Lightning fans rejoice! A new SVT prepped F-150 is coming this fall!!

[SVTKAR3]

Posted Jun 15th 2008 8:29AM by Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Ford

2004 SVT Lightning Concept

It's been several years since Ford last offered a Lightning version of its F-150 pickup truck but it looks like it will soon strike again. In spite of plummeting sales of big trucks, a high-performance variant of the new 2009 F-150 will launch later this fall, likely at either SEMA or the Los Angeles Auto Show. Ford showed a concept version of an SVT F-150 in 2004 that never made it to production. In March 2007, SVT's Jamal Hameedi told us that a high-performance truck was under development.

While participating in the Ford Racing Invitational media drag racing event this weekend, SVT declined to get any more specific than "a new SVT truck is coming" and "later this fall." When pressed, he did acknowledge that it's based on the big truck platform and that is was unrelated to the so-called Raptor truck. An obvious guess would be an F-150 powered by the GT500 engine. Since the GT500 already uses the cast-iron truck block, it would be an easy installation. Whether it will use two or four wheels to deliver all that torque is unknown, but after my experience trying to put GT500 power down this weekend, hopefully it'll use all four.

[Source: Ford]

[SVTKAR3]

So this:


plus this:


will equal something like this.....

[BigAls87Z28]

Uh.....
Gas is over 4 bucks
F150 just fell from grace
Trucks and SUV's days are numberd
V8 cars are on the run





LETS MAKE A LIGHTNING!! Smooth move Ford. Too bad there is no true regular cab model.

[Xenon]

I always thought the 09 F150 was hiedous looking. I'd rather have them come out with the SVT Adrealin instead.

[CHASLS2]

Just bring out a good looking smaller ranger size Lightning with 400hp. Then i will be all over it.

[SVTKAR3]

This just popped up on Left Lane..... http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-f-1...-davidson.html

[ctaylorzl1]

Sweet, just in time for $5.00 gas!!! Mabey it and the new Silverado SS(and everyother worth while car IMO) can be the new pavement holders at dealerships!!

[Firebird00]

That concept Lightning is freaking sweet looking.