https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-ranger-raptor-not-for-us/

There's also the underlying reason for the Ranger Raptor's existence in the first place. Not every market is privy to the F-150, so Ford created the Ranger Raptor to give those markets, which happen to be diesel-heavy already, a Raptor to call their own.

But what about the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2? Would Ford be so foolish as to pass over the chance to steal some buyers away from its mortal enemy? Roadshow's own Jake Holmes asked Hermann Salenbauch, Ford Performance's vehicle line director, about the ZR2 at the Ford event. Salenbauch said that they "know it quite well," but don't intend to compete with it. So it goes.