The Ford F-150 Lightning was America’s best-selling pickup truck final 12 months with 15,617 models bought, and it had a very good begin of the 12 months in 2023 with 3,600 gross sales within the first two months.
As extra house owners take supply of their F-150 Lightnings throughout the US, it goes with out saying that will probably be tougher for his or her automobiles to face out among the many many F-150 Lightning vans already delivered, to not point out the ocean of gas-powered F-150s.
We’re fairly positive the proprietor of the F-150 Lightning showcased within the video above received’t have this drawback, although. Our colleague Domenick Yoney, the host of the InsideEVs Podcast and InsideEVs Discussion board moderator, noticed it on the Ford supplier in Wacaunda, Illinois, the place he purchased his used 2018 Tesla Mannequin 3 from.
Because the video exhibits, this extremely customized F-150 Lightning prepped for supply was fairly laborious to overlook for somebody strolling previous it as a result of virtually every little thing on it’s personalized.
Beginning with the outside, it incorporates a two-tone paintwork combining white and pink, retry-styled wheels in a chrome end, a carry package, chrome door handles, aftermarket operating boards additionally in a chrome look, and chrome aspect mirror caps. The automobile additionally options red-painted closed-off grille and tailgate.
The pink and white theme carries over inside the place the F-150 Lightning options quilted leather-based seats and a middle console armrest in the identical coloration mixture. No different inside modifications are seen on this video.
You would not know by it, however this F-150 Lightning is a base Professional work truck, which begins at $57,869 in keeping with the present costs listed on Ford’s web site – it used to start out at simply over $40,000 when it launched in Could 2021.
Whereas we do not know the beginning MSRP the proprietor paid for this truck – Ford has elevated costs a number of instances now – Domenick discovered that the truck set the proprietor again round $67,000, together with the exterior and inside upgrades.
Do you assume it was cash effectively spent? Prefer it or not, this F-150 Lightning Professional will clearly stand out amongst different F-150 Lightning vans, which was most likely precisely what the proprietor needed when speccing it like this.
As a reminder, the Ford F-150 Lightning Professional comes with the 98-kWh Customary Vary battery pack enabling 240 miles of vary and packs a dual-motor AWD powertrain rated at 452 horsepower and 775 pound-feet of torque.