Ford F-150 Lightning Rod

The Ford F-150 Lightning Rod is a two door pickup truck concept car designed by Ford and based on the tenth generation Ford F-150. It debuted at the 2001 Chicago Auto Show. The concept was painted red with a red leather tonneau cover carrying a Maori inspired design, the red theme continued inside, and it rode on 21 inch Fuchs style wheels. Ford's then design chief Ed Golden said in a 2001 press release that the concept was inspired by 1960s muscle cars and hot rod culture. It used the same powertrain as the standard F-150 Lightning, a supercharged 5.4 litre Triton V8 making 380 horsepower and 450 pound feet of torque, mated to a four speed 4R100 automatic transmission.