Last year, Ford rolled out the Maverick Lobo. The slammed compact truck with upgraded brakes is honestly a track monster. So when the automaker trademarked F-150 Lobo, I got my hopes up for a proper street racing truck. But I was disappointed.

So, why call it a Lobo? Besides being an awesome sounding name, and Spanish for “wolf,” Lobo is also Ford’s model name for the F-150 in Mexico. To me, it also sounds like a throwback to the old Ford “highboy” pickup trucks. A lowered “low-boy.”

Anticipation for the Lobo had F-150 fans howling

F-150 fans and muscle truck fans wondered if Ford’s SVT was cooking up something special. Would the all-new F-150 Lobo get the Raptor Type R’s supercharged V8? That engine, an evolution of the old GT500 is a supercharged beast that makes 720 horsepower. Or would it feature the Mustang GTD’s V8? The Dark Horse engine is a marvel of engineering, a naturally-aspirated 5.2-liter V8 that makes 815 h horsepower. Or was Ford planning something completely different, like the secret engine currently rumbling away in the new Mustang Shelby GT500 test mules?

After letting us fanboy for a while, Ford finally released the F-150 Lobo specs today. And to be blunt, the F-150 Lobo is just a very cool-looking appearance package.

The F-150 Lobo looks pretty darn cool

First and foremost, the performance changes. Normally, full-size trucks have slightly higher suspension in the rear so they even out as you load them up. The F-150 Lobo does not, it’s lowered two inches in the rear. So it’s impressive Ford’s maintained 1,450 pounds of the truck’s payload capacity. (It can also tow 7,900 pounds).

The F-150 Lobo also gets a dual exhaust. Other changes include a ground appearance package with a wide lower grille, a cowl hood, and the 22-inch gloss-black wheels. The badges are all blacked out to match.

The truck is only available as a SuperCrew with the 5.5-foot bed. It also doesn’t come with any signature high-impact colors. You can order black, gray, white, red, and blue. And to be honest, there’s a big missed opportunity here. A regular cab long-bed version in some crazy bright color would be the sort of F-150 that would get printed on kids’ posters all across the country. That’s some nice free advertising. And heck, you can get a Jeep truck in “high velocity” neon green. But I digress.

Finally, it only comes with all-time 4WD mode. So no lightweight 2WD Lobos. Also, no popping it into 2WD to rip some sick burnouts or donuts.

The Ford’s F-150 Lobo doesn’t exactly howl

So what about the engine? Ford’s advertising a “potent” 5.0-liter V8. It makes 400 horsepower and 410 lb-ft of torque. If that sounds familiar, it’s because this engine is just the regular Coyote V8.

The truck doesn’t have racing shocks or even special sway bars. It doesn’t feature larger brakes. It doesn’t even offer proprietary software like the “performance pages” which are just an extra infotainment setting in the Ram 1500 GT.

The final bullet in Ford’s press release gives away the truth about the truck. “F-150 Lobo is a package on the STX.”

So how much will the 2025 F-150 Lobo package set you back? $57,800, plus Ford’s new F-150 destination fee, which has climbed to $2,195.

That makes the Lobo cheaper than the 2025 Ram 1500 Rebel GT, which starts at $64,195 and also has a basic V8. So the Lobo actually scratches a lot of itch per dollar. Despite muscle truck enthusiast’s disappoint, Ford might have understood the assignment perfectly.