are there any models coming out that are sport trucks like the lightning, roush, anything svt?

 

No news yet.....

 

Sure would be nice if they put together a standard cab short bed 2wd Ecoboost......

 

Or with a 6.2

 

I'd rather have the s/c 5.4 from the GT500, or the 6.2L from the Raptor to play with. But yeah... Something would be better than nothing.

 

Or how about a 2013 lightning with the aluminum supercharged 5.8 with 650hp that is going in the new gt500? going back to the first gen lightning with a 5.8????

 

They would put the EB in long before they would put any kind of V8 in due to EPA gas mileage and CAFE.

 

Thought that only was pertanent to cars......trucks were exempt.....

Edit.....nevermind......found it..... http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy

 

I don't see why you would think that, a 6.2 in a single cab short bed that is lowered would get better gas mileage than a raptor. And I would expect a supercharged 5.8 to get similar mileage.

 

I would buy it!

 

Nope - only trucks over 8500# GVW are exempt - for now. When they raise that - and they WILL - expect to see some kind of EB in the Super Duty. It's the EPA numbers that count, NOT the real world mileage.

Let's see - standard cab short bed with an EB retuned for premium fuel and high end HP, 4.10 gears, a Raptor locker in the rear, and optional AWD?

 

x2!

 

Being that they just revealed a brand new engine for the 2013 mustang that is a bigger v8 than the previous new engine which was bigger than the 4.6 as well. I don't see them putting a v6 in any performance truck.

 

Not to mention it could be kind of a specialty vehicle so exemptions could be in play. I hadn't really thought about it but currently, you could buy a 2wd reg cab with a 5.0 which should be decent for a stock truck, no? 350? hp 5.0, Lightnings only had 10-30 more than that so we're moving in the right direction. I do wish the Lightning came back, 500+ horses would be nice.