Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color)

emulsifide · Sep 10, 2022

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Again, these photos were taken on Ford's campus in Dearborn, MI. There are MY23 Lightnings getting scheduled to be built next month, so Ford should have MY23 test vehicles running around right now.

I went back to the RAW photo (I shot these with a Nikon Z6ii), corrected for over-exposure, and color corrected it to 5500k (direct daylight). Here's the result:

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) _dsc0469-

Photographing off-white is a PITA..

Original Post:

Taken today at the Ford Event and Conference Center that's across the street from The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) Screen Shot 2022-09-10 at 7.49.38 PM

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) Screen Shot 2022-09-10 at 7.49.56 PM

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) Screen Shot 2022-09-10 at 7.50.25 PM

lightspeed · Sep 10, 2022

Are you sure that's not space white? It looks a bit blue for avalanche grey.

emulsifide · Sep 10, 2022

lightspeed said:
Are you sure that's not space white? It looks a bit blue for avalanche grey.

Ford did not make a Space White Lightning. Avalanche Grey is a new MY23 Lightning color.

SmokingtheMeats · Sep 10, 2022

emulsifide said:
Ford did not make a Space White Lightning. Avalanche Grey is a new MY23 Lightning color.

It’s star or Oxford white to me

lightspeed · Sep 10, 2022

Yeah star white seems more likely.

DadBald · Sep 10, 2022

Can't get star white on XLT I thought.

SmokingtheMeats · Sep 10, 2022

DadBald said:
Can't get star white on XLT I thought.

Then it’s Oxford White

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) 4A6A1D6B-CAE7-497C-84FA-FBE84E772596

lightspeed · Sep 10, 2022

Hmmm not sure. If it is avalanche it looks a little blue in that picture, but it probably changes a lot depending on the lighting.

emulsifide · Sep 10, 2022

Guaranteed not Oxford White. Look at the label on the rear bumper and then compare it to this ICE F-150 photo of Oxford White and Space White:

Ford F-150 Lightning Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color) 2021 F-150 Space White vs Oxford White 1

BennyTheBeaver · Sep 10, 2022

MY23 haven't been produced yet. MY22 are still being made. Avalanche hasn't been used yet.

emulsifide · Sep 10, 2022

BennyTheBeaver said:
MY23 haven't been produced yet. MY22 are still being made. Avalanche hasn't been used yet.

Again, these photos were taken on Ford's campus in Dearborn, MI. There are MY23 Lightnings getting scheduled to be built next month, so Ford should have MY23 test vehicles running around right now.

I went back to the RAW photo (I shot these with a Nikon Z6ii), corrected for over-exposure, and color corrected it to 5500k (direct daylight). Here's the result:

Photographing off-white is a PITA..

lightspeed · Sep 10, 2022

Well, that looks pretty sweet -- still a little blue on my monitor, but good. It's funny the pictures I've seen of Raptors with Avalanche are not as blue. Maybe it's my monitor. (My order is Avalanche)

T i h o r · Sep 10, 2022

So Ford's Avalanche is like Porsche's Chalk?

Yellow Buddy · Sep 10, 2022

T i h o r said:
So Ford's Avalanche is like Porsche's Chalk?

Not at all. Porsche’s chalk is an ICE color…It’s more like Rivian’s Limestone.

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rdr854 · Sep 10, 2022

BennyTheBeaver said:
MY23 haven't been produced yet. MY22 are still being made. Avalanche hasn't been used yet.

You might remember that there were pictures running around a few weeks ago of wha people thought were Area 51 2023 Lightnings?

Spotted: Avalanche Lightning XLT (new 2023 color)

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