Fact Check: Has Ford Rolled Out an LGBT 'Very Gay Raptor' Tck?

Contents:

• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
• FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?

FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL

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Ford rpond to an ter troll wh a strong statement agast homophobia, creatg a rabow and gltery gold-wrapped tck that parad the streets of Cologne, Germany to celebrate Pri Day. "Very gay" is how one ter nizen scribed the new Ranger Raptor Special Edn pickup a ment on a Ford Europe social media post.

FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

The pany noticed and, rponse, took the ncept of a very gay Ranger Raptor and ran wh .

FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?

-But that blue lor is very Gay!! ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor — Ford Europe (@FordEu).

What Ford has dubbed the Very Gay Raptor ma s but at the Christopher Street Day para, a LGBTQ+ celebratn Cologne.

The ncept never ma to productn, but was later repated rabow lors by Ford's ternal GLOBE (Gay, Lbian Or Bi-Sexual Employe) group for e Christopher Street Day celebratns for many years. A spokperson for Ford said an email to Rters, “The vio is a year old and was created and ed by the Ford team Europe for a specific purpose – to make somethg posive out of a negative onle ment that a lor of our new Ranger Raptor pickup was ‘very gay.

FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB

Ford did not release a new “Very Gay Raptor” ad mpaign 2023; the onle vio dat to article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team. One ter menter lled Ford Germany’s Ranger Raptor lor ‘very gay’ and the pany rpond the bt way.

The Very Gay Raptor is a Ranger Raptor sportg Pri lors and a sparkly gold ’s Ranger Raptor Wants Its Midsize Off-Roadg Crown BackOffEnglishFord’s European arm recently lnched the Ranger Raptor Special Edn a promo showg the pickup rippg right to an old-school wtern movie plot. But one menter took issue wh the tck’s Performance Blue lor, llg ‘very gay’ and tellg Ford to pat the tck yellow and ed this opportuny and Christopher Street Day Cologne, Germany, to make a statement wh a Ranger Raptor: Christopher Street Day is an LGBTQIA+ event that tak place Germany and across Europe.

A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay Raptor. (KGTV) — A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay is fictn, based on a nugget of 2021, Ford of Germany created the r rponse to a social media troll who referred to the ‘Performance Blue’ lor optn on the Ranger Raptor as "very gay.

FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

"So Ford cid to create an actual Very Gay Raptor and buted as part of a pri of Germany has a long history of supportg the LGBTQ+ muny. However, the Very Gay Ford Ranger Raptor was never for sale.

Ford Germany is throwg a tckload of sha at a person who said that one of s latt releas was “ol, ” but the lor was “gay. But that blue lor is very Gay!! ”Ford Europe rpond to the ment wh glz, glam and gay lors, sharg on social media a 30-send animatn showg what a “very gay” tck would look like: pated gold glter, wh a rabow on s si.

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FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

” followed by a rabow emoji and the hashtag pany later cid to “take one step further” and created a very real, very queer gold-and-rabow Raptor tck — which also wh a pk heart on the Very Gay Raptor was troduced to the world over the weekend, durg Christopher Street Day Cologne, the cy’s versn of LGBTQ Germany, which is based Cologne, has participated the cy’s Pri celebratns for the last 25 “very gay” tck, which was ed the Pri para, was wrapped 30 square meters (323 square feet) “of foil the unique rabow and gold dt sign, ” the pany said a took workers around 60 hours to transform a regular tck to a Very Gay pany also featured a rabow-lored Ford Ka, a now-disntued pact r, which Ford had brought to the 1998 Christopher Street Day celebratns.

The next-generatn Ranger Raptor will also make s dynamic European all-new Ranger Raptor, however, will appear for the first time pri-spired 'Very Gay Raptor' lours to support the LGBTQI+ muny. Ford Very Gay Ranger Raptor buts at 2022 Goodwood Ftival of Speed"Very Gay Raptor" for Tough TalksIn addn to tacklg the Goodwood off-road track and hillclimb, the Ranger Raptor will also help Ford ntue to tackle discrimatn, supportg a live ssn of the pany's new "Tough Talks" nversatn – to discs how the tomotive dtry n foster a culture of cln and allyship for the LGBTQI+ muny – will be hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay profsnal gby unn player. Ford troduced the origal "Very Gay Raptor" 2021 after Ford stctively ed s voice and s tought nameplate to stand agast onle discrimatn and show allyship wh the LGBTQI+ muny followg a rogatory ment on a social media DRIVEN | If you love brawny bakki, Jeep's Gladiator will be nirvana for you off-roadFord Very Gay Ranger Raptor buts at 2022 Goodwood Ftival of SpeedThe renrg of a Ford Ranger Raptor sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics and a pk heart on the rear received such a posive social media rponse that Ford ma two real-life "Very Gay Raptors" the UK and will also e the Goodwood ftival to mo advanced robotics and tonomo technologi that n help tegrate wh Ford Pro products and servic to make warehog and livery more efficient and affordable for mercial vehicle ctomers.

“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.

FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

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.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

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.

FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD

Ford’s “Very Gay” Raptor adopted a gltery gold body adorned wh a wave of rabow nng om the ont si of the r to the back. The Pri-themed Raptor was rponse to a homophobic ment about a Ranger Raptor vio that was shared 2021.

Conservativ react to Very Gay Raptor.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

Introducg the Very Gay Raptor was a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri prented by the pany featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh Rugby player. Gareth is the first gby unn player who is openly gay. In the vio seri, he spoke wh guts about fightg homophobia the tomotive world and shed light on the need of refg how one perceiv the notn of beg tough.

DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?

Ford’s iative to build the Very Gay Raptor was prompted by what seemed to be a homophobic rponse to their prev versn of a blue Ranger Raptor. The menter wrote that the r was ol, but the blue lor of the vehicle was “very gay”.

However, they took the homophobic jab as a pliment and took a remendatn om another person who asked the pany to pat the Raptor black and requted, they built the Very Gay Raptor wh a gold body and a rabow livery to celebrate their 25 years of LGBTQ+ advocy across Europe. 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.

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