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

Contents:

• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR
• AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER
• REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

Ford created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021. The pany reportedly created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay.

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

In May 2023, claims began to spread onle that Ford had buted a new tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor, " a vehicle pated gold dt and rabow graphics. " Attached to the tweet was a mercial claimg to show the "Very Gay Raptor" advertised by Ford.

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

@44vatox Ford buts their new 2023 "Very Gay Raptor" #mexintiktok #fortheraza #lgbt #verygayraptor ♬ Spense Mic - Gabriel Andra Produçõ. The "Very Gay Raptor" is real, but 's not new.

It began as an attempt by our team Europe to turn a negative to a posive wh -kd rponse to a social ment 2021 assertg that a lor of the then-new Ranger Raptor tck was 'very gay' – somethg which offend lleagu and ctomers.

In September 2021, ABC 10 News reported that Ford of Germany had created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay. On June 21, 2022, nearly a year later, Ford News Europe posted a vio to s YouTube page tled, "Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn. Ford lled out a homophobic rponse to a Ranger Raptor vio last year by creatg the real-life "Very Gay Raptor.

CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR

In a 2022 prs release about the tck, Ford said the vio was meant to tease the appearance of the "Very Gay Raptor" as well as the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, an annual U.

Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn.,.

AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED

"FORD'S 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' SET TO REDEFINE 'TOUGH' AT GOODWOOD. "Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor? Rters Fact Check has bunked different onle claims targetg the pany followg the partnership (here).The Ford mpaign, however, was shared June 2022, aligng wh Pri month (here).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.’”A prs release regardg the vehicle and the mpaign n be seen on the pany’s webse (here).VERDICTMisptned.

Ford did not release a new “Very Gay Raptor” ad mpaign 2023; the onle vio dat to 2022.This article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team. 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:.

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

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.

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

“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.

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. (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.

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

This appears to be how Ford’s Very Gay Raptor entered the fold, spe beg nearly two years old and troduced Europe. More: Ford Is Brgg A New, “Very Gay” Raptor To Goodwood.

” Another noted the Very Gay Raptor “would go real good wh a uple s of Bud Light. However, those threateng to buy om other tomakers won’t fd many optns as numero brands have spoken up support of the gay muny. The Ford Raptor is very gay.

That’s not a middle school joke, ’s an actual vehicle offered by The Ford Motor Company, which created a special edn “very gay” versn of s Raptor pick-up tck two years ago, plete wh a rabow pat job. Yet nobody even noticed until recently — which sort of mak the whole thg a lot more May 18, Robby Starbuck tweeted, “Did you know that Ford has a tck they ll their ‘Very Gay Raptor’? ” Did you know that Ford has a tck they ll their "Very Gay Raptor"?

REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR

Me when the Ford ms guy slis to the DMs cryg that we told the world about their “Very Gay Raptor”… — Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) May 20, 2023While the very gay tck has gaed new promence, or famy pendg on your persuasn, has actually been out of the closet for some time, and Ford Europe was que proud of s Very Gay Raptor (VGR). “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, ” a Ford Europe prs release said.

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In the middle of the massive wave of “woke” mercials emergg 2023, tryg to stay far om the challengg bate on social works, we need to provi some rmatn about a cursy that me up May 2023: people have been discsg a mercial that Ford released some months before, wh a “very gay” mol of their ranger raptor, the rabow lors.