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  • 2012 Mustang Boss 302 gets into the 11s on drag radials

    So just how fast is the 2012 Mustang Boss 302? Very fast, for a production muscle car priced around $41,000. In fact, if you slap a set of drag radials on the car you can break into the 11s in the quarter mile and trap north of 117 mph. This video shows a new owner--window sticker still apparently on the car--doing just that at a Maryland drag strip. The drag radials obviously improve forward bite over standard street tires, but the fact that a simple, low-cost modification can get you an 11-second Mustang is impressive. For another look at the Boss 302, check out our own Marty Padgett...

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    Steeda Introducing New Cold-Air Induction System For 2011 And Newer Mustangs

    Ford Racing offers buyers of the 5.0-liter Mustang a chance to buy and install a Boss intake manifold as an aftermarket upgrade. Aftermarket tuner has gone one step further. By taking one of the Ford Racing intakes and coming up with a new induction system that uses a high-velocity cold-air intake...

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    Ford On The Fight Against Potholes At European Test Centers

    If you live somewhere with particularly changeable weather and low temperatures during the winter you'll be familiar with potholes. The broken road surfaces and large holes that result can play havoc with traffic and vehicles, damaging suspension, wheels, tires and bodywork and even causing...

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    Rendered: 2013 Ford Mustang Mach 1

    Ford has already brought back the Boss. Could it be bringing back the Bullitt and the Mach 1 for 2013? Topspeed.com has speculative renderings of each car, with guesses on what Ford might do with each model. Topspeed's guess at new Bullitt showed it as mostly a styling exercise, with a revised...

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    Video: Ken Block Barrel Rolls WRC Fiesta RS In Testing

    In any motorsport, the crashes are some of the most impressive footage--especially when the drivers (and co-drivers) walk away uninjured. Ken Block recently managed extend his record of rally-car annihilation, sending his Fiesta RS WRC car flying in testing in a wreck that rivals any...

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    Video: Up Close With The 2012 Ford Focus ST

    Unlike the usual Euro hot-hatch tantalization, this video is a preview of things to come right here in the U.S. of A. Confirmed for sale here last September, the 2012 Focus ST should be making its way to 'Merika later this year. This video, showing off the show-car's Tangerine Scream orange in more...

  • Ford Racing 2011 Mustang GT at Bristol Half-Mile Speed Trials

    While most of us were watching the American Le Mans Series kick off at Sebring, the Wrold's Fastest Half-Mile Speed Trials were underway at Bristol. During the event, Brian Ragan drove a supercharged Ford Racing Mustang GT to a record run of 98.497 mph around the half-mile banked oval. By way of comparison, Sunday's NASCAR Jeff Byrd 500 pole speed was 128.014 mph, set by Carl Edwards. The all-time track record is Sammy Swindell's winged sprint car run at the World of Outlaws qualifier in June, 2000, at a blistering 138.442 mph. Ragan's run topped former AMA and World Superbike Champion Scott...

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    Bristol Motor Speedway To Give Away Limited-Edition Mustang

    There's no shortage of custom Mustangs out there, and let's add one more to the list. Bristol Motor Speedway--one of NASCAR's great short tracks--is combining with Scott's and Ford to give away an official BMS 50th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang pace car as part of the Bristol Golden Giveaway...

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    Mustang Builder Drops Coyote Engine Into Fox Body

    Want to swap the new Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 into your Fox-body Mustang, replacing either the old 5.0-liter (technically, a 4.9-liter) V-8 or the four-cylinder? Well, now you can. Kurgan Motorsports swapped the Coyote into a Fox body by custom building the motor mounts, braces, and support structures...

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    Shelby GT500 To Get 600 Horsepower

    Ford isn't taking the challenge from the upcoming 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 laying down. Instead, the Blue Oval gang is upping the horsepower count on the next-generation 2013 Shelby GT500 to over 600. In fact, the final number will likely come in around 620. The extra power will come from a boring...

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    Good News, Bad News, And Worse For Ford And 'The Lincoln Lawyer'

    Good news: At a time when corporate marketing budgets are merely a shadow of what they once were, Ford will get a free ride in the new film, The Lincoln Lawyer. A Lincoln spokesman says that the company didn't spend a dime on product placement for the movie. Bad news: The Lincoln Lawyer features...

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    VIDEO: 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302S Hits The Track.

    Ford's 2012 Mustang Boss 302S is meant to be a track-day warrior, slotting in between the street-legal Boss 302 Laguna Seca and the race-dedicated Boss 302R. There will be only 50 units of the race-only 302S produced. Ford has released a video showing the car hitting a top speed of over 150 miles...

  • 2011 Saleen S302

    Aftermarket tuner Steve Saleen was one of the pioneers of the Mustang tuning scene, and now the company that bears his last name is going to stop producing tuned Mustangs. Instead, Saleen Performance Vehicles will focus on aftermarket parts. That means that the 2011 Saleen S302 will be the company's final car, and production on that model will end around the third quarter of this year. Steve Saleen himself resigned from the company in 2007 and started SMS Supercars, which tunes Mustangs, Dodge Challengers, and other vehicles. [Jalopnik]

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    Limited Edition Steve McQueen Mustang Now Available

    For those hard-core Bullitt fans out there, your car has arrived. Gateway Classic Mustang is building a limited-edition 1968 Steve McQueen Signature Mustang. The hand-built car looks like a 1968 'Stang, but under the hood lies a modern Roush small-block V-8 that generates 450 horsepower. Suspension...

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    Video: Didn't Take Long, iPad 2 Installed In 2010 Ford F-150

    Apple's iPad 2 has only been around for a week or two but already audio installers SoundMan Car Audio has completed their first installation of the tablet PC in a vehicle. The vehicle chosen was a Ford F-150, which has a convenient large center stack just the right size for an iPad 2. The...

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    One Dead, Four Hurt After Crash Involving Mustangs And A Street-Sweeper

    Sad news out of McKinney, Texas: One person is dead and four injured after two late-model Mustangs that appeared to be racing were involved in a crash with a street-sweeper. According to police reports, both Mustangs (one a 1999 model, the other a 2003) collided with the street-sweeper, killing one...

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    Ford Introduces Online Price Configurator For 2012 Boss Mustang

    Online price configurators are nothing new at Ford, which uses them to allow consumers to build and price their potential new-car purchase before heading to the showroom. Earlier this month, Ford updated its online configurator to include the 2012 Mustang. The upcoming 2012 Boss, however, was...

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    Details, Photos Of Roush RS3 Released

    We've seen the teaser, now we can see the real deal. Roush has released more images of its upcoming RS3--short for "Roush Stage 3"--along with some preliminary details. The car will have a supercharged V-8 making 540 horsepower and a few trim changes, like a dual-color stripe package, a blackout...

  • 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 configurator

    Muscle car fans and revheads in general now have another reason to salivate over the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 as Ford has established a dedicated section on its main website for its latest muscle car, with a number of interesting features to keep potential customers and the curious interested in this already sweet ride. First and foremost is a new configurator function that allows you to deck out the Mustang Boss 302 with every option possible so that you can arrive at your ideal arrangement. Potential customers can select from different categories, such as Exterior, Interior and...

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    2011 Geneva Motor Show: Technology And Design At Swiss Show

    The Geneva Motor Show is one of the top auto shows each year for new cars, concepts and car technology, and 2011 was no exception. Under the shining lights and amongst the glamorous girls were some pretty hot ideas and cool technology, so here we've chosen our favorite gadgets, details and tech...

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    Ford Police Interceptors official test drive

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] aging Crown Victoria, loyal servant to police forces around the country for the past several decades, is soon to be replaced by a new generation of cop cars such as the Carbon Motors E7, Chevrolet Caprice PPV and the Blue Oval's Interceptor duo. Presented here...

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    VIDEO: Supercharged Mustang V-8 Makes 600 HP On Dyno

    For those of you out there who like watching engines on dynos, this is for you. The engine you'll see below is an Edelbrock-supercharged 5.0 V-8 that pounds out 600 horsepower and 524 lb-ft of torque. It's important to note that Edelbrock hasn't released official numbers, but this video from the...

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    Next-Gen Ford Mustang To Feature Global Styling Input

    The last we heard, the next-generation Ford Mustang will be receiving a new globally engineered platform that would finally include an independent rear suspension as opposed to the solid rear axle of the current car, and every Mustang before it. Now there’s word that the styling of the new...

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    2012 Ford Mustang Configurator Now Online

    Ford has had online price-configuration models available for a long time, and now the 2012 Ford Mustang configurator has gone live. This means that the new pricing, new options, and even the 2012 Boss 302 can be researched online. Consumers can virtually build their dream Mustang and price it out...

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