Ford Mustang News
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Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2016 has continued its tradition of supporting the Experimental Aircraft Association and its Young Eagles youth education programs with the auction of a one-off Mustang once again sporting a design inspired by America’s aviation history. The latest of the special Mustangs is a 2016 Shelby GT350 called Ole Yeller. Its yellow livery with black and green accents pays homage to a famous P-51D Mustang fighter plane that was a regular at air shows thanks to talented pilot and veteran Bob Hoover. CHECK OUT: Commuting and the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang don't...
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Ford offering Power Packs to make your Mustang GT closer to a Shelby GT350
You bought the Ford Mustang GT. Fun car, that one. When you go to sleep at night, though, your dreams are filled with visions of snake badging, noises from a flat-plane crank V-8, and a desire to hit the racetrack. You're not a crazy person, you just wish you could afford the Shelby GT350. We all...
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Want to buy a brand-new 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R?
The answer to the question posed in the title is "yes, you do." The problem here is that it's seemingly impossible to find one of the rarest versions of the Ford Mustang ever built. Until today that is, as the folks at Road & Track have found one for sale on eBay and it's a bucket of...
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Classic Recreations creates Shelby gold with purple(ish) GT500
In the muscle and pony car world, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT500 is one of the more prized machines in a sea of already celebrated and loved bits of iron. They're not hard to find, necessarily, but they're certainly expensive. For some though, there are ways to make them even more...
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Commuting and the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang don't mix: second drive
We've already driven the Ford Shelby Mustang GT350, and spent most of our time in its natural habitat: the road course at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (to be fair, any track will do). But this past week I've had the opportunity to drive the GT350 at home in Chicago, like I would any other commuter...
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Shelby GT350 named Ole Yeller inspired by iconic P-51D Mustang aircraft, legendary pilot
With its striking yellow paint scheme and neon green accents, this Ford Shelby GT350 isn't your average pony car. That's because it was inspired by one of the best-known fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies. Nicknamed Ole Yeller, the special Shelby GT350 is sort of a road-going version of an...
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Jay Leno didn't quite march down to his local Hertz Rent-A-Car to film the latest installment of his popular series, but he almost could have. This week, the celebrity car guru extraordinaire checks out the 2016 Ford Shelby GT-H and its predecessor, the original 1966 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350-H on Jay Leno's Garage. The black-and-gold '66 was an instant classic—and the source of many legends—when it hit Hertz lots 50 years ago. Marketed as a racing car that just about anyone could rent, the coupes were intended to be driven on the street. But that wasn't always the case. Many were...
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Leaked order guide shows Ford Mustang will get 10-speed auto
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] will continue its tit-for-tat game with Chevrolet when it installs a 10-speed automatic gearbox in the 2018 Mustang, according to information accidentally leaked to the Blue Oval's dealerships. Ford and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] have made unlikely partners working...
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Jay Leno welcomes the Boss 429 Mustang to his garage
It's hard to believe that this is the first time Jay Leno has welcomed one of the most iconic muscle cars of the 1960s to his Burbank, California, garage, but the time has come to fawn over Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] Mustang Boss 429. This week's visitor is a freshly-restored 1969 Boss 429...
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British police suit up with Ford Mustang GTs
It might be as American as apple pie, but the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang looks surprisingly correct swathed in the distinctive neon Battenburg paint scheme of the British police. Ford's pony car is being "assessed" by police forces in the United Kingdom as a potential patrol car. British...
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Transformers 5's Barricade revealed as Ford Mustang cop car
Director Michael Bay has revealed a new vehicle mode for one of the giant robots in the fifth Transformers movie currently under filming, Transformers: The Last Knight. The vehicle mode is for the Decepticon Barricade who in previous movies was represented by a fifth-generation Ford Motor Company...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ford Shelby GT-H ready to rent Memorial Day weekend
The most storied rental car program in history is back this summer for its 50th anniversary: Hertz's "Rent-a-Racer" Shelby GT-H. Landing at select Hertz airport locations in 17 cities in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and...
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Muscle cars have long been enthusiast favorites, but the results of a new series of crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveal that they may not be the safest cars on the road. The IIHS, which is funded by the insurance industry, took 2016 examples of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro and measured their crash-worthiness in a number of tests. None of the three American muscle cars were able to muster a strong enough result to qualify for the agency's Top Safety Pick award. CHECK OUT: New Chevrolet Camaro Z/28...
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Is this 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 a modern barn find?
When we think about automotive barn finds, we normally envision a dusty car tucked away in storage after something went wrong on it many years ago. Usually, someone had intentions of fixing it up—or at least saving it until the market supported restoration of it. This 2010 Ford Motor Company...
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Ohio dealer selling 727-hp Ford Mustangs for $39,997
A Ford dealership in Lebanon, Ohio may just be offering the deal of the century. Lebanon Ford is currently offering new Mustang GTs equipped with a 727-horsepower Roush Phase 2 supercharger upgrade all for just $39,997. DON'T MISS: 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 prototype crashes on the ‘Ring...
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Ford creates "side-by-side" 1965/2015 Mustang display
Visitors to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum can now take an especially innovative trip through automotive history without having to take more than a few steps. Ford and the museum, which is on the grounds of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Campus in Alexandria, Virginia...
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Rare "barn find" Shelby GT350 headed to auction
It's not very often that a true barn find—a desirable one, at least—comes up for auction, but that's just what you get with this well-patinaed 1966 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT350. The classic Ford will be offered by Bonhams at the auctioneer's annual event on the sidelines of...
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Meet the man who owns 5,500 Mustangs
We'll spoil this one for you before you even watch this short video: Adelbert Engler doesn't actually have 5,500 full-size Mustangs. He has a bunch of those in his "Garage Mahal," yes, but the subject of this brief film released a while back by Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] European operations is...
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The world has spoken. It has used its various forms of currency to declare the Ford Mustang as the best selling sports car on the planet. Last year marked the first time that the Mustang has ventured out into the world at large. As a result, more than 140,000 people snapped them up and embraced the pony car life. The sales were massively in favor of the coupe, as you'd expect, with 110,000 of the hardtops finding new homes. CHECK OUT: Ford GT racks up more than 7,000 applications Ford has opened up Mustang sales to markets such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Additionally, you can...
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Germany’s best-selling sports car in March was… the Mustang?
The sixth-generation Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has proven a hit in Europe since going on sale last summer. Even in Germany, home to a diverse range of sports models, the Mustang is selling like hotcakes. There, it is priced from 38,000 euros (approximately $43,290) and available only with...
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2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 gets standard Track Package, new colors
With the arrival of the Camaro’s new 1LE and ZL1 offerings, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] knew the limelight wouldn’t be shining for long on its Mustang Shelby GT350. That’s why the automaker is enhancing the car for the 2017 model that goes on sale this June. ALSO SEE: Dodge...
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Vaughn Gittin, Jr. puts a 900-hp Mustang to the test
Everything your physics teacher ever taught you about the way a car can move on pavement should be thrown out the window thanks to Vaughn Gittin, Jr. and his latest, 900-horsepower (it could be more) Ford Mustang RTR. The drift master's Mustang RTR is so new that Ford Performance hasn't even...
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1965 Ford Shelby GT350 among rare muscle headed to Mecum Indianapolis auction
We’re fast approaching Mecum Auction’s Spring Classic event which once again is taking place in Indianapolis. The event runs May 19-21 and is set to include some very rare muscle including this 1965 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT350. It’s one of the original 100 1965 Shelby...
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Ford Shelby GT-H revived for your rental car needs
It's been 50 years since the original Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby Hertz GT350-H made its debut. Dubbed the "Rent-A-Racer" and built in a partnership with Carroll Shelby's Shelby American, the GT350-H became a cult classic among collectors. Just 10 years ago Ford brought back the nameplate...
Joel Feder