As of 7/21/23 the heated steering wheel is back for ordering.

 

Rumors are a new trim called "Lobo" will be revealed in a couple of weeks. It's said to possibly be on a lowered suspension, 2wd, and have a very sinister look. The claim is Ford is looking a attract a new crowd.
https://autos.yahoo.com/ford-debut-lowered-street-f-152848429.html;_ylt=Awrhbgx8PO1kAzYugAXQtDMD;_ylu= Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny
https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/2024-ford-f-150-will-incorporate-lobo-variant-into-lineup/

 

Quite honestly, a low tech, yet plush truck without all the bells and whistles would probably sell great. Those of us who aren't Millennials remember when trucks didn't need to have 350 horsepower to sell. My first F150 made probably 150 horsepower, had a 4 speed manual tranny, back when a 3 speed auto was still the thing. They did their job, got you from place to place reliably but weren't going to get out of anybody's way fast.

I think the "short attention span" generation has really caused these trucks to be ridiculously expensive for no reason.

Give me an XLT lite with carpet, power windows/locks and a few other basic options. Something more than an XL that doesn't look like a work truck. Maybe make an engine too that gets decent gas mileage, has enough torque to get the job done and nothing more. If it takes a 4.10 or 4.25 rear end to do it and tops out the speedo at 80 mph so be it.

These trucks aren't Mustangs

Heated steering wheels and sunroofs... gtfo...

 

oMIT

 

Lobo? No way, it's a Mexican market F-150. The cheap F-150 XL is known as F-150, the Lobo is an upmarket trim, the XLT or Lariat gets the Lobo name, not F-150. If it's going to be F-150 Lobo in the U.S., will it be Lobo Lobo in Mexico?

I will be buying a new 2024 Ford Lobo Lariat in Mexico when it comes out, keeping my 2022 F-150 in the U.S.

 

Lol you boomers are the ones buying these things. Stop blaming everything on millennials. You're the one that raised them. Something tells me you didn't get the 3.3L.

 

Glacier Gray Metallic Tricoat, new color for 2024:

 

Exactly! I'm a Boomer, but let me tell you the last thing I want is to see is my truck return to the days when the speedometer needle bounced around the 60mph indicator, or having pothole impacts jolt me through my arms and shoulders ending up in my cranium.

 

That's why they make XL and XLT trucks with the naturally aspirated 3.3

It's weird to say what you do...but then say a modern F150 XL looks like a "work truck" so you want something fancier looking lol

BTW one of the biggest reasons for cost is political, inflation, especially the past 3 years...

...and of course CAFE which is also political

 

When I hear @troy12n go on his usual rants I always picture Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino....lol. Time to bring back the Model Ts Troy!