2013's The Good 12 - Ford F-150 SVT Raptor - $40,000-$45,000

FORD F-150 SVT RAPTOR

GoodCarBadCar was quick to honour the Ram 1500 range with a Good 12 placement, but for customers aiming to spend a little extra, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is downright irresistable. 

Sure, an off-road truck isn't every pickup buyer's dream vehicle. Maybe you don't need 411 horsepower. Perhaps a foot of suspension travel is too much for you. Gigantic skid plates might not be your cup of tea. Tires that are more than a foot wide and nearly three feet tall possibly offer a greater degree of curb-crawling competence than you can manage.

Yeah, the F-150 SVT Raptor is just too much truck for some pickup buyers. 

For the rest of us, the idea of owning a comfortable, fast, and overwhelmingly effective truck is exciting, even thrilling. Only without the typical Raptor graphics, please. Garish isn't goodness.

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Engine: 411 horsepower; 434 lb-ft of torque from a 6.2L V8

Base USD/CAD Price: $43,340 / $56,599

City Fuel Economy: 11 miles per gallon

It's Not Perfect: The Raptor is more than half a foot wider than a typical F-150. That doesn't make parallel parking the Raptor in a downtown parking garage a task for the fainthearted. 

Sales Stats: The Raptor is just one niche model in the vast F-Series range. The F-Series range happens to be the best-selling vehicle line in North America. 4.6% of all new vehicles sold in North America in the first eleven months of 2012 were F-Series pickups.

Viable Alternatives: The Mopar Ram Runner?

The Good 12

Kia Rio 5-Door - Fiat 500 Turbo - Volkswagen Golf GTI
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - Dodge Ram - BMW 328i
Ford F-150 SVT Raptor - Chevrolet Suburban -
Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic Wagon - Porsche Boxster S - 
Porsche Cayenne S - Land Rover Range Rover

The Bad 8

Chevrolet Spark - Chrysler 200 Convertible -
Ford Escape Titanium AWD - Honda Crosstour - 
Lincoln MKS - Nissan Versa Sedan -
Toyota Corolla CE - Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid

The Good 12 Rules