Over 600hp and uncompromised handling Steeda Autosports President Dario Orlando chose the 2007 Camp Steeda / SVT Owners Association Open Track Event at the famed Sebring International Raceway for the world debut of the new Steeda GT500.
Today Steeda, the Pompano Beach-based company unveiled the Steeda GT500, which, uses Ford’s 500-horsepower Shelby GT500 as its base. No signed numbers are provided in the press release, but given that the Steeda GT500 incorporates the company’s cold air intake, ECU tune, and pulley upgrade, we figure on the output being somewhere between 600 and 650 horsepower.
With the absence of the 2005 and 2006 SVT Mustang, the phase out of the SVT Focus and the abrupt halting of the next-gen Lightning truck development, I was left wondering what the Ford SVT (Special Vehicle Team) has up their sleeves with the recent GT500 about to be spotted on a road near you.
The Ultimate Bad Boy Edition with its 50 horsepower aftermarket upgrade (kiss good bye manufacturer's warranty) and forged 5-spoke, one-piece wheels makes the 'Stang a real killer.
Ford Motor Co. will introduce a 4-door, V-8 concept-car carrying most of the mechanical underpinnings of its popular Mustang sports car, the company said in a recent statement. With its six-speed manual gearbox, low roof-line and massive 22-inch wheels, the design is targeted at driving enthusiasts looking for a bold design but who can't fit the family in a two-door coupe.
Ford Motor Company released a statement today calling reports that the company would make four-door variants of its Mustang sports car "not true." "The Mustang is an icon and will continue in its current form: a unique two-door, rear-wheel drive, 2+2 performance car," the statement says.
Would Mustang Sally drive a station wagon? Maybe she'll get the chance. The next generation of the Ford Mustang could include some previously unthinkable variants including a four-door sedan and a station wagon, according to a report in the magazine AutoWeek.
The two door hot seller from Ford, The Mustang will be upgraded in terms of style for its 2009 edition. The Mustang will shed its retro look for a more sturdy rather a hard-edged look. The engine choices will be a 3.5L V6 engine generating an output of 260 hp or a 5.0L V8, which is obviously more powerful.
This Ford Mustang really delivers 520 hp / 382.7 kW, reaches a top speed of 287 km/h, and in addition to racing-inspired body styling painted a hot GeigerCars.de orange offers an exclusive interior with 10,000-watt sound system. The show car Mustang GT 520 from GeigerCars.de, Europe's leading tuner of American automobiles, demonstrates the true potential of the reborn sports car legend.
ROUSH Performance has announced the first wave of a whole slew of parts coming our way with the introduction of six susupension components for the 2005-07 Mustang. The parts were developed over the course of a year using real world testing at various dragstrips around the country during NMRA events.
Ford’s latest Bold Move is in the form of a new 30-second commercial dubbed ‘Germany’ that will debut on September 10th during the NFL season opener on FOX and CBS. The commercial opens with a White Shelby GT500 coupe being unloaded from a ship docked at a German port.
Yet again raising the standards in the Mustang world, ROUSH Performance unveiled the new 427R model with a total of 427 horsepower under the hood and ready to unleash with the turn of a key. This is the most horsepower ever offered on any version of the ROUSH Mustang.
The remake of the best rental of them all will be available for a mere $300/day plus $50/day insurance. Mileage will be limited to a mere 100/day, and $0.25 per mile afterward. And this time, they'll make sure that the engine and chassis have not been tampered with, to prevent a remake of past incidents, where renters performed an engine swap with their own Mustangs, essentially getting a high-performance engine for the price of a rental.
Ford is demanding many aftermarket auto parts companies remove trademarks such as \223Mustang\224 from their names, according to columnist Donald Farr. And it doesn\222t stop there.
The much-anticipated 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 will start at $42,975, including a $745 destination charge and a $1,300 gas-guzzler tax. The Shelby GT500 convertible will start at $47,800, including shipping and the gas-guzzler tax, Ford told Inside Line on Friday.
Advanced Product Creation and SVT program director Hau Thai-Tang calls the new GT500 \223The most capable Mustang ever.\224 And with 500 horsepower and 480 torques, it\222d better be. Basically, the Shelby\222s motor is a detuned version of the 5.4L blown meat-grinder in the GT, utilizing the same four-valve cylinder heads, piston rings and bearings.
Called \223the best Mustang we have ever built,\224 by Jack Roush himself, the Stage 3 Stang features the GT\222s 4.6L V8 with an intercooled ROUSHcharger system that includes a specially calibrated ECM. The ROUSH treatment nets an additional 115 horsepower over stock bumping the total number of ponies to 415 and torque now stands at 395 ft-lbs.
Reports of SVT's demise have been grossly exaggerated, or so Ford Motor Company says. Mark Fields, Ford's turnaround guru, said at the New York Auto Show the company will offer a beefed up Mustang and a speedy truck via its SVT brand, and should sell 5,000 to 10,000 of each one. The truck won't likely be the Explorer Sport Trac Adrenaline, which was sacrificed to The Way Forward gods.
The dice have been cast on the Shelby GT-H in Las Vegas where production of the limited edition Mustang has just begun at Shelby\222s facility in the city of sin. The resurrected \223Rent-A-Racer\224 will populate the planet to the tune of 500 copies that will be made available to rent through the Hertz Fun Collection at select airport locations nationwide later this year.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning Ford quietly released these official pics of the Mustang GT350H (a.k.a. Rent-A-Racer). Some of the shots were taken on location at a Hertz rental car outlet, which pays homage to the good ol\222 days when you could plunk down some cash and have your way with a Mustang for a day.
Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that it was recalling nearly 20,000 Mustang Cobra sports cars after receiving complaints that the back of the accelerator pedal could become caught in the floor carpeting and lead to a crash.
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