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Clive Sutton is first to sell RHD
Raptor and all-new Navigator
Clive Sutton, one of the UK’s leading specialist and luxury car dealers, has added two remarkable US vehicles to its
stock list this week, including the first right-hand-drive conversion of the Ford F-150 Raptor ‘super truck’, and the first
example of the 2018 Lincoln Navigator to arrive in the UK.
he dealership was
the first to offer the
F-150 Raptor to
the UK market in
left-hand-drive
guise early last
year, and it has now completed the
first full conversion to right-hand
drive. The steering swap, which is
carried out by Sutton Bespoke’s
customisation programme, uses
precision-sculpted mouldings of
interior components, before
specialists use a blend of both
traditional and modern techniques
to ‘mirror’ the dashboard
appearance and steering
assembly.
The price for the converted
right-hand drive F-150 Raptor is
£89,000 + VAT for business
buyers (£106,800 incl. VAT for
private buyers) and the cost for
commissioning a conversion of an
existing F-150 Raptor is
approximately £32,000 + VAT
(£38,400 incl. VAT).
Sutton’s team worked for six
months to develop a right-hand
drive steering rack for the new
Raptor, which is an upgraded
version of the system in the
standard F-150, and carried out
T
extensive recalibration. The
completed right-hand drive F-150
Raptor is a SuperCab model in
Lightning Blue, with rear-hinged
coach doors that open to reveal a
pillarless cabin aperture. The pick-
up is equipped with Ford’s Sync 3
infotainment system, and has been
reprogrammed as part of the
conversion with full European
navigation and radio frequencies
Another significant new arrival
with Clive Sutton is the first 2018
Lincoln Navigator brought to the
UK. The all-new model is a
capacious and cossetting seven-
seater SUV, with an obsessive
focus on comfort for all
passengers. It is a step ahead of
other US SUV models and is a
genuine rival for European
domestic brands in terms of
quality and dynamics. Powered by
a 3.5-litre 450hp V6 petrol engine,
the luxury SUV is packed with
high-grade features, including
PowerFold® captain’s chairs for
the second row, 4G LTE Wi-Fi
hotspot and a hands-free power
tailgate. As standard, the
Navigator comes with 24-way
adjustable, multi-contour heated
and ventilated front seats for driver
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and passenger, complete with a
‘thigh extender’ comfort function
for each leg position.
The example now available with
Clive Sutton features an elegant
Black Velvet exterior with
Cappuccino Leather interior. It is a
high-specification model that
includes wireless charging for
smartphones and a 20-speaker
1,200-watt sound system, and is
priced at £114,950 (incl. VAT).
Clive Sutton is offering the full
range of new Lincoln Navigator
models to the UK market,
including both standard length
(5.3 metres) and ‘L’ specification
(5.6 metres) vehicles. Prices range
from approximately £89,000 to
£115,000 (incl. VAT) depending on
the model and specification.
Sutton Bespoke will also be
developing a right-hand drive
conversion package for the new
Navigator during 2018, and
anticipates bringing this to market
later in the year.
In late 2017, Clive Sutton was
officially appointed as UK
distributor for high-performance
Shelby vehicles. The variety of
brand-new Shelby-tuned cars and
trucks available for UK clients
includes the F-150 Super Snake
‘'street truck’ and the Shelby F-150
off-road truck, both powered by a
mighty 5.0-litre supercharged V8
producing 750hp. These new EU
production vehicles are now being
built for Shelby at the Magna Steyr
facility in Graz, Austria. Clive
Sutton will deliver the first brand-
new, UK-bound Shelby truck next
month.
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