When Ford rolled out the first SVT Lightning in 1993, it did more than add a sporty trim to a work truck. It challenged what a pickup could be, pairing real payload capability with the kind of ...

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? In 1993, the newly re-formed SVT performance department within Ford proved that adage to be incorrect. The Ford F-150 SVT Lightning hit the automotive ...

Todd Gentry wanted a new F-150 that channeled the first-gen SVT Lightning. As a result, Crossley Customs created the Retro ...

In the early 1990s, Ford knew it couldn’t sit back and leave all the muscle truck fun to its fiercest rival, General Motors. The company released the first modern-day muscle truck, the 1990 Chevrolet ...

Offered for three model years, the first-ever SVT Lightning came with a very respectable 5.8-liter Windsor of the naturally aspirated variety. Connected to a four-speed automatic, the 351-cube V8 was ...

Used Ford Lightnings have shot up in price in recent years amid a surge in demand by millennials and younger demographics. But the Lightning in question is not, as you might expect, the recently ...

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