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 ...

While the Blue Oval SUV world is currently focused on the first 2022 Bronco Raptor reviews, as far as the pickup truck realm is concerned, there is nothing but Lightning. But some people may want to ...

The current Ford F-150 LIghtning is the brand's flagship electric vehicle, but it's named after another older F-150 variant — the SVT Lightning. The original Lightning was not electric at all, and was ...

Since a young age, Samuel has been surrounded by the automotive industry. Graduating in 2019 from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication, Samuel manages a ...

Ian Wright joined CarBuzz as an automotive journalist and photographer in 2018. His career started with specialist publications, covering everything from Harley-Davidson to Ferrari. Before writing for ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

Ford's three letters produced some of the most focused performance vehicles Detroit has ever built. Here is what they meant ...

Performance pickups used to be a thing. From the Chevy 454 SS in the early 1990s to the sports car like performance the Toyota Tacoma X-Runner was throwing down in the early 2000s fast trucks had ...

The Ford F-150 SVT Lightning falls into a narrow niche: for people who want a pickup truck that can haul a load, but also want to set a decent 0-60 mph time. First introduced in 1993 (and then ...

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 ...

Few models embodied the upsizing frenzy of the early aughts quite like the supercharged 1999-2004 Ford SVT Lightning. This F-150-based pickup launched with 360 horsepower (it would get another 20 ...

Do you know which pickups paved the way for today's muscle trucks? The story goes back to the early '90s, when two specific models kicked off a revolution.