What do you think will the BEV Lightning be considered in 5-10 years?

Will it be a Collector edition or just. another Edsel?

 

Edsel since the sales numbers and money lost by Ford don't lie.

 

I personally think that parts availability (and possibly the ability to obtain qualified service) will dictate values on these trucks in the future. I think that in 5 years it’ll become very hard to get powertrain parts, and in 10 years it’ll be a niche market or eBay or salvage yard search when a guy needs critical parts. I realize Ford stated that they will support these for 10 more years but I don’t believe it. I’ve seen many vehicles recently that are less than 10 years old and already have difficult parts availability. With the nature of these EVs, I don’t see Ford stocking 15” infotainment screens, electric motors, battery modules, AC/DC converters, etc. for these in the year 2035. I just don’t think it’ll happen.

 

F-150 Lightening Flash... in the pan?

 

That's being generous.

 

I also don't see Ford stocking parts in 10 years for a model that sold less than 75k units so far. A lot of those parts that need factory software to authenticate I don't know if Ford dealers and indy mechanics will work on them if the parts have to be sourced from Ebay or something.

 

If I owned a F150 Lightning, I would be thinking of a exit plan.

 

Gotta wonder how many parts and components will work on the replacement truck.

 

I already had that in mind before I brought mine home, which is why I LEASED it.

 

My current Lightning is my 72nd new car/truck. I leased this primarily because it was a Platinum and didn't qualify for Tax Credit and Ford offered an equivalent $7,500 incentive with a lease. Plus, they offered essentially 9% interest rate when leasing so I leased it for 39 months. With the recent announcement, the Trucks ACV after 39 months is an unknown so in hindsight leasing was the best option. Had the lease money factor a.k.a. interest rate been high I likely would have bought the lease out early but being 0% I left the money in the Market.

The truck is still amazing and meets every one of my needs the way I utilize it. Soon we may be selling our remote cabin, and the truck will be used to transport belongings the 125 miles with a 6’ X 12' Cargo trailer to a new place. Perfect for this usage

Used Lightnings are an excellent value today if you can find one the way you want it equipped.
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Definitely a smart plan. Because by the time your lease expired, the technology was going to either improve significantly making the current truck obsolete or bust and become obsolete.

 

Zero.....

 

This makes no sense. It’ll still be a functional truck, possibly with less advanced tech but FAR from obsolete.

 

Then why is Ford discontinuing the Lightning?

 

Then its resale value should be great. Right?