I completely disagree with you Gavin.
I don't want a car. I want a decent tow capacity and I want a truck that looks like it's going 100mph standing still. I want AWD. I want a V8. I don't want something huge like a Ram or F150. I don't carry a massive payload and I knew that when I bought the ST. Otherwise I would have bought a half ton truck. I just don't need those features.
Even when I had my lifted F150, F350 and my 2010 Ram I rarely took them offroad...or at least...in a situation that I consider real offroading. Driving on a dirt lane in a pasture doesn't qualify as real offroading to me.
I Loved the SVT Lighting. I didn't buy it because it was a reg cab with no option for a AWD. I'd but an SVT Lightning over a Mustang any day of the week because I feel it has a higher utility and it's considerably more rare than a Mustang.
If you want a real truck then buy an F150. If you want a real truck, don't buy an Adrenalin package?
It's all about what you need the vehicle to do for you.
For me, the Gen2 STA is the perfect truck. I couldn't afford an SVT Adrenalin anyway. They would be a $50,000 + truck. I'm glad they just built it as an appearance package. I can afford it and I don't have to put premium octane in it if I don't want to.