The Ford F-150 SVT Lightning falls into a narrow niche: for people who want a pickup truck that can haul a load, but also want to set a decent 0-60 mph time. First introduced in 1993 (and then ...

This truck would also be the final SVT product to be released before SVT was rolled into the overarching Ford Performance division. Unlike the previous Lightning trucks modified for high ...

In 1991, Ford conceived the Special Vehicle Team (SVT), since back ... decades and throngs of Ford Lightning fans kept waiting for a high-performance Gen III sport truck to be offered by Ford ...

From the April 2001 issue of Car and Driver. Few cars polarize the staff here as does Ford's high-performance pickup truck, the SVT F-150 Lightning. When we say polarize, we're not talking about ...

Since its introduction as a 1993 model, Ford's SVT Lightning has dominated the performance-pickup-truck market. From that first 240-horse/351-cubic-inch V-8 regular cab, the Lightning has ...

For almost 30 years, Ford's F-150 SVT Lightning has been considered by many truck enthusiasts the rig that started the modern age (1990 to present) for high-performance pickups ("muscle trucks ...

Ford has pulled the plug on the next-generation F-150 Lightning SVT pickup truck, instead putting all SVT's eggs into one basket - the SVT Cobra Mustang, due in 2006 as an '07 model. "It's a ...

but today’s trucks are also a heck of a lot bigger and heavier than they were 20 years ago. The SVT Lightning may not be quite as weird or unique as its gussied-up sibling, the Lincoln Blackwood ...

With the refreshed F-150 set to debut at the Detroit auto show in the coming weeks, we should find out soon if Ford is reviving a hi-po pickup truck like the OG SVT Lightning or if we just got all ...