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Ford’s F-150 Lightning performance one-off is for extreme off-roading


The truck was developed with drift racer Vaughn Gittin Jr.

A year ago, Ford teased a high-performance demonstrator based on its F-150 Lightning, with the company’s CEO Jim Farley tweeting a photo of himself pulling back the cover to show a portion of the truck’s front end. The F-150 Lightning Switchgear is a high-riding, high-performance, all-electric demonstrator created in collaboration with champion drift driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his aftermarket tuning company RTR Vehicles. The suspension uses Fox three-inch diameter internal bypass shock absorbers, “plus unique front and rear bumpers to improve approach and departure angles,” Ford says.

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