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Menacing Roush Stage 3 BlackJack Mustang set to stalk the highways

Category: Aftermarket Vehicles, Mustang

If Batman owned a Mustang, the new 2007 ROUSH Stage 3 BlackJack would most certainly be the ride of choice for the Caped Crusader. This menacing 430 horsepower tone-on-tone limited edition pony car comes straight from the mind of Jack Roush himself and is set to stalk the streets of Gotham City, and the rest of the country.

[02/16/2007] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

Mustang armed for pony car war

Category: Mustang

The 2007 Ford Mustang has been named Most Wanted Convertible Under $35,000 by Edmunds.com editors -- the second time Mustang has won the designation. "These are the vehicles our editorial team would chose to have in our own driveways," said Edmunds.com editor-in-chief Karl Brauer. Edmunds.com praised the Mustang’s performance, retro styling and affordable price. The Edmunds’ honor is just the latest in a string of critical accolades for Mustang that, along with consumer popular...

[11/03/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

Ford and Shelby reach new heights

Category: Carroll Shelby, Ford Racing, Industry Shows, Mustang

To earn a decent living while amateur racing in the 1940s, Carroll Shelby raised chickens. His first batch of broilers earned him $5,000, but the farm bug didn’t last. Shelby went bankrupt when his second group of chickens died. “My chickens all had limberneck disease, and I was going broke,” says Shelby. “One day, I’d been vaccinating chickens and was running late. So I drove out to the racetrack in my overalls. It was about 110 degrees, and I decided to leave the overalls on because

[11/01/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

2007 Mustang Shelby GT500 Pricing Released

Category: Mustang, Mustang Works

The pricing on the 2007 Mustang Shelby GT500 has been released. MSRP pricing on the coupe model is $40,930! Click here for the pricing sheet, message forum thread, and review information.

[06/02/2006] [Read More] [Read 1 Comments]

Mustang Maturity - Ford’s Boy Racer grows up... to 550 hp

Category: Ford Racing, Mustang

Encouraged by the first-year dominance of its 420-horsepower stock Mustang race car in the Grand-Am Cup series, Ford Motor Company has developed what it describes as the ultimate Mustang stock race car. Code-named “Man Racer,” the new, 550-horsepower Mustang follows on the heels of the highly successful FR500C, also known as the “Boy Racer.” “Man Racer represents the reincarnation of the Trans-Am Mustang from the ’70s, which was the most powerful showroom-looking pony car at the time,”...

[05/25/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

Shelby Mustangs: $20,000 over sticker

Category: Mustang

GT500 will not be released until later this month, but dealers pre-selling cars on the Internet get high prices. Ford hasn’t yet announced the price of the 2007 Shelby Cobra GT500. But, whatever it is, buyers have already indicated a willingness to pay at least $20,000 more. The Shelby Cobra GT500 is a version of the popular Ford Mustang equipped with a 500-horsepower supercharged V-8 engine. The original Shelby GT500s, made in the late 1960s by race driver turned sports car

[05/19/2006] [Read More] [Read 2 Comments]

Fusion marches past Camry - Ford's power, fit and finish trump Toyota's warhorse

Category: Vehicles

When we decided to stage the definitive showdown between two of the top family sedans in North America, our choices quickly narrowed to the newest and most popular designs on the market: The 2006 Ford Fusion and the 2007 Toyota Camry. The historic battle in this segment between Ford and Toyota, which dates back nearly two decades, has been so fierce that when the Taurus edged the Camry for the U.S. sales crown one year, Ford’s public-relations department hired a marching band to trumpet...

[05/04/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

2007 Ford Shelby GT500 Officially Rated at 500 Horsepower

Category: Mustang

Ford Shelby GT500 officially rated at 500 horsepower, 25 horsepower higher than preliminary estimates The Shelby GT500 will go on sale this summer with more horsepower than any previous factory-built Mustang The most powerful factory-built Mustang ever just got even more potent. Final certification testing of the Shelby GT500’s 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 shows it will produce 500 horsepower and 480 lb.-ft. of torque – 25 more horsepower than preliminary estimates. “With 500 hp and the She...

[05/02/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

2007 Mustang GT “California Special” first of planned Mustang V-8 “Feature Cars”

Category: Mustang

2007 Mustang GT “California Special” first of planned Mustang V-8 “Feature Cars” New GT / CS pays homage to the original California Special model produced in 1968 Restyled front and rear fascias compliment classic side scoops and GT / CS stripes $1,895 option package bows this summer nationwide on coupe or convertible in 5 colors Los Angeles , April 10 - Ever since Ford announced it was going to build a production version of the Shelby GT500 Concept, enthusiasts have been abuzz with speculatio...

[04/28/2006] [Read More] [Post a Comment]

'Rent-A-Racer' Returns to Hertz Lots

Category: Mustang

Renters Will Rock The Roads When Mustang GT-H They’re baaaaack! Ford will announce today at the New York Auto Show that it is bringing back the famed Shelby GT-H "Rent-A-Racer" program this summer. A special run of 500 performance-modified Ford Mustang GTs -- designated GT-H for "Hertz" -- will be produced by Shelby Automobiles and available at select Hertz locations to mark the 40th anniversary of the legendary program that offered car enthusiasts the unique opportunity to rent and...

[04/12/2006] [Read More] [Read 1 Comments]