Ford and Tesla are like a pair of squabbling siblings. They only can’t cease taking little potshots at one another, comparable to final month, when Ford CEO Jim Farley mentioned Tesla’ Cybertruck was “cool” however not for “actual individuals who do actual work.” Maybe in response, somebody in Tesla’s R&D division has been exhausting at work overlaying a Cybertruck prototype in a wrap to make it seem like a Ford F-150 Lightning.

Not that anybody would ever confuse the 2 except maybe they thought they had been an F-150 that had been hit by a pair of pianos dropped from a 10-storey skyscraper. The pyramid-shape roofline couldn’t may from something however a Cybertruck and the wrap’s spherical wheelarches are slightly ruined by the Tesla’s actual squared-off openings.

One commenter on the Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board mentioned the wrap’s faux F-150 door handles made him want the Tesla had actual door handles, and you already know he might be proper. Name me mad, however whereas Tesla has clearly wrapped its prototype for enjoyable, it’s arguably proven that the Cybertruck may look higher if its wasn’t attempting so exhausting to be completely different only for the sake of it.

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However much more fascinating than the wrap is what else the leaked store picture reveals, and that’s the Cybertruck’s frunk – or lack of 1. The F-150 Lightning, you would possibly recall, has an enormous frunk made doable by it retaining the ‘boring’ form of a conventional gas-powered pickup. That element lastly solves the perennial truck downside of not having a pleasant clear storage space for suitcases and procuring that doesn’t impression on the mattress area within the rear.

The Cybertruck’s cab-forward stance and really quick entrance overhang meant it was by no means going to have an enormous frunk, however this picture has us questioning if Tesla will provide one in any respect, or whether or not the world can be reserved for entry to the truck’s guts and maybe a charging cable. If there’s a frunk, it appears prefer it may be a comparatively small vertical area, slightly than an extended, flat one just like the F-150 provides.

What do you consider this Cybertruck Lightning mashup? Do you suppose its appears higher or worse than the bare Cybertruck and the way huge a deal do you suppose that tiny frunk is?

Pictures: @greggertruck / Cybertruck House owners Membership