Here’s a question for you: If someone gives you the opportunity to go on a nearly 1,000-mile road trip through the Southwest with the only conditions being that you have to film a WWII Jeep driving on back roads at the hilariously low pace of 40 miles per hour, which car are you taking?
I think there’s really only one kind of car that would be actively bad for those conditions, and that’s a sports car. A sports car doesn’t show its true colors until you’re at speeds that are often over the legal limit, so why do that knowing you’re never exceeding 40? Sure, there’ll likely be a handful of twisty roads along the way that would be fun, but there are going to be a lot more “continue straight for 100 miles” roads than ones ripe for carving. That is to say nothing about the lack of cargo space.
With all due respect to crossovers, I’ll pass on, like… all of them just because they don’t really inspire me. I’d really only take one for the extra cargo space that it’d have over a sedan. But here’s a curveball: What if David’s engineering prowess fails and I need to tow his Jeep out of a tough situation? And what if that situation is in the dirt on an off-road trail? Oh yeah, I should’ve mentioned that this is about the trip I took with David to Moab, but it’s not as much about the trip itself as it is about the car that did a great job making the movie you see below possible: the F-150 Tremor.
[Ed Note/Disclosure: This is The Autopian’s Video Manager Griffin Riley. He created the video above, and many, many others you’ve seen on our YouTube channel and social media channels. Here’s the tale of him making the road trip section of the WWII Jeep video while being largely behind the wheel of an F-150 Tremor (which Ford graciously let us borrow). -DT].
The Basics
Year and Trim: 2025 Ford F-150 Tremor
Engine: DOHC Cast aluminum twin turbocharged 3.5L V6 EcoBoost
Transmission: Electronic 10-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Rear wheel drive/four wheel drive
Output: 400 hp, 500 lb-ft of torque
Fuel economy: A reported 16 mpg city, 21 mpg highway, 18 mpg combined, but more on that later.
MSRP: $82,340 (destination & delivery included)
About Me and Trucks
Honesty hour: I’m not a truck guy. Back in college, I owned one I affectionately named Claire that I drove the wheels off of on road trips all across the Southwest, and while it was a lovely ride, it was also a car that I never wanted. It found its way to me in annoyingly passively traumatic ways, and as soon as I was set to make the move to LA, I knew that truck had to go because there was no way it would fit in any parking lot and that I couldn’t afford to fuel up something so inefficient. And while I love peacocking with my luscious curls and slightly above-average style, I don’t wanna stand out having such a big nasty pickup in a city filled with Priuses.
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Add in those often-cited statistics about how most truck owners only tow/off-road less than once a year, and I turn into just another city boy who is generally not interested in pickups. But here’s the thing: The F-150 Tremor is pretty darn good-looking, and during my week with it, I did all the things these other truck owners don’t. And I loved it.
For the uninitiated, the Tremor is by all means a traditional truck ready to do traditional truck things, while also having off-roading-focused improvements. There’s reworked suspension that gets you all the associated benefits like improved ground clearance and wheel travel. Slap on some 33″ all-terrain tires, a skid plate, and a locking rear diff, and you’ve got something that can handle itself on the trails. It’s by no means a replacement for its Raptor big brother, which is substantially larger and fitted with sporty FOX shocks and 37″ tires, but the Tremor is definitely enough.
In terms of the broader Ford truck lineage, the Blue Oval lists a whopping eight different trims of the F-150, and the Tremor is the fourth most expensive of those offerings. It’s obviously not in the same conversation as their luxury pickups like the Lariat, King Ranch, and Platinum, but I’m just giving context here.
As for the trip, first things first is always to load the car up — a job that the Tremor made very easy. I loaded the cabin with my clothes and camera gear before heading to David’s for the final push out, and upon arrival at the Château de Tracy, we had to pack basically everything he had in his garage just in case stuff really hit the fan on the road. I couldn’t tell you all the gear he brought, the same way he couldn’t tell you half the camera kit I brought, but I think we’d both agree that it was comprehensive on both of our accounts, and that the suspension was getting tested with how much we stacked in that bed.
As much as we liked the power tailgate, truth be told, we rarely used it, thanks to something that was easily my most appreciated part of the truck: the step paired with the split gate. The step is directly under the edge of where the split gate opens, which means it’s super easy to just take two steps up to get into the bed and start grabbing gear that we had secured with tie-downs. Entering and exiting the bed was a breeze thanks to it, and I can’t imagine ever optioning a truck without a step now (especially given how tall modern trucks are).
And while we’re talking about the tailgate, I think it’s worth mentioning something else: this car has power for days.
Electricity Everywhere
The truck comes standard with “Pro Power Onboard,” which is a 2kW outlet on the left side of the bed that we could plug into whenever we wanted. I would imagine it’s useful for those who are running power tools and the like out of the rear, but we never had an occasion to use it [Ed Note: I planned to use it to charge my power tools if things really got rough and I had to swap out an axle or something. -DT], so it’s really nothing more than a segue for me to talk about all the other power options that this car was covered in.
Any time I’m on the road with the team, whether it’s from NYC to LA, from LA to Texas or this trip, one constant is that I’m always rolling deep with my gear. This time around, I had an A and B camera (in case one fails), our DJI Osmo with an electronic suction car mount for stabilized rollers, a drone, portable generators, and my normal fare like a laptop and phone and more battery-powered car things like jump packs.
With how much we’re shooting on these trips (661.33 GB worth of footage, for reference), I’m constantly needing to charge depleted camera batteries, which means I’ve got wires everywhere. I’m telling you, if a paranoid pedestrian had walked by, they might have thought it worth calling the bomb squad; this thing was kitted OUT.
Underneath your 12” infotainment screen are USB-C and USB-A ports that I would plug into for Apple CarPlay while resting my phone on the built-in wireless charger. That nest of outlets and the wireless pad could be shut with a sliding horizontal door, cleaning up the whole look of things in the process. And adjacent to that is an AC 120V outlet ready for you to plug in anything that needs some extra oomph.
If you’re a child or an adult in timeout, the back seats offer two more USB-C ports plus another AC 120V outlet. The more important things like my phone and A cam were always hooked up to the ports closest to me up front, while less urgent items like the portable generator and the jump pack got juice from the rear.
With all the gear I was charging, it’s only right to wonder where I had it all set up, and let me happily report that the truck had no shortage of storage.
The transmission tunnel has cutouts about halfway down that I’d stuff with GoPros and spare batteries, and the door cards in the front also have a bevy of storage that could hold my main camera’s battery charger and mics. Across the two of those, I had everything I needed to comfortably hop out and film David if the opportunity arose. At the same time, the passenger’s side has dashboard storage that is perfect for holding smaller lenses or maps of the different trails we’d be hitting in stunning Moab.
The center console is seriously deep, and it’s only natural that it was filled with all my typical road trip consumables: Pure Leaf unsweetened teas to give me insane amounts of caffeine on longer stretches (I don’t drink soda or energy drinks, sue me!), the occasional Gatorade (Lemon Lime or Cool Blue exclusively), an arrangement of protein bars (cookies and cream will always have my heart), and chile limon Takis (or its derivatives like Turbos Flamas or the Doritos Dinamitas. Trust me on these y’all).
With all this storage, I can’t help but compare it to my typical attire on more demanding shoots: If I know I’m gonna be mobile all day under intense load while filming, I often wear cargo or carpenter pants so that I have a bunch of pockets to hold everything I need at a moment’s notice. In a way, this car felt just like my size 22×47 pants (I have a very unfortunate build). Did it suck to pack everything up at the end of every leg because of how decked out the interior was with gear? Absolutely. But that struggle was worth it, considering I always had to be ready and flexible to film DT during the drive.
Speaking of driving…
On and Off The Southwestern Roads
Since this trip was quite unconventional, it’s hard to talk about how well the truck performs in normal use cases. As I noted in the beginning, the Tremor has an estimated fuel economy of 16 mpg city/21 mpg highway/18 mpg combined. I was getting WAY over that.
Again, this was months ago, but if memory serves me correctly, I was regularly floating around 30 mpg on this thoroughly packed-up truck, which is just insane until you realize I was going 40 mph.
If you watched our video of the trip, you’ll notice there are a lot of shots of David driving, and you might be thinking, “How did the talented great Griffin with his very strange pants do it? Did they have an assistant getting the roller shots?” We did! But not in the human form. Instead, I had Ford Blue Cruise, and what a dream it was to have.
How I Shot ‘Roller Shots’ By Myself, While Driving
This was my first time playing with any kind of comprehensive self-driving system in a vehicle (my cars are pre-2010, sue me twice), and it was overwhelmingly positive. It was nice knowing that the car has a strong sense of homeostasis programmed into it and that I could relax my mind for hours in those cooled and heated seats after waking some days before dawn. Furthermore, Blue Cruise straight up helped me do my job, since I was able to go completely hands-free for a couple of seconds at a time to get a shot of David.
After five to 10 seconds of both hands on the camera, the car would begin beeping at me about being distracted, which I think is a safe timeline to keep people from abusing the system. To reset it, I’d simply give the wheel a quick, sharp input, and it would say “My fault. Thought you were sleeping, big dog” before letting me get back to another quick shot.
The only issue with the system, though, was that I overwhelmingly did have both hands on the wheel throughout the trip, and it would still bother me about not paying attention. Doing a quick jerk of the wheel for a millisecond is an easy enough fix, no doubt, but it’s annoying to have big, meaty rock climber hands gripping a wheel for hours and still being told I’m not touching the wheel and that I’m a bad driver who belongs in the Gulag. It’s not kind.
When David was trailing behind me, I’d attach our Osmo with the Alien arm to the flat, glossy bed of the truck and let the auto-vacuuming suction cups go to work so that I could get shots like what you see below.
The beauty of modern technology (and maybe the fear?) is that it’s gotten so easy to get incredible shots. I have a stabilized camera, paired with a stabilized and dampened arm, and a first-party app that’s completely free that allows me to get shots like this. Placing a GoPro on the back would get some solid shots too, sure, but then my shot is completely static, and therefore useless if I lose David in the twisty roads. Something like the Osmo with a fully articulating head? It’ll pan and track him all day; I just have to draw a box over him, and it simply works.
As I followed Dave on the mountain passes out of Wickenburg towards Prescott, I just turned on the Blue Cruise and snapped quick shots like this on the 89A:
Plenty Of Grunt
In terms of get-up-and-go, this had plenty. If we’re being honest, David took a handful of risky yellows ahead of me, and I don’t blame him, considering we never knew if the car would get started again whenever we stopped. To combat him getting away from me, I either put the pedal down to follow or waited at the light for the next green and punched it to catch up. Simply put, it was effortless to get next to him every time. Four hundred horsepower is enough to feel fun in my Corvette; it turns out it’s enough to feel good in a substantially larger vehicle, too.
[Ed Note: Griffin will find a way to include a photo of his admittedly-beautiful Corvette in everything he writes. At this point, I’m just gonna roll with it. -DT]. [[Author Note: Yes I will and there’s nothing you can do about it.]]
Off-roading was similarly pleasant. Most of what we did was exclusively in the Jeep once we got to town, but there was a stretch on our first leg in California where we had to go down a closed dirt road to avoid a 10 mph climb up the I-15 at Cajon Pass. In those 20 minutes of dirt driving, I was thoroughly impressed.
For what it’s worth, it was an incredibly tame trail in the grand scheme of things, and we even saw sedans on it at the same time to get to the Lost Lake Day Use Area, but nevertheless, the Tremor was incredibly smooth. Washboard areas that would normally make short wheelbase off-roaders, like my Jeep, hop all over the road with the chatter were easily negotiated in the Tremor, and the tires had enough grip that I never felt like I was struggling for traction even while fully aired up. There was even a small river crossing that I easily cleared on approach and departure.
Fast forward to the end of the trip, and David quite understandably didn’t wanna drive the WWII Jeep all the way back at a blistering 40 mph pace [Ed Note: Actually, I’d have enjoyed it, but my wife and baby needed me. -DT], so we opted to tow it back. I had never towed anything before this trip, and I know I don’t have any reason to tow anything anytime soon, but this truck made it so easy to do that I felt like I could get my CDL and long haul no problem.
The Jeep is already an extremely light vehicle that sat on a dolly from U-Haul, and the two of them together — probably just over 3,000 pounds — were nowhere near the truck’s trailer rating. On top of that, the 400 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque meant I never had to worry about getting along during our roughly 1,000-mile journey back.
The truck also got a smart connector that’ll apply brakes and turn signals and all the goodies for you and, most importantly, it’s got something called Pro Trailer Backup and hitch assist, which uses all the vehicle’s cameras and sensors to automatically reverse the truck to be directly under the trailer’s female end hitch. Here’s how it works:
As far as I remember, we didn’t use the “Pro” assist features because we’re fools who didn’t utilize this machine to its fullest potential, but I’ve seen chatter across the interwebs about how stunningly accurate and worth it it is, so hats off to Ford for the system!
So what does all this mean?
My Verdict
Straight up: I loved this truck. I don’t know how it would’ve fared on the more intense terrain on Seven Mile Rim, or how well it would’ve handled if I was towing a heavier load with five grown men in the back who just got off from a long day in the content mines, but I can say that this truck did everything I asked of it, and I think it would’ve done a hell of a lot more if we pushed it.
The vast majority of you are probably smarter than I and choose a career path where you go on week-long videography trips regularly and stress that you’re forgetting everything and are a pansy-ass camera jockey the whole time you’re on it, so you’ll never have to use this car in the same ways that I will! But that doesn’t mean these features would be lost on you.
All those power outlets on a road trip mean that your punk little kids in the back seat will never be bored because their Nintendo Switch and iPad will always be topped up with power. The transmission tunnel and door card storage are perfect for your sunglasses case or a bottle of sunscreen (which you may need if you leave the sunroof open!), while the door can hold your water bottle since the center cupholders will certainly already be in use from your morning coffee. And the split gate and tailgate step? They’d make for such an easy load and unload during your move across town.
Seriously, I just moved using a heavily lifted 2019 Raptor without such features, and it broke me. I never thought I would miss the Tremor so much.
Obviously, your mileage will vary on things like its style, because maybe you’re just a Ram fan, or maybe you hate the orange accents that cover the inside and outside of the car. Hell, I know I don’t care at all for how that center console is set up, but here’s what I know for certain: For roughly two thousand miles and seven days, that truck was my home, and it was an absolutely luxurious place to be, especially from a production standpoint. And I think the Jeep movie I shot all by myself is proof positive.
I knew if I ever ran out of battery, there’d be a place for me to charge it. If I needed to get a rolling shot, the invisible hand of the Blue Cruise God would guide me for five to ten second increments. If I ever had to mount anything, the textureless, curveless body panels could immediately receive a Tilta arm, whether I’m chasing or leading as camera car (I specify textureless, because I recently learned Raptors are incredibly hard to mount anything to thanks to their plastic cladding around the body).
Yes, my use case is highly specialized compared to what almost everyone else’s would be, but they’re all such good features at their core that I’m confident most people would find a way to appreciate them regardless.
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Fun article! Ford nerd here. A couple of editor’s notes:
Ford has no editorial input here; that’s just a misunderstanding in the system on my part. But now I have an excuse to get hands on with a Ford again just to play with the actual Blue Cruise system!
@griffin – Did you try the Osmo Alien arm setup off road? Can it handle that?
We did! But the footage wasn’t fantastic, and I’m confident the reason is that I had it mounted to the split gate, as opposed to the hard-mounted part of the truck bed. If it were mounted to the body in a rigid format, I’m sure it would be fantastic, because I took the Osmo with me to King of the Hammers last year and just hand-held it, and it looked fantastic. Normally, I’d link the footage, but I just spent five minutes looking for the hard drive it should be on and can’t find it. Probably lost in my move. Yikes
Lol. I have many of the Sandisk Extreme SSD’s floating around. Good luck!
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS! A little SanDisk SSD. Luckily, it was my crappy personal one and not a faster read-write one. I just hope I don’t have anything important on there
Look, I get the truck is well-equipped and that everything is expensive in 2026. But the 82k price tag still made me throw up in my mouth just a little bit.
That being said it seems nice/capable?
yeahhh. It’s a super hefty price tag, no doubt. It was an absolutely incredible place to be for a week, but does that make it an 80k machine? Your mileage will vary.
I certainly understand why this segment is where the Big 3 butter their bread, that’s for sure.
The inside of this truck seems to be nicer than the inside of my house so, if you’re going to spend an immense amount of time somewhere, you could do worse. There’s a reason why the ultimate luxury in rural America is a well optioned full-size truck. If you spend 2+ hours in your vehicle every day, it’s nice if you’re driving a rolling living room.
Griffin, in the video with the Jeep behind the truck, why are you both driving on the wrong side of the road?
It must be mirrored for some reason. You can see David is driving in what would be a RHD position, which the Jeep is not.
Thank you. I was still on my first cup of coffee and missed that!
Should’ve specified that we were going to Moab in the UK, not Moab, UT, hence, the left side driving
(Jay Jay Pea is right, it was mirrored. The app is great to control the cam but does some strange things sometimes, such as mirroring the image.)
Entertaining story, great videos. $82,000 mother flipping dollars and everyone seems good with that? I didn’t know how out of touch I am.
Thanks for the love! And I don’t think you’re alone on the sticker shock fwiw.
Griffin should stop sleeping to become a full-time writer, on top of the photo and the video work. Awesome write-ups and flapping hilarious.
My approach to my authorship is to be like an absentee Disneyland Dad so that whenever I come around, I’m loved just a little bit more
Ah, the Uncle Adrian strategy.
Pretty much 🙂
Great choice, and almost the right color!
Tremor likes Tremor?! Who woulda thunk!
Good choice of vehicle, gave you a ready-made excuse if all the video was shaky.
I see what you did there
I have been lucky enough to meet the author. He’s a very chill and straight-up fellow. If he says it’s a good truck, it’s a good truck.
Does he really wear 22×47 size pants? That seems unlikely, kind of like an elongated Cmdr Saru.
I’ve examined many things in my life, but never another man’s trousers.
It’s okay, I encourage everyone to trouser check me. I’ve pre-consented for you
32×47, maybe. 22×47, not a chance. I’m built like a bean pole and my waist measurement is around 30-32″ simply because I have a pelvis. His dad would have to be Slenderman and his mom a pool noodle to get those dimensions.
I don’t even think Wemby is a 22×47.
Per Gemini…
Victor Wembanyama’s exact retail trouser or pant size is not publicly listed by brands or the San Antonio Spurs, but his physical frame features an estimated 32-inch waist and a remarkable 44- to 48-inch leg/inseam length to match his 7’4″ to 7’5″ height.
Haha, absolute freaking wow on the inseam. I stand corrected on that dimension.
While the numbers are estimated, that is still a crazy inseam! I’m 6’2″ with a 34″ inseam. That means that pretty much all of Wemby’s height over me is legs with a same size torso.
Pulling up a picture, yeah the dude is just legs and arms.
Otherway around. Mom is a gigantic monster and dad is a stick bug
I once accidentally bought a size 47×22 trouser while zooted, and it was one of the worst decisions of my life. I looked like a Koopa.
Very cool truck. If I ever get over my bias against short bed pickups I might buy one of these. They look cool and seem like a great combination of luxury and utility. I like my F250 quite a lot, but I think I would like the better ride and improved maneuverability of the F150 (the Super Duty has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier). The MSRP is a kick in teeth, but that is the case for almost every full-size pickup truck these days.
I’m not a truck guy either, nor can I afford to be one at 80 grand(!) but it seems like this was absolutely the perfect vehicle for this absurdly specific camera car/parts hauler/tow if needed use case.
Couldn’t say it better myself!
I have no need for a full sized truck, but the F150 Tremor catches my eye more than most. Definitely what I’d want if I was in the market.
Sounds like the Tremor didn’t suck, but I’d prefer a fully decked out food truck for a road trip. Sure I may get stuck out in the desert but having a freezer full of Ice Cream and equipment to fry anything? I’m fine with that.
Calling shotgun
Hauling hundreds of pounds of greasy tools next to our ice cream sounds like a good idea tbh!
I took a road trip in an Expedition with the 400hp 3.5 Ecoboost and about that level of interior options. I think it stickered for about 80 grand.
The powertrain was excellent, the leather seats were comfortable, and it had a lot of room. Beyond that, it felt like a shoddily assembled economy vehicle with a bunch of doo-dads and stitched vinyl toupees tacked onto the dash to project the notion of a luxury vehicle. Rattles everywhere, the panoramic roof clattered, a lot of hard plastics, and I wasn’t impressed with the Bang and Olufsen. These things are way too much money.
Still kind of want a short bed F150 Lariat w/ FX4 despite that.
> These things are way too much money.
Larger trucks and SUVs are where the margins are.
That’s too bad, just in general. There was very little rattling to my memory; this truck felt pretty well put together. Very curious what the issue was with yours.
This had about 50,000 miles and was ~2yrs old so I’d expect some loosening of things compared to new, but it seemed excessive to me.
Claire looks like a truck I may want to own.
In hindsight, I really miss her. She was an absolutely fantastic machine, and I started getting really into camping, so that shell (which had a pull-out tray on rails for easy loading, mind you!) would be so lovely to have again. Still happy I tossed it once I started my move to LA, gave it to a very sweet older German man who had one back in the day that rusted out on the East Coast, so he was very emotional seeing Claire in the flesh. Hope Einar is treating it well!
You are indeed correct that for the vast, vast majority of people 33s, skid plates, and a locker are more than enough. I do more bad/off-roading than many including some towing in four-wheel drive in difficult areas, and a bog-standard 5.3 Suburban 1500 with 31-inch KO2s, some skid plates, and low range is more than enough to do anything I’ve ever needed. For most people I don’t think the incremental off-road capability of lifts / 37s / etc. is anywhere close to making up for the sacrifices in everyday drivability and highway comfort – after all, you have to actually get to those interesting places first and you also have to live with the vehicle on the days you’re not wheelin’ it.
I’ve spent dumb money and time making my 2500 Ram drive more like a tractor on road to be able to do truck things off road. Of course I’m commenting on The Autopian so both of these things are good!
Honestly I’ve probably put a rig into 4WD less than 20 times and a locker less than 10, and I’ve done some gnarly stuff all over Arizona (see our Crosscab video in Sedona in my home state. We hit one of my fave trails there). All that extra stuff is super nice, I would definitely like a skid plate on my Jeep just for peace of mind, but I’ve never needed pretty much any of that
Oh, you “need” a skid plate – just not for the reason you think. speaking as a fellow resident of Southern California, having a skid plate is very helpful for the inevitable times you run over debris on the freeway.
At our Scouting properties and on things like desert trails and ranch 2-tracks I run in 4WD a lot, not because I couldn’t make it in 2WD but because it helps to prevent wheelspin and consequently reduces wear and tear on the roads.
What a neat piece of equipment, with so many modern perks and conveniences it sounds like it’s built for work and play all day. Too bad it’s basically fallen into the RPS* category.
*rich people sh….
“I think there’s really only one kind of car that would be actively bad for those conditions, and that’s a sports car. A sports car doesn’t show its true colors until you’re at speeds that are often over the legal limit, so why do that knowing you’re never exceeding 40?”
I don’t know. Sounds like a perfect job for the wife’s MGB. At 40 MPH, it’s happy with the engine around 2300 RPM. We don’t go over 50 MPH with it very often.
I’d consider the MGB to be a sports car. Just a slow one.
When we were on the roads outside of Jerome (where the video showing my camera tracking David was taken), I really wish I had a Miata because the roads were so fun and twisty but almost no big straights to have a high HP vehicle like my Vette. That being said: y’ain’t haulin shit in a Miata or MGB. It’d be fun for the drive, horrible for recovering a broken-down (spiritually or mechanically) David, let alone towing
I’m fairly big into doing overlanding (check your Discord) and the Tremor is interesting, but it’s always had a reputation for having a rough ride. Was that your experience?
I think it’s pretty soft when stock, even when unloaded. A good chunk of Tremor owners that are into mods prefer to upgrade to a suspension that’s a little less mushy, myself included. Stock it just felt wallow-y on uneven roads.
Honestly didn’t feel too bad! I was very pleased with how it performed on that couple-mile stretch around Cajon to Mormon Rock, and it felt good on the road too. Unfortunately, we didn’t do enough off-roading in it to speak on it, no attempts at climbing anything and nowhere whoop-y, but I felt comfortable in every situation for what that’s worth.
Replying to your Disco momentarily!
Yay! I’ve been looking forward to this article. Thank you!
Really enjoying the photos and videos, and the “behind the scenes” look at how you accomplished it.
I’d much rather have a Tremor (but in green, blue, orange, yellow, or brown) than a corvette. I’m not even a truck guy
You had me in the first half, but then you broke my heart at the end. Thanks for the read though!
You’re most welcome!
I’m just not a fan of corvette, and I’ve sampled every generation. The C2 “split window” is the newest corvette that’s had any appeal to me, and I think that was moreso that I helped my friend restore his and the end product was almost concours-worthy.
Now if you’d proffered a Viper or modern Shelby GT350 or Boss 302, I might disregard the practicality of the F-150 Tremor and favor the performance car instead. Frankly I’d rather have a Ranger Tremor than an F-150, or even a Maverick Tremor. I don’t need the size of the F-Series, even though it’s roomier than a limo, haha.
Oh yeah, the F-series is way too much truck for me and any person who’s honest with themselves about their needs, so I hear you there.
I won’t belabor my Corvette, love, because if you like my writing, you’ve probably read my review of my baby, but I truly love the Corvette for contextual reasons if nothing else. I truly think there’s no vehicle in the world that has democratized performance for the masses quite like the Corvette has, and it’s proven itself in the coliseums of tracks across the world and has been successful in just about every era. It’s a car that inspires patriotism and pride in me in ways that nothing else does, corny as that is, and as soon as I lock someone in the room and mansplain it to them in depth for two hours, they end up agreeing with me.
Plus, I just think it’s great looking (C6 being my all-time favorite, obviously).