SVT Lightning test mule?
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The fact that it has Michigan plates gives it some credibility, but it could easily be nothing more than an F-150 with wheels and side exhaust. I've seen plenty of similarly-modded f-150s. I wouldnt get my hopes up.
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Originally Posted by mudshuvel319
The fact that it has Michigan plates gives it some credibility, but it could easily be nothing more than an F-150 with wheels and side exhaust. I've seen plenty of similarly-modded f-150s. I wouldnt get my hopes up.
For now SVT will soldier on with two SVT-badged products—one car, the 2007 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 now on sale, and one truck. Thai-Tang is not revealing much about the truck, other than it will be based on the F-150 like its predecessor, the SVT Lightning. No timeline was revealed for production of the SVT truck, but it is not likely for the 2007 model year.
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Yeah, I know. I saw that article. I'm just saying that that particular photo is no proof of a Lightning mule. When the new GT500 was being developed and designed, there were a bunch of S197s being modded in a Shelby/GT500 style, but they werent GT500 mules.
It certainly could be a developmental Lightning, but wheels, side exhaust, and a mighigan liscense plate dont guarantee it.
It certainly could be a developmental Lightning, but wheels, side exhaust, and a mighigan liscense plate dont guarantee it.
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Originally Posted by mudshuvel319
Yeah, I know. I saw that article. I'm just saying that that particular photo is no proof of a Lightning mule. When the new GT500 was being developed and designed, there were a bunch of S197s being modded in a Shelby/GT500 style, but they werent GT500 mules.
It certainly could be a developmental Lightning, but wheels, side exhaust, and a mighigan liscense plate dont guarantee it.
It certainly could be a developmental Lightning, but wheels, side exhaust, and a mighigan liscense plate dont guarantee it.
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Is there any chance the new SVT truck could be based on the Ranger? Its older and doesnt have the new platform of the F150, but a small, light, quick truck is a lot of fun. I know the odds of this happening are astronomically low, but it could be cool if done with a new Ranger.
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Hoping it is a test mule for a new Lightning. Ford should reclaim the title of having the baddest/fastest production truck in America, if not the world. A next-gen Ranger version (when will Ford redesign it?) would be cool too, if the F150 is not used for whatever SVT truck gets produced.
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Originally Posted by mudshuvel319
Is there any chance the new SVT truck could be based on the Ranger? Its older and doesnt have the new platform of the F150, but a small, light, quick truck is a lot of fun.
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Theres no chance IMO that they'll use the Ranger in an SVT application. All the competition is using full size trucks in that segment and since Ford started it, why would they scale back to a compact truck?
Odds on that have to be a million to one.
Odds on that have to be a million to one.
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Originally Posted by 97svtgoin05gt
Theres no chance IMO that they'll use the Ranger in an SVT application. All the competition is using full size trucks in that segment and since Ford started it, why would they scale back to a compact truck?
Odds on that have to be a million to one.
Odds on that have to be a million to one.
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