On the occasion of the reveal of the2022 Ford Maverick—the first truly compact pickup truck from the company sincethe old Ranger was discontinuedin 2011—we took a look in our archives and noticed that ...

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-Series has been around since the 1948 model year, and fourteen generations later, there have been countless special editions and limited series worth mentioning, along with a record run ...

With the Ranger Splash and today's Nice Price or No Dice SVT Lightning, Ford declared the step-side to be the sporty truck of choice. Let's see if we agree and whether or not this hot F-150 comes with ...

Bad news first: there’s no word on whether this one’s coming to America, but it’s definitely debuting in Australia next year. And for anyone who is about to scramble to marry into Aussie citizenship, ...

Ford's Special Vehicle Teams (SVT) grew out of the original Special Vehicle Operations that had, in the '80s, developed and released the Mustang SVO, a potent turbo 4-cylinder pony car that threatened ...

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 ...

The original Ford SVT Lightning was a short-lived, gas-powered performance truck, but its spirit of accessible speed and everyday usability has quietly resurfaced in the used market. In 2025, clean ...

Up until it was ousted by the Toyota Tacoma in 2005, the Ford Ranger led the compact pickup truck segment for 18 years. At its peak in 1999, the Ranger sold 348,358 units. After 2006, however, sales ...

Ask the new generation of petrolheads what the Lightning moniker means for Ford, and they will immediately point to the electric pickup. However, true enthusiasts know that it used to be all about ...