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

Contents:

• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• 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 ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• A GOLD GLTER, RABOW ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ ISN’T THE CLAP BACK WE’D EXPECT FROM FORD WHEN A NEW TCK WAS CALLED ‘VERY GAY’. WE’D BE WRONG.
• FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?

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

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

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. 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 VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

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.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 01. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 03.

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

Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 04. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 05.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A GOLD GLTER, RABOW ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ ISN’T THE CLAP BACK WE’D EXPECT FROM FORD WHEN A NEW TCK WAS CALLED ‘VERY GAY’. WE’D BE WRONG.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.