Special Vehicle Team

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SVT, short for Special Vehicles Team, is an arm of Ford Motor Company responsible for the development of the company's highest-performance vehicles, much like Mercedes-AMG, BMW M, Chrysler's SRT division and GM's Performance Division. SVT is the successor to the SVO division.

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The group mainly produces specially tuned versions of Ford production vehicles such as the Lightning, which is based on the F-150 pickup, and the Mustang Cobra, which was based on the Mustang. However, they do occasionally develop models independently of the rest of the company, namely the GT supercar (developed in part with Saleen). SVT was founded in 1993 by John Plant of Ford Marketing, Janine Bay of Ford Mustang Program Management, and Robert Burnham of Ford Truck Program Management. Originally known as Special Vehicle Operations, SVO developed the 1984-1986 2.3 liter turbo-charged 4 cylinder Mustang SVO, as well as marketed performance parts through dealer networks (now known as Ford Racing Performance Parts, or FRPP).

The GT supercar and the Shelby Cobra GT500 are the division's only offerings available for purchase as of July 2006. The Lightning pickup model is on temporary hiatus. The Explorer Sport Trac Adenalin was announced for official production, but was later scrapped. The only other recent model, the SVT Focus, is out of production and no replacement has been announced.

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Model Version Year Engine Power Torque Production
SVT Lightning 9 1993 5.8 L Windsor FI V8 240 hp (179 kW) 340 ft·lbf (461 N·m) 5,276
1994 4,007
1995 2,280
Total 11,563
10 1999 5.4 L supercharged Triton V8 360 hp (268 kW) 440 ft·lbf (597 N·m) 4,000
2000 4,966
2001 380 hp (283 kW) 450 ft·lbf (610 N·m) 6,381
2002 4,726
2003 4,270
2004 3,781
Total 28,124
Total 39,687
SVT Cobra Fox Base 1993 5.0 L Windsor V8 235 hp (175 kW) 280 ft·lbf (380 N·m) 4,993
R 1993 107
Total 5,100
SN-95 1 Base 1994 5.0 L Windsor V8 240 hp (179 kW) 285 ft·lbf (386 N·m) 6,009
1995 5,008
1996 4.6 L DOHC Modular V8 305 hp (227 kW) 300 ft·lbf (407 N·m) 10,003
1997 10,049
1998 8,654
R 1995 5.8 L Windsor V8 300 hp (224 kW) 365 ft·lbf (495 N·m) 250
Total 39,973
SN-95 2 Base 1999 4.6 L DOHC Modular V8 320 hp (239 kW) 317 ft·lbf (430 N·m) 8,168
2001 7,251
2003 4.6 L DOHC SC Modular V8 390 hp (291 kW) 390 ft·lbf (529 N·m) 13,476
2004 5,664
R 2000 5.4 L DOHC Modular V8 385 hp (287 kW) 385 ft·lbf (522 N·m) 300
Total 34,859
Total 79,932
SVT Contour CDW27 1998 2.5 L Duratec 25 SVT V6 195 hp (145 kW) 165 ft·lbf (224 N·m) 6,535
1999 200 hp (149 kW) 169 ft·lbf (229 N·m) 2,760
2000 2,150
Total 11,445
SVT Focus CW170 2002 2.0 L Zetec I4 170 hp (127 kW) 145 ft·lbf (197 N·m) 4,788
2003 6,158
2004 3,057
Total 14,003
Total 145,067

SVT is also credited for the following vehicles:

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