Ford F-150 Lobo reportedly coming as street-oriented hot-rod pickup truck

High-performance pickups designed to hit the road rather than the trail have disappeared, but a new report suggests Ford will soon try to jump-start the segment. The company is allegedly working on a variant of the F-150 called Lobo that sounds like a hot rod with a cargo box.

We've been here before: Ford sold two generations of the F-150 Lightning from 1993 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2004 (pictured). Fast-forward to 2023 and the name denotes the electric variant of America's best-selling vehicle, so the follow-up will reportedly get the Lobo nameplate. It's a word that translates to "wolf" in Spanish, and it's the name that has historically appeared on the F-150 sold on the Mexican market.

Citing anonymous inside sources, enthusiast website Ford Authority wrote that the Lobo will land as a standalone trim level, like the Raptor, instead of an appearance package. It will stand out from the other models in the lineup with a lowered suspension system and an exterior design described as "sinister and aggressive" by the publication's sources. Details such as the available cab configurations aren't available.