Nice Try, Ram, But The Ford F-150 Lobo DESTROYS the Ram 1500 Lowered for Less Money

With an official Blue Oval supercharger kit, the Ford F-150 Lobo makes more power than the Ram 1500 Lowered, and for far less money.

The Ford F-150 Lobo just made its official debut this past June, a notable arrival that followed the sporty, street-focused Maverick Lobo several months prior. The Lobo line is aimed at capitalizing on what The Blue Oval perceives as rising interest in the stylish, lowered, performance-focused world of pickups, which used to be quite popular – look no further than the F-150 SVT Lightning, for example. Now, Stellantis is getting in on the game with the new Ram 1500 Lowered, which just debuted this week.

The Ram 1500 Lowered actually stems from a partnership with Mopar Direct Connection and Fox Factory Vehicles, which already offers modified versions of the Ford F-150 and Super Duty, along with the Bronco. The Ram 1500 Lowered is equipped with many of the same sort of mods as the Ford F-150 Lobo, including its lowered suspension, which in this case drops it 3 inches up front and 5.5 in the rear, along with 22-inch wheels, plus a front splitter, rear spoiler, and graphics for appearances’ sake.

Perhaps more notably, the Ram 1500 Lowered also comes equipped with the revived-for-2026 5.7-liter Hemi V8, which is topped with a Whipple supercharger and breathes through a dual exhaust system, churning out a cool 650 horsepower. As many are already well aware, the Ford F-150 Lobo isn’t sold with any sort of performance enhancements under the hood – though it does get the 5.0-liter Coyote V8, making 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque as it sits.

Then there’s the matter of price – the Ford F-150 Lobo starts out at $59,995, while the Ram 1500 Lowered has an MSRP of $89,995. For $10,250, one can purchase an F-150 supercharger kit directly from the Ford Performance catalog (part number M-6066-F150SCA), which can be installed by a dealer for around $2,400 – though costs in that regard will vary. Regardless, we’ve seen cheaper quotes for that same job, too.

Thus, that means one can purchase a new Ford F-150 Lobo and slap a Gen 6 Whipple 3.0-liter supercharger on their pickup for a bit less than $13,000, making for a theoretical total cost of roughly $73,000 – a whopping $17k under the price of a Ram 1500 Lowered, without adding any additional options. The kicker here is that this particular combination also makes more power than the Ram – Ford says that its supercharger kit for the F-150 enables the Coyote V8 to churn out 700 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, in fact.

Both of these trucks get the same sort of three-year, 36,000-mile warranty (when the supercharger kit is installed by a dealer or ASE-certified tech) and can be serviced at dealerships, so those considerations are a wash, too. Thus, while it’s certainly nice to see Mopar add some competition to the street truck segment, the Ford F-150 Lobo is still a superior value in that newly reborn slice of the automotive world.

Photos: Ford, Fox Factory Vehicles

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Brett Foote

Brett Foote has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is a longtime contributor to Internet Brands’ Auto Group sites, including Chevrolet Forum, Rennlist, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, among other popular sites.

He has been an automotive enthusiast since the day he came into this world and rode home from the hospital in a first-gen Mustang, and he's been wrenching on them nearly as long.

In addition to his expertise writing about cars, trucks, motorcycles, and every other type of automobile, Brett had spent several years running parts for local auto dealerships.

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