The base price on a 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is a healthy $49,995 yet over 3,000 orders have already been accepted. You can’t say you blame them, 550hp in a Mustang is just mind blowing and with the Shelby name attached you can guarantee this car isn’t going to shed value very quickly. But [...]
With just the C&L cold air intake (CAI) the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 delivered 11 more horses to the rear wheels. Pretty impressive given that the guys over at American Muscle were able to produce such numbers within 24 hours of taking possession of their Mustang GT. Not only will you get more power, you’ll [...]
You’ve seen some of Classic Recreations work lately as they’ve been cranking out beautiful reproduction Mustangs using original parts, but according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation they may be guilty of VIN swapping. VIN swapping is when the VIN numbers have been taken off original vehicles and placed on new vehicles to make [...]
It sounds like Chrysler is pulling a General Motors and will be removing corporate references to HEMI to portray a “greener” image. The 5.7L v8 will be called exactly that, without the historical reference to the horsepower laden, tire melting HEMI that once was. But, the engine will still be available, as a HEMI, in [...]
Hyundai. Yes – Hyundai. The South Korean brand that has been known as a value car and has jumped head long into motorsports by campaigning a Genesis with Rhys Millen behind the wheel to climb Pike’s Peak. There are now rumors swirling throughout the Internet about Hyundai’s newest power plant that will debut in the [...]
Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee was the location selected for a team of Ford engineers and a five driver team on June 23rd too see just how many laps they could make with the new 2011 Mustang V6. The goal they had in mind was 1000 laps around the track measuring just over one half [...]
As we mentioned here (Classic Mustang parts galore) last week, Classic Recreations is taking original 1967 Mustang fastbacks, stripping parts off – reselling them, and equipping them with genuine Shelby American parts to make a new Shelby GT500CR. The guys over at Jalopnik were invited out to take one of these monsters for a ride [...]
You may or may not know that Classic Recreations assembles replica Shelby GT 500CR’s from genuine 1967 Mustang fastbacks. The interesting part, besides the fact you can get such a beast anymore, is that they take all the valuable parts off those 67 Fastbacks and puts them to good use. Instead of sending them to [...]
Whatever Ford has done to their beloved Mustang, they’ve done it right. In May Ford sold 10,225 Mustangs while Chevrolet only moved 8,.931 Camaro’s. That is a significant number considering how hard both companies are pushing their wares to the performance minded public. But while Ford has the upper hand now, Chevrolet is likely cooking [...]
Regardless of how you feel about the whole Tonight Show and Conan O’Brien business that went down a number of months ago, there is no denying the fact that Jay Leno is a car guy to the bone. In this edition of Jay Leno’s Garage, Jay gives the 2011 Mustang GT an in-depth review and [...]
Formula Drift points leader Vaughn Gittin Jr. launched his new brand RTR at the 2009 SEMA show with the debut of the RTR-C Mustang. RTR will be unveiling a new Mustang dubbed the RTR-X that will be based on a 69 Mustang reproduction body, a one-off frame and be packing the power of a 2011 [...]
The 2005 Mustang depicted as the shows normal, mild mannered car side-kick KITT was sold at Mecum Auctions in Indianapolis for $30,000. The 2008 “Attack Mode” version of the Mustang complete with a JC Whitney’s catalog full of stick on parts, pieces and doo-dads sold for $40,000. [ConcoursBlog]
