Gonna need a supercharger on that truck to run with a TRD supercharged Tundra...

Is that the Tundra whose sales are off 47.2 percent so far in 2009?

Hahahaha love that last comment

Wow, another "Hotwheels" vehicle. These folks at Ford are NAILING my "gotta have it" nerve! What a delicious vehicle. Stunning. I may end up with a duo of Fords if this thing hits the showroom.

I want one in black or Dark Shadow Gray. Please sell this truck Ford!

The Tundra's gonna NEED a supercharger to run with this truck.

My God........could it be any more crass and hideous?

Crass? Hideous? How about HOT and FUN! Ford makes plain Jane. The new batch of hotrods they're making are aimed squarely at the folks like me who had a couple of hundred Hotwheels under the bed when they were a kid. People like me with MONEY. That's why they're making them. Keep it up Ford. It's a hoot.

"My God........could it be any more crass and hideous?"

Well maybe if it had a douchebag with repetitive letters in his name behind the wheel.

"p"? Is that you Matt/P71?

I recognized your crappy post style right away!

What a pathetic person you are. For those of you that don't know Matt continually cruises the net whining about Ford.

Grandma must have a trust fund set up so he can do it 24/7.

Missing the F150 SVT Lightning...?

I wouldn't trade my SVT Lightning for it but take off the running boards, lower it some and change the wheel package THEN it would be in my driveway.

Why doesn't Ford just come out with a new lightning...the original was very successful and they already built a great concept..as long as they price it competively, it will definitly sell just as the last generation lightnings sold

what a sexy truck fords the best i might buy one next year!! my sisters foose f150 took one of those trd supercharged tundras what a crappy truck !!!!

Well, you can tell Ford has its carp together, all the off shore truck guys along with the chevy fools start whinning alot Dodge wont because they may not be around, first it whas the grill and then GMC copied it, now its how ugly it is and how under powered it is. Now they will blow the doors off of them and a tundra super charged what is that all about they still dont have it put together besides, we should keep our money here in the good ol USA right guys FORD RULES hell THEY LEFT THEM ALL IN THE DUST WHEN IT CAME TO 2010 AND THE REST WILL BE EATING FORD DUST!

I'm a Mustang GT-owner who happens to be in the market for a truck and I'm gonna buck the trend here and call Ford out on some bad decisions I think they're making with their truck line-up. And this monstrosity kind of encapsulates a lot of what's not right.

First, thank God for the Raptor, because it's the only truck made - by Ford or anyone else - that actually looks right. And it's suspension technology & performance should be where all trucks go in a few years. If Ford can sell the limited production Raptor for $30-40k, then there's no reason we couldn't see 'Raptor-like' performance from all trucks at all price points in the near future. Ford is really leading with that truck in a lot of ways.

HOWEVER ... it seems that the brain power & talent required to bring the Raptor into being sucked the rest of the truck division of FoMoCo dry. Lets start with F-150/250/350/450 styling. They all look pretty silly. Upside-down headlights, gi-normous grills, tailgates with 'aero-lips', and don't get me started about chrome faux fender vents (really. wtf?). It's ridiculous. Ford saddles their cars with truck-like 3-bar grills to make them look tough (i guess) while figuring that going MORE over the top with the trucks is now warranted. The contrast with the Raptor's no-nonsense styling approach couldn't be more obvious (tho the lipped tailgate wound up there too). Frankly, Ford needs to cut the coffee allowance for their US designers because it seems the caffine is badly affecting their brains.

Next, the powertrains. Why no more manual trannys AT ALL? Isn't fuel economy supposed to be a major thing now? There isn't an automatic made - no matter how many gears or how smart it's programming - that I can't best in MPGs with a 5-6spd stick. Manuals are cheaper too, and in case Ford hasn't noticed, there isn't as much disposable income out there as there used to be.

Similarly, why is Ford developing these 5 & 6 liter monster gas V8s when all the consumer gets is 300-400 hp and worse mpgs with them? A good 3valve Modular 4.6L V8 can make the same power. Add a blower and you can get into 500-600 hp territory. And because of it's a smaller displacement - and lighter weight too - you get better overall fuel efficiency. Why is Ford wasting resources developing engines that it doesn't need? That's money better spent 'eco-boosting' the 4.6 into GM & Chrysler-Fiat's high hp/high mpg nightmare of (not to mention Toyota & Nissan's as well).

A similarly displaced (4.6L) diesel would make a lot of sense too - and not just for the F-150s, but also for vans and larger cars. Anyone paying attention to what BMW is doing with their 6 & 8 cylinder diesels (great hp & mpgs at the same time) realizes what an opportunity all the US manufacturers are missing by shelving their medium duty diesel projects. It's the same kind of stupidity that almost put them out of business.

Which I think points to the honest truth about Ford trucks right now: If the competition weren't even more clueless, Ford trucks (excepting the Raptor) wouldn't look all that great. As it is, this lull of relatively low gas prices & easy competition isn't going to last forever. Ford is in the best position to get out in front, but that means nothing if they don't move there. The Raptor shows what could be for their entire line-up of trucks in many ways - especially styling, which is very important. If they combine that with smarter powertrain development, the world will be their oyster.

Until then, I'm not seeing pearls - just smelling a fishy smell.

Wow! Now that's a novels worth of an opinion!

I agree with concerned ford fan that the Raptor styling and technology is great. However on most of the other concerns I don't think you are being fair. Ford already announced that they're going to offer an ecoboost engine on F-150 next year. They've also got a new gas and diesel engine coming on Super Duty.

Also, not too sure I get your point on the 4.6L 3V - it produces about 290 hp vs. 411 for the new 6.2L that's not really in the same ballpark. The 4.6L 3v also can't produce the same power as the big V8s in competitions trucks and it only gets 1-2 mpg better gas mileage. If you need more power or trailer tow capability you have to supercharge it like you say but if you do that say goodbye to good fuel economy.

No half ton truck sells a manual trans anymore because nobody bought them. As a truck owner I'm glad they're working on giving us more power with the 6.2L and better fuel economy with the ecoboost rather than engineering a manual trans that nobody buys.

I understand everyone has their personal taste on styling... but you have to admit that based on the post about sales it is pretty clear most people love the Ford truck styling. The new F-150 is whooping @$$. Keep it up Ford, you're doing great