Ford News
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Playing the lottery is not something that tips the odds in your favor, and buying more tickets only makes things fractionally better. Occasionally, however, there are raffles where you pay a bit more to increase your odds of winning. That's a good thing, especially when the prize is a 2014 Shelby GT500. The Shelby American Collection car museum is hosting just such a raffle, and now is the time to spend some of that money you've been saving for a shot at 5.8-liters of supercharged American excellence. To support the museum, the car is being raffled with each ticket costing $50. If you buy...
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Shelby GT500 To Star Alongside Ethan Hawke & Selena Gomez In ‘Getaway’ Movie: VideoA new movie starring a Ford Mustang hits cinemas this summer. That movie is Getaway, which look like it will feature a Shelby-enhanced Mustang predominantly on screen. The car is the ride of Brent Magna, played by Ethan Hawke, who is out to find his kidnapped wife. Throughout the movie, Magna is...
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Chris Harris Drives The 1.0-Liter EcoBoost Formula Ford On Road And Track: VideoFord’s formula race car powered by its award-winning 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine may seem tame considering it’s only producing around 177 horsepower in street-legal trim, but as Chris Harris found out there’s certainly nothing tame about a turbocharged and direct-injected 1.0-liter...
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BMW M6 Gran Coupe And Ford Mustang Join Dubai Police FleetThe growing number of supercars and other exotics being bought by Dubai Police shows no sign of slowing. The latest patrol cars spotted on the beat in the Gulf city are a BMW M6 Gran Coupe and a Ford Mustang, the latter tuned by Roush. Both cars come with a V-8 engine and rear-wheel drive, though...
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2014 Ford Fiesta ST: 35 MPG HighwayThe 2014 Ford Fiesta ST offers an impressive combination of performance and price, outdoing the Fiat 500 Abarth, Chevy Sonic RS, and Mini Cooper S on the numbers, and, based on our first driving impressions, possibly on the road as well. Ford this morning confirmed several choice statistics about...
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Detroit 3 Will Be Absent From Tokyo Motor Show, AgainThe Detroit 3 automakers, made up of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, will be absent from the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, making this the third time in a row that the American brands have skipped the event. The first was in 2009, during the height of the financial crisis and ensuing bankruptcy of two...
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It’s a sad day for the Australian auto industry and an end of an era, too. Ford has confirmed it will close its Australian manufacturing facilities, its Broadmeadows car plant and Geelong engine plant, by October, 2016. The plants are responsible for the Falcon sedan and its various derivatives. Around 1,200 employees will lose their jobs, though Ford has guaranteed their entitlements and will work with the industry to find replacement jobs over the coming years. The news does not come as a complete surprise. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has been very vocal about its commitment to its...
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1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Is The Most Expensive Mustang Ever SoldWhile all eyes at last week’s Dana Mecum 26th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis was on the sale of the ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, another rare Mustang also went under the hammer and ended up selling for considerably more. That...
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Hennessey Builds 600-Horsepower F-150 SVT Raptor SUV: VideoThe Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is one of the most capable vehicles off the road, and with a bevy of upgrades offered by the tuning masters Hennessey, the awesome pickup can also be quite capable when it comes to the track. Where the standard F-150 SVT Raptor, and even Hennessey’s custom...
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'Gone In 60 Seconds' Eleanor Mustang Sells For $1 MillionA 1967 Ford Mustang used during filming of 2000’s hit movie Gone in 60 Seconds has sold at auction for a staggering $1 million. This was no ordinary Mustang, however, as the car in question was none other than the famous Eleanor Mustang driven by actor Nicholas Cage in the movie’s...
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2014 Holman & Moody TdF Mustang Ready To Roll OutSpecial-edition Ford Mustang fans, rejoice! If you remember back a few months, we told you about the upcoming Holman & Moody Tour de France special edition. Now it's finally ready and in production. According to Mustangs Daily, several cars are already being worked on, and the Holman &...
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Would You Pony Up $200k For A 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302?The 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is a great car, but is it worth supercar prices?
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Few cars available today fit the description of a “sleeper” better than the Ford Taurus SHO. Almost indistinguishable from a stock Taurus, the high-performance SHO, with its 365 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque, will put many sports cars to shame. The guys at Hennessey, however, have taken the car’s performance to the next level, bumping output to a heady 445 horsepower. This sees the car’s 0-60 mph time drop to an impressive 4.3 seconds while its quarter mile elapsed time is an insane--for a large family sedan--12.8 seconds and its trap speed 109 mph. The...
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Ford Celebrates 50 Years Of The Mustang With Special Shinola Watch: VideoJust yesterday we saw Hublot’s new watch commemorating Ferrari’s LaFerrari supercar, and today we have a new watch from Detroit-based Shinola that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. Though the actual anniversary isn’t until April 17, 2014, Shinola is launching...
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Shelby Releases Full Details For Mustang Wide-Body KitAt the 2013 Detroit Auto Show back in January, Ford tuner Shelby American announced a new wide-body kit designed for the Mustang and previewed it using its latest 2013 GT500 Super Snake. At the kit’s launch, Shelby was tight on details, saying only that it had been designed to fit any Mustang...
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Saleen 351 Mustang Makes A Return In Prototype FormSaleen is out to prove that it’s still a formidable force when it comes to Ford tuning, especially now that it has founder Steve Saleen back at the helm. So what does Saleen do to make fans forget its turbulent years? Bring back one of the most iconic products from the past, of course. That...
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Ford Mustang Hits 5 Million Facebook Fans, 1 Million Cars At Flat RockFord's Mustang reached two milestones this week: the Flat Rock Assembly Plant where it has been built since 2005 rolled out the 1 millionth Mustang built there; and the Mustang Facebook page hit 5 million fans. Both are significant milestones. After eight years in production, the current-generation...
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Ford And GM To Jointly Develop Nine- And Ten-Speed AutomaticsFord and General Motors will jointly develop new nine- and ten-speed automatic transmissions, marking the third time this decade that the two auto giants have collaborated on such a project. Previous developments included six- and eight-speed automatics used across dozens of vehicles from Ford...
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Since the debut of the F-150 SVT Raptor off-roading pickup back in 2010, Ford has continuously updated the vehicle, either adding a SuperCrew option, improving the safety or adding more power with each passing year. In fact, continuous improvement has been a Raptor development imperative since launch. For the 2014 model year, Ford is releasing a new edition, the 2014 F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition. The latest addition to the ever-expanding F-150 SVT Raptor family adds unique touches to vehicle’s already available Luxury Package, including a Ruby Red Metallic exterior color or Tuxedo...
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Ford Focus RS Touches Down In Jay Leno’s Garage: VideoA few years ago, Ford’s Focus came in two different flavors: the lame duck version we received here in the U.S., and the more refined and much more powerful version (in certain trims) sold everywhere else. Thankfully, with the Blue Oval’s ‘One Ford’ policy firmly in place...
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Strong Demand Prompts Shelby To Boost Production Of 575-HP F-150 RaptorAt the recent 2013 New York Auto Show, Ford tuner extraordinaire Shelby American took the covers off the latest vehicle in its rapidly expanding lineup, the 575-horsepower Shelby Raptor pickup. Starting with the already formidable Ford F-150 SVT Raptor as its donor vehicle, Shelby applied some of...
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Chevy SS And Ford Fusion NASCAR Racers Added To iRacing Lineup: VideoOne of the most successful online racing simulators for PC users, iRacing, has just got that much better, with the company behind the service announcing that the latest Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion race cars from the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series are now available. For those serious about racing...
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1967 Ford Mustang Eleanor From 'Gone In 60 Seconds' Up For AuctionOne of the original Eleanor Mustangs created for 2000’s hit movie Gone in 60 Seconds is going under the hammer at the Dana Mecum 26th Original Spring Classic Auction taking place in Indianapolis this May. Eleven of the fictional Eleanor Mustangs were created for the movie, although only three...
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2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition Coming April 9The Ford Raptor is quite possibly the most awesomely insane production vehicle to come out of an American carmaker, even counting Ford's own 2013 Shelby GT500, the Dodge Viper, and the previous-generation Corvette ZR1. Soon, it will get a Special Edition. Arriving April 9 at the Motor Press Guild...
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