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Owned a Turbo Buick for 23 years. I fucking hate it but I can't let it go.clearly how long you owned it means how much you love it
I know the feels.
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People that argue at clouds are in, time to slowly back away from the thread.
That new ferrari looks stupid they should make it look how I want it to look!
I didnt say one word about it being a regular cab or whatever it is, so I'm not sure why you think I'm upset about that. Would that be cool? Of course. Not necessary though and who's actually gonna buy a regular cab?
Literally all I'm saying is I'd like to see a sport package offered. It seems like a totally reasonable thing for something that was previously what it was to at least have some kind of sporty package you can pay for like almost everything. The F150 already has a sport package, but its just appearance. Let the regular lightning be just a good electric F150, thats cool. I'm not mad about them using the name Lightning, or the truck not being sporty. I've argued for Ford using MachE and Lightning etc because of how important "brands" are. I probably did earlier in this thread even.
I'm having a hard time processing people are arguing against a truck with a 4.4 0-60, with 563hp/775tq, named the Ford Lightning having some kind of sport or performance package offered when the base truck isn't marketed as sporty in anyway. You can get a sport package on a fucking Toyota Corolla ffs. I just cant even about this tbh
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Your post here reads pretty heavily that way. If I wrong then oh well.
No one here is arguing against what you're saying either. Can you point out where someone said they wouldn't like more?
You also just not have watched the reveal video because they literally announced it as a sportier truck. They said it's the fastest and best handling f150 of all time.
Once the initial hype for these dies down you'll see expansion into new trims to get hype back in. FX2, Tremor, street edition etc. It's a negligible cost for the manufacturer to churn out different trims like this so if you're patient I think the sport Lightning of your dreams is coming
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Lightning Pro details
10k upcharge for the 300 mile battery over the 230 mile version
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Ugh. $10k is too much for only 70 miles. If the charger comes with everything to run the house off of and install then I guess it's closer to being a wash.
This also outs the XLT in a really weird place from a pricing standpoint. $3k more with less range/power than the work truck? Doesn't make any sense to me.
Yeah the extendo comes with the bidirectional charger
It's also 126 more hp and more tow capacity
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Yeah. It makes you wonder what they're doing features wise. Maybe the upgrade all be less for the higger trim levels. (And standard on the platinum)
Or did I miss something where it said that's across all trims?
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sorta. the rivian is for the squarely burb/urban consumer who is used to buying 150k range rovers every year.
talking to co-workers, i've heard nothing but good things about rivian, and they've poached a lot of ex-tesla guys. They have an uphill battle wrt building a brand, but the product should be solid. Competition bout to be fierce by this time next year.
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Dunno if this was posted already. Pretty damn impressive.
www.motortrend.com
Nearly 50,000 People Throw Down $100 Deposits On the Electric Ford F-150
The number represents a small but significant percentage of F-Series sales.
Yep, and it'll do well there. It's a lifestyle vehicle. Just like most Defender buyers aren't going deep into Moab, most people buying 4.5ft bed Rivians with optional spare tires aren't doing real work. Great to have options, I want one of each
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Ford boosts electric vehicle spending to more than $30 billion, aims to have 40% of volume all-electric by 2030
Ford outlined plans to boost spending on its electrification efforts by more than a third and said it aims to have 40% of its global volume be all electric by 2030.