bed of the “Very Gay Raptor”.
DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event. The ad featur the Worlds Strongt Men to nvce you how tough the new “Very Gay Raptor” really is! The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event.
Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor,” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56,000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:. The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new.
REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
“Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg ‘Very Gay Raptor’ and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri,” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough.'”. “Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics,” the news release said.
‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor /vOYJfwHANH.
FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:. Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead.