I brought up the F-150 and its supercharger kit as a competitor, only to find that the price had skyrocketed since I last did the math. The cheapest truck, once $29,290, now costs $37,450.

Back in 2021, I wrote about the most horsepower your dollar would buy from a dealer: A new Ford F-150 with a supercharger kit. Back then, a base-model F-150 started at $29,290 before destination ...