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Of the 11 ‘Eleanor’ Ford Mustangs created for 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, which starred Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, only three of the cars were actually drivable and two of these were destroyed in the climactic bridge jump and junkyard crusher scenes. Now the surviving car, car number seven, is going under the hammer. ALSO SEE: Lies! There Is No $212,000 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat It will be sold at Mecum’s first-ever collector car auction in Austin, Texas, which is scheduled to run from December 12-13. Close to 600 cars will cross the block, including...
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Snowkhana Three Brings More Wintry Stop-Action Fun: VideoWhile it doesn’t feature the incredible action of the Hoonicorn, the latest Snowkhana tribute to Ken Block’s Gymkhana series from Ford Europe packs some of the same tricks—and a whole lot more holiday cheer. As the name suggests, this is the third such spoof of Ken Block’s...
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2015 Ford Mustang Recalled Again, This Time For Potential Fuel LeakThe 2015 Ford Mustang looks to be having a troubled start to life, with the car already receiving its second recall just months after landing in showrooms. A small number—53 to be exact—were recalled back in October because of an issue with seat belt buckles, and now 728 examples are...
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Ford Pulls Out Of V8 Supercars Just As Lexus Looks To Hop InThere was a time when Holden and Ford dominated the Australian touring car series known as V8 Supercars, with their respective Commodore- and Falcon-based race cars going head to head each round and legions of fans turning up to support their favorite teams and drivers. Unfortunately, the...
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Ford Planning Detroit Reveal For Focus RS, F-150 Raptor, Shelby GT350R & New GT Supercar?Put Your Hands Up For Detroit! Well, that’s what we’ll all be singing if rumors of a Ford performance onslaught in Motor City prove true. There’s word on the street that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is looking to launch a new global performance sub-brand (apparently SVT...
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First 2015 Ford Mustang GT To Break Into The 9s: VideoA 2015 Ford Mustang GT clocks a 9.91-second quarter-mile pass at 135 mph.
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If you thought the all-new 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 unveiled last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show was the end of the road for factory tuning of the new Mustang platform, then you’d be wrong. Yes, the GT350 that we’ve all been drooling over for the past few days is actually the vanilla model, as an even more potent GT350R is said to be coming to January’s Detroit Auto Show. The information was first reported by Road & Track, which claims the GT350R will pack even better brakes, aero tweaks, stickier rubber, and more. This may help to explain why prototypes for the...
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2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 VideoSince the new Mustang hit the streets this summer, the Z/28-haters have been wondering—when’s the real muscle car going to show up? Ford has an answer for that at the 2014 Los Angeles auto show—it’s the track-ready version of the legendary pony car. This is the outrageous...
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Galpin and Henrik Fisker reveal 725-hp Rocket based on the MustangHenrik Fisker is probably best known for his attempt at starting an automaker, but before the days of Fisker Automotive the Danish businessman was working as a car designer and running coachbuilder Fisker Coachbuild. Well, it appears Fisker isn’t finished with the auto world just yet as...
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2016 Ford Explorer Preview: 2014 Los Angeles Auto ShowWhile the new Mustang Shelby GT350 is easily the star attraction at the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] stand in L.A. this week, no doubt more mainstream shoppers will be flocking to the updated Explorer. Set to go on sale next summer, as a 2016 model, the updated Explorer benefits from new styling...
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2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 New Photos And VideoFord’s new Mustang Shelby GT350 has finally landed, and it’s every bit as good as we'd hoped. While previous GT350s were built by Shelby American, this new one is a creation of Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] own SVT division but still adheres to Carroll Shelby’s original...
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It's Time To Watch Ken Block Tear Up L.A. In Gymkhana 7: VideoIt’s time to sit back and enjoy Ken Block’s Gymkhana 7, which this time sees the professional rally driver/hoonigan weave his way around the empty streets of Los Angeles—empty, thanks to some help from the LAPD. His Gymkhana formula may be getting a bit stale but Block certainly...
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If you thought you might have to wait some time before the storied Shelby name gets spliced back into the Mustang narrative, think again. An all-new Mustang Shelby GT350, based on the all-new sixth-generation Mustang, is already here—ahead of its official public debut later this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. We were fortunate enough to be able to shoot live photos of the car, shown in the gallery below, during the private pre-show unveiling this evening. This time, the car has been developed by Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] own SVT performance division and not Shelby American...
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Ford Drops Fourth Teaser For New Performance Car Coming November 17: VideoA fourth teaser video is out for a new performance vehicle set to be unveiled by Ford on November 17, and the car’s engine heard towards the end of the teaser sounds an awful lot like a V-8, which makes sense as the new performance vehicle is almost certainly the SVT-enhanced Mustang GT350...
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Henrik Fisker & Galpin To Debut New American Muscle At L.A. Auto ShowThere's some new American Muscle coming to the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. No, we're not talking about anything Hellcat, not the Z/28, and not some sort of Boss mobile. Instead, a familiar name in the car design space has teamed up with a familiar name in the Sell Every Ford on the Planet space...
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Ford Brings A Bevy Of Modified Mustangs To SEMAToday’s the last day for the 2014 SEMA show but don’t sweat if you’ve missed it, especially if you’re a Ford fan, because we have a gallery of the some of the best 2015 Mustangs on display at the event. These were just some of the stars on the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F]...
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Ford Mustang Once Again Picked SEMA’s Hottest CarFor the third year in a row, the Ford Mustang has been voted the Hottest Car at SEMA, though the fact that it’s an all-new model this year was always going to be in its favor. The Mustang once again edged out its Chevrolet Camaro arch rival, but the tables may turn next year as the bowtie...
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Twin-Turbo Ford GT Spins Up 1,894 HP On The DynoFord’s GT supercar was a short-lived but much-loved reinterpretation of the Le Mans-proven GT40, and while it’s no longer in production, it continues to have a strong following in the modification and tuning world. Here, we see an M2K Motorsports-built example turn out a monstrous 1,894...
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The Ford Mustang has a half-century of history building its reputation for muscle car dominance, and while a few models have missed the mark along the way (we’re looking at you, Mustang II), the current Mustang is easily the best ever. Redesigned to look the part in its evolution toward a grand-touring sport coupe role rather than a pure muscle car, the 2015 Ford Mustang brings significant upgrades to its under-the-skin presence, too. Primary among those upgrades is the switch away from the solid rear axle that has—aside from a brief foray with the Cobra—been one of the...
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2015 Ford Mustang Already Suffers Its First CrashWell that didn't take long. Deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang have only just commenced but already photos of a crashed example have turned up on the web. The car is a base V-6 model equipped with an automatic transmission, and it had been driven just 469 miles before its mishap. The crash...
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The Hoonicorn RTR Is An 845-HP AWD Retro Mustang Beast For Ken Block’s Gymkhana 7SEMA is kind of ridiculous, most of the time, with everyone from tuners to manufacturers unveiling their most extreme—and often most tasteless—takes on everything from the family minivan to the heaviest super-duty trucks. But one item on display at SEMA this year is utterly badass. ALSO...
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2015 Ford Mustang RTR Revealed, Offers Up To 725 HorsepowerDrifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. has completed development of his RTR package for the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang, which he revealed today at the 2014 SEMA show taking place this week in Las Vegas. The 2015 Ford Mustang RTR is available with any of the 2015 Mustang’s engines, with a Spec 1 package...
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2015 Ford Mustang Gets 600+ HP With Ford Racing And Roush Supercharger Kit: VideoThe 435-horsepower of the 2015 Ford Mustang GT a bit too tame for you? Well, the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] performance partners Ford Racing and Roush have come up with a new supercharger kit that will help the car’s 5.0-liter V-8 deliver more than 600 hp. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford...
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Lincoln Using Tuned Tires, Noise-Cancelling Tech To Keep Its Interiors QuietLincoln hopes to generate luxury-car ambiance with quiet interiors.
Stephen Edelstein