All Entries Tagged With: "Mustang"

Chicago 2010: Shelby GT500 Prowls Around

The 2010 Chicago Auto Show played host to the official reveal of the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, in all its 550hp glory. God, 550hp in a Mustang with a 3.73 rear axle ratio, LSD, Goodyear SuperCar tires, upgraded suspension, and all of the other amazing things that Ford has done to this car, makes [...]

Just The Facts: 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

The Shelby nameplate is one that has helped the Mustang become a household better than anything else. At first the Shelby Mustangs were meant for racing. Then they turned more Grand Touring. These days, though, it started out with the GT500 in 2007 being too much name and not enough sports car to back it [...]

[Videos] 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

Ford has taken the official wraps off their 2011 Mustang Shelby GT500 and made some videos for us fans to watch and listen to. God, that 550hp sounds mean with the new exhaust, too.
You can tell that these particular Shelbys hold the upgrades of the SVT Performance Package because of the thinner racing stripes running [...]

Press Release: 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Goes on South Beach Diet; Looks Great

2011 FORD SHELBY GT500 GOES LIGHTWEIGHT WITH ALUMINUM ENGINE, OFFERS ULTIMATE IN HANDLING
* With 550 horsepower and 510 ft.-lb. of torque, Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT) delivers the new Shelby GT500® with a 10 horsepower increase; an all-new 5.4-liter all-aluminum engine is 102 pounds lighter than the previous cast-iron engine and uses Ford-patented plasma-coating [...]

2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT to Pace Daytona 500

The 2011 Mustang has gotten a lot of attention lately. As well it should. It’s a truly amazing car worthy of the sports car nickname. To commemorate the great news that Ford is dropping a new 5.0L into the Mustang GT, the people at NASCAR have found it suitable to pace the upcoming Daytona 500 [...]

[2010 NAIAS] 2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT is American with German roots

The 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 is here and I couldn’t be more excited about it. When the official news of the new Mustang was released three days after Christmas, I could hear the collective of ‘Stang fans breathing more heavily at the thought of another 5-liter car being for sale.
The 5-0 Mustang last appeared [...]

2011 Mustang GT vs 2010 Camaro SS

Okay, so this may be a little far off from being a comparison, but it’s worth a short anyway. The 2011 Ford Mustang GT was released last week, and all the talk was, “Is this going to beat the Camaro?” No real talk about the Challenger, because while it’s good, it’s not much competition to [...]

Videos: Ford shows off new 5.0 power

As you may have seen, the 5.0-liter Mustang is back. And to prove that it’s worth all of the hype, Ford has provided us with two sets of videos for the new engine and the new car.
You can read the press release about the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 here and the press release and details [...]

Powertrain: How Ford’s newest Coyote works

Let’s face it, Ford needed this 5-0. There’s no doubt about it. The 2010 Mustang GT is damn good, but it’s not quite the performer in a straight line that the Camaro SS and Challenger SRT8 are. Granted, it feels better in the twisties, but it’s still a little slower around various race tracks in [...]

Breaking: 5.0L Mustang GT is here!

First and foremost, this isn’t the redneck’s 80s 5.0L Mustang. This is a rompin’, stompin’, American ass-kicking Mustang GT that happens to be powered by a 302 cubic-inch 4,951cc V8. Roughly 5-liters. Now, you may be thinking, “Josh, how is this not just like the old-school 5-0?” Well, this is why…
Where the old Mustangs didn’t [...]

Merry Christmas, Ford style…

Even though Ford didn’t actually release these pictures, yet, some folks around the interwebz wanted us to have them before the official embargo is over and done with on Monday, the 28th.

As I’ve posted before (here and here), the new 2011 Mustang GT will have a 5.0-liter V8 motor making 412hp and 390lb-ft of torque. [...]

New Info: 2011 Mustang GT to have 390 torque and 6spd manual

Yesterday, Inside Line took some bit of Ford Mustang news and gave it to the world to swallow. That news was that the 2011 Ford Mustang GT would get the Coyote 5.0L V8 engine. And even better news was that it would produce 412hp. But that information just had us salivating for more! At least, [...]

Breaking: 2011 Mustang GT will get 412hp from 5.0L V8

We’ve forever heard the rumors that Ford would one day bring back its old school 5.0L V8, and with it, make a car that would finally put up a true fight with cars that had long passed the Mustang in the 1/4 mile.
But 2011 is actually going to be the magical year that we finally [...]

[Video] Baby Hübinette parks his Mustang

For some odd reason I can already see this kid being a drift champion, or at least a professional stunt driver… The first time I saw it I thought immediately that he is at least a budding Sam Hübinette (check out this and this).
He’s one of the coolest kids I’ve ever seen drive a car, [...]

[Video] Steve McQueen and the way Bullitt was made

I was looking through Autoblog the other day, and one of the writers posted a great video about the making of one of my favorite movies, and a classic in its own right, Bullitt. It was a movie that Steve McQueen did his usual to not only act greatly, he also blended his love for [...]