The one-off Ford Super Truck racer takes the Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne approach
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00:00What makes the Ford Performance F-150 Lightning Super Truck so super?
00:04Is it because you can get super jacked between races?
00:06Not exactly.
00:07This carbon fiber wing might look like a movie prop,
00:10but it's strong enough to generate up to 10,000 pounds of downforce
00:13with the rest of the aerodynamic elements like the triple element front wing.
00:17To create that kind of force,
00:19Ford designed the Super Truck with a three-motor electric powertrain,
00:22and when conditions allow for maximum output,
00:24a fourth motor can be added to give the Super Truck a maximum output of 2,100 horsepower.
00:29How many tries did it take to get the Super Truck race ready?
00:32Just one, and not a single prototype was made.
00:34It was commissioned, designed, built, and tested in less than a year
00:38by using virtual tools like this state-of-the-art simulator.
00:41But instead of running off the side of a cliff like we did,
00:44Pikes Peak veteran Romain Dumas helped engineers tweak the setup
00:47enough to beat 61 other competitors in the 102nd running
00:51of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
00:53To find out more about the unique development and technology behind the Super Truck,
00:56head to MotorTrend.com.
00:59you