Saleen
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Saleen's redesigned 302 Mustang has landed with up to 800 hp.
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Saleen previews new 302 based on the 2024 Ford Mustang
Saleen's latest 302 Mustang will feature a unique body and over 800 hp.
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Saleen announces electric supercar plans
Saleen is seeking funds for an electric supercar and other “visionary products.”
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2005 Saleen S7 twin-turbo competition package with 1,300 miles fails to sell for $655,000 on Bring A Trailer
The American supercar hit the block after going around only a few blocks.
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One of the $1M, 1,300-hp Saleen S7 LMs is up for sale
A Saleen S7 LM is headed to auction and expected to bring a 7-figure bid.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
The story behind crashing the Saleen Mustang in "2 Fast 2 Furious"
One of the most famous screnes of “2 Fast 2 Furious” wasn't actually in the script.
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Ford tuner extraordinaire Saleen is ready to turn up the dial on the new Bronco off-roader.
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Saleen unveils GT4 racer concept
Supercar builder Saleen wants to return to the starting grid with a new GT4-class turnkey race car based on its S1 sports car, and has a concept to showcase its ambitions. The new Saleen GT4 concept is essentially just an S1 road car that has been modified to be GT4 series-legal, which means only a...
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Saleen S7 returns, again, with 1,500 horsepower and 298 mph top speed
Thanks to a Chinese partner, the Saleen S7 supercar is set to return once again, this time with 1,500 horsepower.
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Saleen launches in China with revived S7 supercar, SUV, and electric minicar
Saleen has been launched in China as a potential Porsche rival.
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Saleen celebrates 35 years with commemorative 2019 Mustang
Saleen celebrates 35 trips around the sun this year, and it's marking the occasion with a Mustang-based special edition. The car is appropriately called the SA 35, for Saleen Automotive 35, and just 10 examples will be built. These days, Saleen is actually an automobile manufacturer, but the...
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Saleen Sportruck XR is a hotter 700-plus-horsepower F-150 Raptor
Saleen Automotive, the California company best known for modifying Ford Mustangs and producing the S7 supercar, has a new creation: the Saleen Sportruck XR. Think of it as a hotter Ford F-150 Raptor. The Sportruck XR made its debut at Harris Ford Lincoln in Lynnwood, Washington, last Friday after a...
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Saleen doesn’t quite have the status of being a household name say, for example, like Shelby, but the company has been in the limelight on a number of occasions. In fact, its flagship product, the S7 supercar, has appeared onscreen several times, most notably in 2003’s “Bruce Almighty.” No surprise then that the company is using the S7 to kickstart its ambitious plans announced last month at the 2017 Los Angeles auto show to transform into a mainstream brand building high-performance and luxury cars in China. (The first of these modern Saleens will be the S1 sports car...
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Saleen reveals S1 sports car, plans Chinese production
Saleen hasn’t had standalone car in its lineup since the S7 supercar went out of production in 2009. That all changed at this week’s 2017 Los Angeles auto show where Saleen took the covers off the new S1 sports car. The S1 actually made its world debut in China on November 8. It’s...
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Saleen builds a special Mustang to celebrate a championship win from 1987
Saleen hasn’t always been a manufacturer and tuner of high-performance cars. Back in 1986, just three years after the company was founded, Saleen entered the SCCA/Escort Endurance Championship with a version of its Saleen Mustang prepped for motorsport duty. One year later, Saleen took home...
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Saleen to build 7 more S7 supercars
Saleen may be strapped for cash these days but the company continues to churn out cars. On Saturday the company announced a new production run of its S7 supercar which originally ceased production in 2006, suggesting there were no takers for the rights of the car as well as some remaining chassis...
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Own the rights to the Saleen S7 and S5S supercars
The Saleen S7 was one of the automotive highlights of the early 21st century, a rare instance where a small American firm managed to take on the established European players. It was only made between 2000 and 2004, but now there's an opportunity to own not just an example of this rare beast, but...
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Saleen Shows Off Its 2015 302 Black Label Mustang
If there's any company out there that should know how to tune up a new Mustang, it's the folks at Saleen. Yes, it's been awhile since we've had a true S-badged bruiser roaming the streets. Now though, it looks like the time has come to welcome an all-new super Stang from the house that Steve built...
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Vehicle tuner Saleen looks to be in some serious financial trouble, with a recent quarterly report filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealing the dire situation. According to the report, Saleen had just $7,261 in cash as of September 30, 2014, and liabilities totaling more than $7 million—including unpaid wages, payroll taxes and bank loans. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: First Fuel Economy Figures Released Incredibly, total assets for the company, including property and equipment, is less than $1.4 million, and cash has been bleeding to the tune...
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Saleen Renames Its Modified Tesla Model S The ST
It was back in August that Saleen first unveiled its modified Tesla Model S, which the company had named a FourSixteen in reference to the donor Model S P85’s 416-horsepower rating. But just a few months later Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] introduced its own 691-hp Model S P85D as the replacement...
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2015 Saleen S302 Mustang Specs Revealed, Order Books Opened
Following yesterday’s release of a teaser shot of its 2015 S302 Mustang, Saleen has now released all the tasty specs and announced that it’s started taking orders for the car. The 2015 S302 Mustang is Saleen’s first take on the 2015 Ford Mustang, and having tuned Ford Motor...
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Watch The Tesla Model S-Based Saleen Foursixteen Burn Rubber: Video
Whether you like it or not, the performance car of the future will feature some form of electrification for its drivetrain. And in some cases, there won’t be any internal combustion engine whatsoever. That doesn’t mean the aggressive sound performance cars are known for will be...
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Saleen’s Modified Model S, The FourSixteen, Debuts At Pebble Beach Concours
After first announcing plans for an electric car last December, Saleen Automotive has finally revealed its zero-emission project, a modified version of the Tesla Model S dubbed the Saleen FourSixteen. Saleen, made famous by a string of high-performance Ford Mustangs as well as its own S7 supercar...
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Tesla Model S-Based Saleen FourSixteen Heads To Pebble Beach
Saleen's modified Tesla is called the FourSixteen.
Stephen Edelstein