Special Vehicle Team, also known as SVT, was an arm of Ford Motor Company responsible for the development of the company's highest-performance vehicles. Established in 1991, also debuted the all-new 6.2-liter V8 engine as an option for the 2010 model year (likely to be standard in subsequent model years). Ford reports horsepower and torque as 411 hp (306 kW) @ 5500 rpm, 434 lb·ft (588 N·m) @ 4500 rpm in the Raptor. All Raptor models will have a 6-speed automatic transmission, selectable 4WD, and rear E-Locker that stays engaged at high-speeds.
In 2015 as a result of Ford's plan to globalize their vehicles, SVT and the European RS division merged, forming Ford Performance and thus aligning all American and European performance vehicle activity together.
SVT vehicles
{| class=wikitable
!Model!!colspan=2|Version!!Year!!Engine!!Power!!Torque!!Production
|- align=center
|rowspan=12|SVT Lightning||rowspan=4 colspan=2|9||1993||rowspan=3|5.8 L Windsor FI V8||rowspan=3|240 hp (179 kW)||rowspan=3|340 ft·lbf (461 N·m)||align=right|5,276
|- align=center
|1994||align=right|4,007
|- align=center
|1995||align=right|2,280
|- align=right
!colspan=4|Total
|11,563
|- align=center
|rowspan=7 colspan=2|10||1999||rowspan=6|5.4 L supercharged Triton V8||rowspan=2|360 hp (268 kW)||rowspan=2|440 ft·lbf (597 N·m)||align=right|4,000
|- align=center
|2000||align=right|4,966
|- align=center
|2001||rowspan=4|380 hp (283 kW)||rowspan=4|450 ft·lbf (610 N·m)||align=right|6,381
|- align=center
|2002||align=right|4,726
|- align=center
|2003||align=right|4,270
|- align=center
|2004||align=right|3,781
|- align=right
!colspan=4|Total
|28,124
|- align=right
!colspan=6|Total - SVT Lightning
|39,687
|- align=center
|rowspan=17|SVT Cobra||rowspan=3|Fox||Base||1993||rowspan=2|5.0 L Windsor V8||rowspan=2|235 hp (175 kW)||rowspan=2|280 ft·lbf (380 N·m)||align=right|4,993
|- align=center
|R||1993||align=right|107
|- align=right
!colspan=5|Total
|5,100
|- align=center
|rowspan=7|SN-95 1 / Fox-4||rowspan=5|Base||1994||rowspan=2|5.0 L Windsor V8||rowspan=2|240 hp (179 kW)||rowspan=2|285 ft·lbf (386 N·m)||align=right|6,009
|- align=center
|1995||align=right|5,008
|- align=center
|1996||rowspan=3|4.6 L DOHC Modular V8||rowspan=3|305 hp (227 kW)||rowspan=3|300 ft·lbf (407 N·m)||align=right|10,002
|- align=center
|1997||align=right|10,049
|- align=center
|1998||align=right|8,654
|- align=center
|R||1995||5.8 L Windsor V8||300 hp (224 kW)||365 ft·lbf (495 N·m)||align=right|250
|- align=right
!colspan=5|Total
|39,973
|- align=center
|rowspan=6|SN-95 2||rowspan=4|Base||1999||rowspan=2|4.6 L DOHC Modular V8||rowspan=2|320 hp (239 kW)||rowspan=2|317 ft·lbf (430 N·m)||align=right|8,095
|- align=center
|2001||align=right|7,251
|- align=center
|2003||rowspan=2|4.6 L DOHC SC Modular V8||rowspan=2|390 hp (291 kW)||rowspan=2|390 ft·lbf (529 N·m)||align=right|13,476
|- align=center
|2004||align=right|5,664
|- align=center
|R||2000||5.4 L DOHC Modular V8||385 hp (287 kW)||385 ft·lbf (522 N·m)||align=right|300
|- align=right
!colspan=5|Total
|34,859
|- align=right
!colspan=6|Total - SVT Cobra
|79,932
|- align=center
|rowspan=4|SVT Contour||rowspan=3 colspan=2|CDW27||1998||rowspan=3|2.5 L Duratec 25 SVT V6||195 hp (145 kW)||165 ft·lbf (224 N·m)||align=right|6,535
|- align=center
|1999||rowspan=2|200 hp (149 kW)||rowspan=2|169 ft·lbf (229 N·m)||align=right|2,760
|- align=center
|2000||align=right|2,150
|- align=right
!colspan=6|Total
|11,445
|- align=center
|rowspan=4|SVT Focus||rowspan=3 colspan=2|CW170||2002||rowspan=3|2.0 L Zetec I4||rowspan=3|170 hp (127 kW)||rowspan=3|145 ft·lbf (197 N·m)||align=right|4,788
|- align=center
|2003||align=right|6,158
|- align=center
|2004||align=right|3,057
|- align=right
!colspan=6|Total
|14,003
|- align=right
!colspan=7|Total
|144,993*
|}
SVT is credited in the following vehicles:
- 1993 SVT Cobra
- 1993 SVT Cobra R
- 1993-1995 Ford SVT Lightning
- 1994-1995 SVT Cobra
- 1995 SVT Cobra R
- 1995 Ford Thunderbird SVT (Concept car)
- 1995 Ford GT90
- 1996-1998 SVT Cobra
- 1998-2000 SVT Contour
- 1999-2001 SVT Cobra
- 2000 SVT Cobra R
- 1999-2004 Ford SVT Lightning
- 2000 Ford SVT Thunder (unreleased car based on the 2000 Ford Expedition)
- 2003-2004 SVT Cobra
- 2002-2004 SVT Focus
- 2005–2006 Ford GT
- 2007-2009 SVT/Shelby GT500
- 2010–2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, (the 2015-present Raptor loses the SVT prefix)
- 2010-2014 SVT/Shelby GT500
See also
- Ford TeamRS, Ford's European performance car and motorsport division
- Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), Ford Australia's performance car division
References
External links
- Ford SVT on Ford Performance
- Official Ford SVT collector cars