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Ford and Rockstar Energy Drink's "Drive Like a Champion" sweepstakes doesn't require driving a Ford like a champion, or drinking Rockstar. Discuss. Now that it’s confirmed the hot 2013 Ford Focus ST starts under $25,000, there’s only one way to make it even more tantalizing. Handing over the keys for free would do nicely. You’re in luck, because Ford’s on board. There’s just a small catch worth mentioning: you’ll need to win a contest. The automaker is partnering with Rockstar Energy Drink for the “Drive Like a Champion” sweepstakes. Grand prize...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Attacks The Nürburgring: VideoThe 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, officially rated at 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet of torque, has been let loose on the Nürburgring. Fortunately, one of our staff was there to capture the moment on video. Click here to watch the spy video in full via our YouTube page. Unfortunately, the...
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Rare Ford GT40 Mk I Up For SaleFord’s GT40 racer was built with one goal in mind: to take on Ferrari and beat them on the race tracks of Europe. To that end, the GT40 was phenomenally successful, winning at Le Mans for four successive years and racking up an impressive string of victories on both sides of the Atlantic...
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2013 Ford Focus ST Ready To Order, Priced From $24,495The wait is finally over; the 2013 Ford Focus ST is available for order and is priced from a very reasonable $24,495 including destination. That puts it in about the same league as the Volkswagen GTI and Mazdaspeed3, but there’s a ton of extra features that’s unique to the Ford...
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Limited Edition Roush Mustang Hits The Block For CharityOn May 16th, as part of the SAE Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, a one-of-one 2013 Roush Stage 3 Mustang will cross the auction block at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Donated by Ford and Roush, proceeds from the sale of this unique Mustang will go to support the SAE’s...
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2013 Shelby Mustang GT500 Certified At 662 HorsepowerThe 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has been certified at a gob-smacking 662 horsepower. Wow.
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While the 2013 Ford Fusion Sprint Cup race car won't join the (mostly) oval fray until next year, the 2012 Focus Electric will be getting its NASCAR debut this weekend--sort of. It'll be the pace car. Ford announced the Focus Electric as the pace car a couple of weeks ago, but now we have photos of the car, decked out in its race-pacing gear. As you'd expect, that gear is mostly composed of a set of neurasthenic vinyl graphics and a big light bar. Two examples of the pace car electric Focus were officially unveiled today at the Richmond circuit. The Focus Electric joins the Fusion Hybrid in...
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Mustang Club Of America Announces 50th Anniversary BashThe 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang is fast approaching, and the Mustang Club of America (MCA) has no intention of letting the event slip by without acknowledgement. In fact, the MCA is planning simultaneous events on both coasts, and they’ll be open to Mustang owners and fans alike...
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2015 Ford Mustang Styling Details Begin To EmergeSources close to the 2015 Ford Mustang design say the new car will bear a striking resemblance to Ford's Evos concept car.
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Mitch Allread's Rolling Sculpture Street Rod: VideoLet’s play a little bit of word association: if we say the words “street rod,” what jumps into your head? Is it a chopped and slammed 1932 Ford Coupe? A 1957 Chevy Bel Air, stuffed with a blown small block Chevy? Perhaps a “lead sled” Mercury? Whatever you envision...
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Ford And Dow Team To Develop Low Cost Carbon FiberShaving pounds off of new vehicles is essential to meeting upcoming fuel economy standards, and the best way to reduce weight without compromising strength is via the use of advanced materials. Carbon fiber, for example, is both light and incredibly strong; the downside to carbon fiber is that...
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2015 Ford Mustang To Gallop GloballyThe 2015 Ford Mustang is being built under Ford's "One Ford" global strategy, which makes sales to European and Pacific markets all but certain.
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As its name implies, the business of Ford Racing Performance Parts (FRPP) is making Ford products go faster. The group is behind such projects as the Ford Focus ST-R racer and the 2013 Mustang Cobra Jet drag car, which recently set a production car acceleration record by sprinting from 0-60 mph in just 1.52 seconds. When you’re in the business of making and selling go-fast parts, the best way to advertise is by creating a rolling showcase of your bits and pieces in action. As Mustangs Daily tells us, FRPP did just that on a project car built for last December's PRI Show, but it only...
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Shelby GT500 To Continue To Next-Generation Mustang: ReportPundits and analysts have been declaiming the end of the horsepower wars, the death of the muscle car, the arrival of pure electric power, and other such tragedy for years now. Ford thinks its nonsense. Or at least Ford thinks such things as efficiency, emissions, and utility need to occasional...
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Roush Announces 2013 Mustang Model LineupIn case you’ve never seen one in action, we can tell you with absolute certainty that Roush Stage 3 Mustangs are fast. In fact, we’d call them “deceptively fast” around a racetrack, since you don’t expect a car with such blue-collar roots and old-school suspension...
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NASCAR’s Carl Edwards Surprises Ford Engineers With A Spin In The Taurus SHOFord has launched a new series of television spots centering on its latest 2013 Taurus SHO. The series features NASCAR's Carl Edwards taking several of Ford’s own engineers for a ride in the big sports sedan at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. The engineers that were invited to star in...
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2013 Ford Explorer Sport Blends Performance And Fuel EconomyFord's new Explorer Sport blends a 350-horsepower EcoBoost drivetrain with best in class fuel economy.
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Shelby American Admits To Faked Photo Of Shelby 1000 MustangWhen Shelby American announced its 1000-horsepower Shelby 1000 Mustang, it was clear that the car would be the very definition of excessive. Now it seems that the photos of the car in action were a bit excessive, too. As USA Today found out, the images of the Shelby 1000 lifting it’s front...
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If a lot of horsepower is good, then even more horsepower must be even better. That’s the theme behind the latest limited-production version of the Ford Mustang announced by Shelby American ahead of the car’s New York Auto Show debut. The Shelby 1000 will produce an estimated 950 horsepower in street trim and using pump gas, but opt for the track-only S/C version and you’ll get a Mustang rated at “over” 1,100 horsepower. Since that’s heading to the rear wheels only, driving a Shelby 1000 could prove to be challenging. Mustangs Daily tells us that Shelby...
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Ford Teases A New, Fast 2013 Explorer Model: VideoFord will announce a new Explorer model this Wednesday, and it promises the SUV will be fast.
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Twin-Turbo Ford GT Sets Texas Mile Speed Record: VideoUntil March 25, 2012, the record speed achieved at the Texas Mile was 250.1 miles per hour. Hitting a number like that takes more than a fast car and steady nerves; environmental conditions have to be right, too. If there’s a head wind or a cross wind, chances are it will slow the car or make...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Vs. 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: A Look AheadIt's the classic Ford Mustang vs. Chevrolet Camaro battle, only this time it's supercharged. With heavily breathed-upon factory versions of these muscle cars now or soon available, with massive amounts of power, it's high time we had a debate. In one corner we have the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby...
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Microsoft And West Coast Customs Build Custom MustangWhat happens when famous car customization shop West Coast Customs takes a classic pony car and sprinkles it with the latest in in-car technology? You get "Project Detroit", that's what. Coming to us via Mustangs Daily, Project Detroit isn't quite what it seems. You'll have noticed the matte black...
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Ford Tourneo Custom Commercial Van Makes DebutWe saw it previewed in concept form just a few short weeks ago but here is the Ford Tourneo Custom commercial vehicle that’s about to hit European showrooms later in the year. Aimed at commercial interests as well as sizeable families on a tight budget, the Tourneo Custom is the first step in...
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