Ford Mustang News

So just how fast is the 2012 Mustang Boss 302? Very fast, for a production muscle car priced around $41,000. In fact, if you slap a set of drag radials on the car you can break into the 11s in the quarter mile and trap north of 117 mph. This video shows a new owner--window sticker still apparently...

Ford Racing offers buyers of the 5.0-liter Mustang a chance to buy and install a Boss intake manifold as an aftermarket upgrade. Aftermarket tuner has gone one step further. By taking one of the Ford Racing intakes and coming up with a new induction system that uses a high-velocity cold-air intake...

Ford has already brought back the Boss. Could it be bringing back the Bullitt and the Mach 1 for 2013? Topspeed.com has speculative renderings of each car, with guesses on what Ford might do with each model. Topspeed's guess at new Bullitt showed it as mostly a styling exercise, with a revised...

While most of us were watching the American Le Mans Series kick off at Sebring, the Wrold's Fastest Half-Mile Speed Trials were underway at Bristol. During the event, Brian Ragan drove a supercharged Ford Racing Mustang GT to a record run of 98.497 mph around the half-mile banked oval. By way of...

There's no shortage of custom Mustangs out there, and let's add one more to the list. Bristol Motor Speedway--one of NASCAR's great short tracks--is combining with Scott's and Ford to give away an official BMS 50th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang pace car as part of the Bristol Golden Giveaway...

Ford isn't taking the challenge from the upcoming 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 laying down. Instead, the Blue Oval gang is upping the horsepower count on the next-generation 2013 Shelby GT500 to over 600. In fact, the final number will likely come in around 620. The extra power will come from a boring...

Ford's 2012 Mustang Boss 302S is meant to be a track-day warrior, slotting in between the street-legal Boss 302 Laguna Seca and the race-dedicated Boss 302R. There will be only 50 units of the race-only 302S produced. Ford has released a video showing the car hitting a top speed of over 150 miles...

Aftermarket tuner Steve Saleen was one of the pioneers of the Mustang tuning scene, and now the company that bears his last name is going to stop producing tuned Mustangs. Instead, Saleen Performance Vehicles will focus on aftermarket parts. That means that the 2011 Saleen S302 will be the...

For those hard-core Bullitt fans out there, your car has arrived. Gateway Classic Mustang is building a limited-edition 1968 Steve McQueen Signature Mustang. The hand-built car looks like a 1968 'Stang, but under the hood lies a modern Roush small-block V-8 that generates 450 horsepower. Suspension...

Sad news out of McKinney, Texas: One person is dead and four injured after two late-model Mustangs that appeared to be racing were involved in a crash with a street-sweeper. According to police reports, both Mustangs (one a 1999 model, the other a 2003) collided with the street-sweeper, killing one...

We've seen the teaser, now we can see the real deal. Roush has released more images of its upcoming RS3--short for "Roush Stage 3"--along with some preliminary details. The car will have a supercharged V-8 making 540 horsepower and a few trim changes, like a dual-color stripe package, a blackout...

Muscle car fans and revheads in general now have another reason to salivate over the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 as Ford has established a dedicated section on its main website for its latest muscle car, with a number of interesting features to keep potential customers and the curious interested in...

For those of you out there who like watching engines on dynos, this is for you. The engine you'll see below is an Edelbrock-supercharged 5.0 V-8 that pounds out 600 horsepower and 524 lb-ft of torque. It's important to note that Edelbrock hasn't released official numbers, but this video from the...

The last we heard, the next-generation Ford Mustang will be receiving a new globally engineered platform that would finally include an independent rear suspension as opposed to the solid rear axle of the current car, and every Mustang before it. Now there’s word that the styling of the new...

Ford has had online price-configuration models available for a long time, and now the 2012 Ford Mustang configurator has gone live. This means that the new pricing, new options, and even the 2012 Boss 302 can be researched online. Consumers can virtually build their dream Mustang and price it out...

High Gear Media Editorial Director Marty Padgett spent part of last week in Monterey, California driving the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 (ah, the perks of sitting in the big chair), and he has reported back to us. His first drive can be found on HGM's luxury/performance site Motor Authority, and...

By the time you've settled into lap three around Laguna Seca, the Boss is shouting at you and you don't even care. This isn't your office, so revel in it. This Boss hammers your tympani with a proprietary blend of pleasure and pain--sound familiar?--but none of the kvetching over expense reports or...

We'll have a first-drive review for you in the next day or so, but in order to whet your appetite further, here's a photo gallery of the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302. If you'd like to see the Boss in action, click here for the video. The 2012 Boss 302 will have 440 horsepower from its 302 cubic-inch...

A history that includes Parnelli Jones, Trans-Am racing, and one of the largest escalations in the muscle car arms race is just the tip of the iceberg with the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302. This gallery will give you a sample of what it's like in person. A top speed of 155 mph, over 1.0g of lateral...

High Gear Media spent the first part of the week out at Laguna Seca testing the 2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302, and today we have video of executive editor Marty Padgett hitting the track. The full take on the car's handling and performance will be available soon. For now, enjoy the sights and sounds...