I've heard that the Raptor is the way to go when you go off road. Hell it's a $60,000 truck so it'd better be!! From what I've heard they do have a manufacturer's defect involving the frame between the cab and the bed. It seems at around 75 mph when you are "baja-ing" the area seems to develope stress cracks...big cracks. Whether Ford has addressed this issue I don't know. Good looking and a high performance truck though.