Ford’s ‘Very Gay Raptor’ Set to Refe ‘Tough’ at Goodwood

Contents:

• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
• FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
• FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
• FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

Jun 21, 2022 at 2:38pm ET Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor.

In addn to takg a n up the hill there, the Very Gay Ranger's rgo bed will be the stage for ssns of what Ford lls "Tough Talks.

" Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who is gay, is havg nversatns about how the to dtry n be more clive and foster allyship for the LGBTQ+ muny. Gallery: Ford Very Gay Raptor For Goodwood Ford has not yet buted the versn of the latt Ranger for the Uned Stat. The origal Very Gay Ranger was a project om Ford of Germany for the Christopher Street Day celebratn Cologne.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lor "very gay. " The pany cid to turn the homophobic plat to somethg worth celebratg by buildg the rabow-and-gold pickup. The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-lored Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998.

FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER

In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lor scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and 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'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

@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.

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

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.

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

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.,.