2025 Ford F-150 Lobo Quick Spin Review: The Street Truck Livin’ Large

What is the 2025 Ford F-150 Lobo?

Following on the heels of the well-received Maverick Lobo, Ford brings the street truck vibe to its full-size flagship. The 2025 F-150 Lobo is lowered two inches, has 22-inch gloss black wheels, a light bar across the mesh grille, dual exhaust with black tips, and a 10-piece ground appearance package.

The F-150 Lobo is a package on the SuperCrew STX trim and comes with the 5.0-liter V8 making 400 hp and 410 lb-ft of torque, hooked to a 10-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive. There are no performance upgrades, per se, but by pulling all of these appearance enhancements and giving it Coyote power, the Lobo could be considered a spiritual successor to the original F-150 Lightning.

I spent a week in a well-equipped F-150 Lobo that stickered for $62,035. It was a lot of fun and felt like a reasonable price, all things considered.

How Does the 2025 Ford F-150 Lobo Drive?

The black wheels with the thin spokes look sharp. It’s lower than most F-150s, but it’s not a low truck, so wrap your brain around that. Ford is calling it a street truck, but it’s more like the look and idea of one. It gets there, mostly.

A tradeoff of the STX trim is that you get a fairly basic cabin. Cloth seats, no steering wheel or seat heaters, nothing fancy. You’re spending your money on the looks and getting a top-level motor. In return, you're giving up some creature comforts.

There are no running boards—hey, you want a street truck, right? But that makes ingress and egress a little dicey. My 8-year-old basically base jumped out of the rear seat, which he enjoyed, and was a reasonable solution as long as we had space around us. The lower height actually is better for parents helping kids into the truck.

I savored the visceral, red-meat truck dynamics of the F-150 Lobo. While the Ram 1500 is the most comfortable full-size truck due to its coil-over spring suspension, I found myself taking to the Ford’s stiffer chassis setup (which still runs leaf springs). This is reinforced by the Lobo’s lowered ride height, which makes things feel sportier. You’re still pretty high up relative to the rest of the traffic, but pulling up next to another F-150, I noticed the Lobo’s mirrors were lower than the guy in the truck next to me.

The 5.0-liter Coyote V8 is a riot. It’s a raw experience that’s loud, purposeful, and business-like. It’s a large truck with a big engine going to work, or in the case of the Lobo, maybe a little play. The F-150 Lobo chugs gas (16 mpg city / 24 mpg highway), but with the 36-gallon fuel tank, you’re at least not running to fill up all the time.

I can see why Ram felt the need to bring back the Hemi after driving the Ford’s Coyote. It’s a lot of fun to drive a V8-powered truck.

Should I Get The 2025 Ford F-150 Lobo?

To contextualize this, the F-150 Lobo slots into the middle of the F-150 range. You need to get a certain size cab and the V8 to get this look, which neatly resurrects the effect of a street truck.

It’s a fair price and a lot of fun. That said, it’s basically a cool-looking F-150 with the V8, and Ford has a lot of those, actually. Not a dis, but it’s reality. The Maverick Lobo, which gets torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive and the turbocharged 250-hp four-pot—plus the cool wheels and lowered stance—felt a little more distinctive and on-brand for the street truck affectation.

I did like the F-150 Lobo quite a bit, though, and I would put it in the same realm as Chevy’s RST variants, which is a good place to hang out.

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