After three years of production, the Ford SVT Lightning still does not care about you. It does not want to hear you complain about the lack of a rear seat. It will not chip in $10 at the gas pump.
Review: Ford SVT Raptor
It would be difficult to conceive of a vehicle better-suited to demonstrating TTAC's diversity of automotive reviewers than the massive and massively outrageous Ford Raptor.
Ford SVT Engineering took its lead from Ford North America Product Development Vice President Chris Theodore's vision of three essential GT40 attributes - that it go fast, handle exceptionally and look great.
"Ford SVT has long been renowned for its 'chassis wizards' who deliver balanced, agile handling, even in the full-size F-150 pickup," says Hau Thai-Tang, director, Advanced Product Creation and SVT.
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You can either have, from Ford SVT, the normally aspirated 4.6 litre V8 producing 320 bhp or the supercharged version of that engine which produces a silly grin inducing 420 bhp.
THE BASELINE: Ford's basic Mustang doesn't come with many of the tweaks that make the similarly priced Hyundai Tiburon GT V6 or the Ford SVT Focus so much fun to drive, and to be seen in while driving.
(Let me know if this or any of the following shots of the 2010 Ford SVT Raptor's exploits during my recent move should be submitted to Donna for a caption contest.)
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It comes with 18-inch rims with the Ford SVT (Special Vehicle Team) logo. Just as in 1968, the Shelby models are topped by Le Mans-style racing stripes.
The ride is firm, but the X-Runner seems to ride better than our recollection of the Ford SVT Lightning.
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