Tog Gear's take on the Ford Lightning
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Tog Gear's take on the Ford Lightning
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The pickup truck that speaks for the whole US. It is what it is and cant be anything else.. Obviously the america bashing is a little over the edge.. but he picks equally on the frence, korean, Japanese, and the germans.. man does he mess with them. Accept our stereotype. Were all fat inbread and stupid.. There are worst stereotypes... maybe.
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Rep Power: 290 thats nothing compared to a toyota hilux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UV...20gear%20hilux
the second part of the hilux kill and still it lives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQe-v...20gear%20hilux
thats a truck thats what people buy.
the second part of the hilux kill and still it lives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQe-v...20gear%20hilux
thats a truck thats what people buy.
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Rep Power: 336 wow. best selling car on earth is a POS. ya know what that says? mexicans and americans who buy the truck are fvckin morons. every time that stupid truck sells in mexico, or america, a person on earth looses an IQ point. this is why the world is dumb
I'd still buy a lightning..its hot looking, fun and 380hp. Top Gear of course makes fun of every US made car, cept the Z06 and maybe the Mustang.
If SVT hadn't been demolished, the next generation of it woulda been sweet..(500hp, plus an extra 50hp for 30secs from a lil cooling trick SVT devised)
If SVT hadn't been demolished, the next generation of it woulda been sweet..(500hp, plus an extra 50hp for 30secs from a lil cooling trick SVT devised)
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Originally Posted by RangerMan
If SVT hadn't been demolished, the next generation of it woulda been sweet..(500hp, plus an extra 50hp for 30secs from a lil cooling trick SVT devised)
Ford says SVT still alive
By the way...
Originally Posted by SVT News.com... I think
2004: Last model year for SVT Focus; plans for next-generation Lightning shelved indefinitely to allow engineers to focus on the Mustang Cobra
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the thing about british tv, about top gear for example, is they bust ***** constantly. you can hear them make jokes about germans being *****.. over here if someone said that stuff, someone else would get their panties in a knot over it and try to sue, or at least try to have them censored or shut down.
pathetic really. i prefer the attitude over there.. too bad for all their speed cameras and nonsense!
pathetic really. i prefer the attitude over there.. too bad for all their speed cameras and nonsense!
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Originally Posted by Bob Gritzinger for Autoweek.com
SVT’s Renewed Focus Ford performance arm could be called ‘Segment Vehicle Team’ 
By BOB GRITZINGER
AutoWeek | Published 07/06/06, 7:15 am et
Ford’s Special Vehicle Team, rumored to be on the ropes as recently as 90 days ago (“Is SVT RIP?” March 27), is showing some signs of life.
During a recent Ford product preview SVT chief Hau Thai-Tang assured us the Ford performance arm is alive and well, employs 60 engineers dedicated to developing SVT products, and is planning for the future.
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.
Thai-Tang says SVT is expanding, with future product falling into three segments:
Race-inspired performance, including vehicles like the Ford GT that appeal to automotive zealots (hint: If you read AutoWeek, you’re probably in this group).
SVT, the performance division as we know it, making traditional high-performance SVT-branded products such as the GT500 and the next Lightning.
Enhanced performance, offering appearance packages, some customization, minor engine and suspension modifications, and special wheels and tires. Vehicles in this group might not be badged as SVT products, but would be tuned by SVT and use a combination of Ford Racing parts and dealer accessories. Some past examples of this type of vehicle include the Bullitt and Mach 1 Mustangs built using the previous-generation Mustang.
The latter group is the one getting the most attention, because it represents the fastest-growing part of the market and a profitable area not previously tapped by SVT, Thai-Tang says.
SVT also will lend its expertise to other Ford divisions down the road, “but our focus is on Ford right now,” says Thai-Tang. Was Thai-Tang’s use of the word “focus” a hint of future product? Nah.
By BOB GRITZINGER
AutoWeek | Published 07/06/06, 7:15 am et
Ford’s Special Vehicle Team, rumored to be on the ropes as recently as 90 days ago (“Is SVT RIP?” March 27), is showing some signs of life.
During a recent Ford product preview SVT chief Hau Thai-Tang assured us the Ford performance arm is alive and well, employs 60 engineers dedicated to developing SVT products, and is planning for the future.
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.
Thai-Tang says SVT is expanding, with future product falling into three segments:
Race-inspired performance, including vehicles like the Ford GT that appeal to automotive zealots (hint: If you read AutoWeek, you’re probably in this group).
SVT, the performance division as we know it, making traditional high-performance SVT-branded products such as the GT500 and the next Lightning.
Enhanced performance, offering appearance packages, some customization, minor engine and suspension modifications, and special wheels and tires. Vehicles in this group might not be badged as SVT products, but would be tuned by SVT and use a combination of Ford Racing parts and dealer accessories. Some past examples of this type of vehicle include the Bullitt and Mach 1 Mustangs built using the previous-generation Mustang.
The latter group is the one getting the most attention, because it represents the fastest-growing part of the market and a profitable area not previously tapped by SVT, Thai-Tang says.
SVT also will lend its expertise to other Ford divisions down the road, “but our focus is on Ford right now,” says Thai-Tang. Was Thai-Tang’s use of the word “focus” a hint of future product? Nah.
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Rep Power: 334 ^^^ Yeah, but you're American. Go to Japan and try driving a Ram. Go to the UK and enjoy a Lightning. Same concept. it is built for the country it was built on. It does it's job quite well at that.
Its funny that America has the inbread stereotype. England is the size of wisconsin and has been inhabitted by the same blood lines for 1600 years. As soon as I get on as a C.O. I am buying another F-150.
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