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

Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer. * ford gay pride flag *

It also serv as the Amerin unterpart to the aforementned Very Gay Raptor, which was cleverly created rponse to a homophobic Twter rponse left unr one of Ford's posts.

Glter and rabows and tcks, oh my!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.”Earlier this year, the rmaker released a vio sayg that the release of s latt Raptor gaed a lot of attentn, “but one ment stopped our tracks.”One person wrote on social media that, “well… thats a ol r! But that blue lor is very Gay!!”The person, who was clearly not amed by Ford’s “performance blue,” asked the pany to “pat BlackNGold or mo!”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.Breakg NewsAs happensGet updat on the ronavis panmic and other news as happens wh our ee breakg news email alerts.The ptn read, “‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right?” followed by a rabow emoji and the hashtag #VeryGayRaptor.The 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 back.The Very Gay Raptor was troduced to the world over the weekend, durg Christopher Street Day Cologne, the cy’s versn of LGBTQ Pri.Ford Germany, which is based Cologne, has participated the cy’s Pri celebratns for the last 25 years.The “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 statement.It took workers around 60 hours to transform a regular tck to a Very Gay Raptor.The pany also featured a rabow-lored Ford Ka, a now-disntued pact r, which Ford had brought to the 1998 Christopher Street Day celebratns. This year, 's a new Ford Bron Wildtrak 2-door and wears the same rabow and glter gold livery as last year's "Very Gay Raptor" built rponse to an ter troll.

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

* ford gay pride flag *

-But that blue lor is very Gay!! In rponse, Ford created the rabow Ranger Raptor, postg on social media, "'Very Gay' was a pliment, right?

— But that blue lor is very Gay!!

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

“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 * ford gay pride flag *

” What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic a vio released on Twter by Ford Europe, the tomaker revealed s new and improved “Very Gay Raptor” cked out rabows and gold glter.

A 60-hour procs saw the vehicle draped rabow and gold glter Alpha foil, then topped wh rabow and heart isn’t even the first time that Ford has cked out a Gay Pri vehicle. 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.

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

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:.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new. “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.

FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER

‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor.

Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:.

LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’

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. (Before Mulvaney), ’ll be cur to see what Ford do wh the “Very Gay Raptor” and what kd of publicy gets over the next few months.

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

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FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL