Trucks account for half of all new vehicle sales in America. Is the American consumer’s appetite for trucks and SUVs so great that a supercar manufacturer like Saleen, manufacturer of the Saleen S7 Twin Turbo has to start making trucks?
The Saleen Sports Truck S331 was built to have the utility of a truck, with high horsepower, sporty suspension, aggresive styling and excellent handling of a sports car. Other than the S7, Saleen vehicles are mostly based on Ford models like the Mustang and Focus. The S331 should be based on the F150 or some other truck in Ford’s stables. BTW, if you remember the movie Bruce Almighty, the sports car that Bruce was driving after he got his God-like powers was a Saleen S7.
The S311 Sports Truck is powered by a 5.4 liter 24 valve SOHC V8 engine in both supercharged and normally aspirated form. The supercharged version makes 450bhp at 5200rpm and 500lb-ft of torque at 4000rpm with the help of a patented Saleen Series VI twin-screw supercharger and a dual-stage water-to-air intercooler. The normally aspirted version makes a lower 325bhp at 5000rpm and 400lb-ft torque at 4000rpm.
All that power needs some good braking power so Saleen equipped the truck with 15 inch slotted and ventilated discs in front together with 6-piston calipers. The rear discs are 13.7 inch.
What’s a sports truck without some ultimate bling wheels. This monster is fitted with 23″ forged wheels wrapped with 305/40/R23 BF Goodrich tyres. Changing tyres for this monster would be painful on the wallet.
Amercian really like single cab truck! Malaysian preferred double cab! hehe!
—–Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the 3-Valve Saleen Sport Truck with standard equipment is expected to start in the high $30,000′s, and the Supercharged version is expected to start in the high $40,000′s.—-in dolar
byk mahal macha….. tak mampu……
lits a sporty truck,looks nice,very powerfull with lots of feature….but cannot use in malaysia la paul,road tax very expensive..rm12k per year.mati wooo…
a respond to Tacoma? they got a very huge sale over there. luxury Tundra would be nice.
sweeet…. would luv to own one of these babies… but our road tax system wouldn’t allow me financially… sob… awesome beast, love the wheels… and the Saleen badge! it’s a Ford F150 right? sure looks like one…
LOL this is some exotic truck we’re talking.. 500lb-ft torque is no damn joke.. LoL.. any idea on what’s the weight of the truck itself?
can only dream one…road tax manyak mahai
haha…
not only the road tax is expensive, but the insurance and petrol/diesel price will kill you as well..
personally I like the design as it look much similar to the F150…. its HUGE (the F150) even for the Americans….
5.4 liters…..the fuel consumption will be damn high
Its remind me of “Bruce Allmighty” where Jim drive Saleen.
people in east malaysia are damn lucky. i’ve seen a lot of cygnus and land cruiser loitering around. show this to them and they’ll be damn happy