Comment by 4d4m
9 hours ago
Why was it so ugly? The front lightbars execution looked cheap and toy-like. Expecting awesome designs for future Ford electric trucks lets go!
9 hours ago
Why was it so ugly? The front lightbars execution looked cheap and toy-like. Expecting awesome designs for future Ford electric trucks lets go!
Looks are subjective, but what I don't understand is why they put an enormous vision obscuring frunk on it. The vehicle could have been considerably easier to maneuver in tight spots and safer to pedestrians at the loss of just some dubious storage space with no loss in bed capacity. Or it could have been the same length or even a little shorter and have a full 4x8 bed in the back.
If anything the vehicle was designed more for aesthetics than for practicality. There is no engine up front. There's no need for all of that space in front of the driver. It's entirely possible to engineer crash resistance without needing 4 goddamn feet of crumple zone. They could have had both a crew cab and a full size bed. Or the short bed but a more practical size.
The Lightning was done the way it was because they were able to re-use a lot of existing F150 tooling/etc and keep the R&D cost lower in the process.
That makes sense. The front and end are the most unique.
Similar complaint for the chevy silverado, why can't they just make it look just like the regular silverado?
because they want to avoid selling these things as long as possible!
Same reason they shot the Volt in the back before it even hit the production floor.
They want you to get made fun of by your foreman for driving it,
so they sell very few,
and they can shrug at the government, or whoever, and say “See? Toldja nobody wants any.”