Ford Mustang News
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For the past 10 years at the SEMA show, Sony, together with the people behind Gran Turismo, has picked a winning design that eventually appears as a playable car in its next version of the popular Gran Turismo video game. This year the winner was this 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 40 hot rod, which was created by David Eckert and his team at Eckert’s Rod & Custom. One of the judges of the unique Gran Turismo award is the game’s creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, a self-confessed gearhead who even enters the odd Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. He chose Eckert’s hot rod over...
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Ford Explains How The Shelby GT500 Is A 200 MPH Car: VideoThere’s a lot more to building a car capable of 200 mph (under the right conditions) than stuffing in a massively-powerful engine and calling it done. While the 2013 Shelby GT500’s supercharged 5.8-liter V-8, rated at 662 horsepower and 631 pound feet of torque, can deliver the...
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Holman & Moody Announces Limited Edition 2014 MustangIn 1964, a British racing team entered three new and unproven Ford Mustangs in a 4,000 mile European endurance race, called the Tour de France Automobile. Built by American tuning specialist and race car builder Holman & Moody, no one gave the Mustangs a chance against the well-proven Jaguar Mk...
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Ford Mustang Voted Hottest Car At SEMAThe Ford Mustang has charged to the top of the popularity stakes at the 2012 SEMA show, taking out for the first time the event’s award for the “Hottest Car” to customize. The Mustang held back some strong competition, particularly from the Chevrolet Camaro, which has won the...
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Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Gets Twin Turbos: SEMA 2012The 2012 SEMA show is well underway, and among the various tuned and factory custom cars on the show floor, there are a few legitimate race cars. One of them is the straight-strip terrorizing Mustang Cobra Jet--now with twin turbos. Get more Mustang news: Subscribe to our daily newsletter Though we...
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Ford Rolls Out 2012 SEMA Mustang FleetFord teamed up with almost a dozen tuners to help develop its range of custom Mustangs for the 2012 SEMA show.
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Back in June, we told you about a contest tied to Ford’s latest Mustang customizer website that would award four lucky designers the Mustang of their dreams. The process was simple enough: choose a Mustang, customize it within your allotted points and then turn it loose on the internet for voting. Each 1,000 points accumulated by the end of a contest month earned the designer a single entry into the contest. The more you promoted your car (or cars, since multiple entries were permitted), the better your odds were of winning. The winner of the first phase of the Battle for Your Dream...
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Ford Partners With Formula Drift For 2013In light of declining global sales and the increasing cost of motorsports, many manufacturers have cut back on racing involvement. BMW has pulled MINI out of the WRC, and Ford announced it was ending its WRC efforts as well. Dodge cancelled its NASCAR program after losing Penske for the 2013...
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. Tours Ford's Flat Rock Plant, Sideways: VideoFrom a profitability perspective, hiring a pro drifter to run factory tours probably isn’t the best idea. Even a driver like Vaughn Gittin Jr. (who just finished second in the 2012 Formula Drift championship) occasionally misjudges distances, meaning that a car or two will need to go back to...
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Jay Leno Drives The 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302: VideoThe story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears applies equally well to the Ford Mustang. To those of us who use our cars for track days, the Mustang GT is a bit too soft (although it’s still very good with the optional Track Package), while the 662-horsepower Shelby GT500 is a bit too hard for...
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2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Details EmergeShelby American showed off its 2013 GT500 Super Snake at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but details on its latest Mustang-based supercar were harder to come by than reasonably-priced hotel rooms. Now, thanks to Mustangs Daily, we have all we need to know about Shelby’s latest...
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Shelby's 'Green Hornet' Mustang To Cross The Block In ScottsdaleWhile there is no shortage of rare and desirable Mustangs affiliated with Carroll Shelby, it’s hard to top a car that’s one of one, especially when the saved-from-the-crusher car was never intended to be more than a Ford design study. Inspired by the success of the “California...
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Ford’s next-generation Mustang isn’t due to hit dealers until sometime in 2014, likely as a 2015 model. Despite the fact that Ford has been careful not to release too many details about the car in advance, speculation over the next Mustang is again heating up. First, its widely believed that the current retro styling will go away, or at least be heavily tempered. Earlier reports had the car borrowing heavily from the Evos concept, but that formed the basis of the 2013 Ford Fusion, and no one wants to drive a Mustang that looks like a two-door version of Ford’s primary...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake Quietly Previewed At Pebble BeachThe 850-horsepower 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Cobra built to honor the late Carroll Shelby may have garnered the most attention at this past weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but there was one other special Mustang on show at the event. That special car was a virtually...
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Customize Your Dream 2013 Ford Mustang With Downloadable AppA downloadable app for customizing your dream Mustang is now available for the 2013 model.
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Carroll Shelby Honored With 850-HP 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 CobraTo honor the late Carroll Shelby a group calling itself the “Friends of Carroll Shelby” and consisting of numerous firms including the likes of Ford, Shelby American and Ford Racing has built a one-off tribute car based on the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Unveiled this weekend at one...
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Ford Marks 20 Years Of SVT Performance With Past And Present MustangsFord’s Special Vehicle Team, or SVT, has been making Mustangs (and other Ford products) faster since the debut of the SVT Mustang Cobra in early 1993. To honor the 20th anniversary of SVT, Ford will roll out a special display in Mustang Alley at this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise. Over...
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Justin Bell Speaks Out On World Challenge Mustang Boss 302 Protest: VideoThe Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) has a long history of creating rules for classes that ensure parity between all entrants. While the organization makes an effort to ensure its rules are fair for all and promote competitive racing, sometimes it misses the mark. This gets more complex when you...
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The death of automotive icon Carroll Shelby has created increased demand for anything with the Texan’s name on it, especially cars. While a Shelby American car signed by Carroll Shelby is valuable, a car actually owned by him is quite a bit more valuable. Up for grabs at the upcoming Vicari Biloxi Auction is a 2009 Shelby GT500KR, originally titled to Carroll Shelby himself and delivered to his ranch for personal use. It’s not clear how long Shelby owned the car, or how many miles he racked up, since it was sold to its current owner shortly thereafter. Since then, the car has seen...
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Ford To Donate Another Custom Mustang Boss 302 For CharityFord plans to auction off a custom 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
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2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Continues Construction: GalleryThe 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 begins its transformation in the the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake.
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2013 Shelby Mustang GT350 Build GalleryThe 2013 Shelby Mustang GT350 is beginning to take shape at Shelby American.
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2013 Ford Mustang GT Red Tails Edition Revealed: Gallery, VideoThe Red Tails Edition 2013 Ford Mustang GT will be sold to benefit the EAA Young Eagles organization.
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2013 Ford Mustang RTR Makes Its Debut: VideoWorld Champion Drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. knows a thing or two about setting up Mustangs for optimized handling, and his Mustang RTR series cars have been available at select Ford dealers since 2010. Through 2012, Mustang RTR models were largely limited to appearance and suspension upgrades, with no...
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