erice Posted January 4, 2005 Report Posted January 4, 2005 I read last night that Ford has put the new lightning on the shelf. They dont want to put the r&d dollars into a low production vehicle.
edessa Posted January 4, 2005 Report Posted January 4, 2005 I heard that the entire SVT program got scraped to save money.
dcairns Posted January 4, 2005 Report Posted January 4, 2005 Ford SVT is just skipping the Lightning for a while and focusing on other projects. One of the rumored reasons for this is the extra weight of the new F-150. They would have to add a lot more HP or find a way to reduce weight. Either way, it would be a fair amount of engineering. I think they had the power plant looking good on the concept truck, but the extra weight kept it from topping the Dodge SRT-10 and SVT figured it was better to wait till they could do it right. Oh, yeah, this is a
IdriveGTP Posted January 4, 2005 Report Posted January 4, 2005 The only thing that I found funny about Ford scrapping this is that when I went to the Indianapolis Auto Show this past weekend, they had the concept Lightning there on display (I will post the pic later). It seemed funny that they would be showing a truck off that there is no hope of producing for the next couple of years!
m396 #00-011 Posted January 5, 2005 Report Posted January 5, 2005 The only thing that I found funny about Ford scrapping this is that when I went to the Indianapolis Auto Show this past weekend, they had the concept Lightning there on display (I will post the pic later). It seemed funny that they would be showing a truck off that there is no hope of producing for the next couple of years! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GM does it all the time.....
IdriveGTP Posted January 6, 2005 Report Posted January 6, 2005 Point taken, but at least with concept vehicle, there is a distant hope of them becoming reality....with this truck, SVT has already said NO!
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