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Thursday, Nov 19
2010 Shelby GT500 [500 HP Week]
Vitals: Model Year: 2010 Make: Ford
Model: Shelby GT500
Trim: N/A
Price, Base/As-Tested: $48,175/$48,175 Engine: 5.4-liter supercharged, 32-valve V8 Horsepower & Torque: 540 HP @ 6,200 RPM, 510 Lb-Ft @ 4,500 RPM
Transmission: 6-speed manual
What's The Worst Special Edition Car? [Question Of The Day]
We learned today the California Special returns for the 2011 Mustang, making it the 3,457th special edition 'Stang. Being mostly trim-unt-wheels, we don't really see the draw, begging the question: what's the worst special edition car?
Sunday, Nov 15
Forum Wars: “Talk Smack, Then Hit the Track” [Forum Wars]
These days every car model has its own forum; if you look hard enough I'll bet you can even find a webpage dedicated to the usefulness and styling excellence of the Pontiac Aztek. In most cases car forums are happy places where people can share useful information (like how to turn off the anno...
Friday, Nov 13
Commenter Of The Day: Dear John Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
A guy I used to work with leased a Mustang in 2000. Already a bad idea. To make matters worse he rolled over his debt from his previous lease into it. So before he started he had an extra $150 a month to pay on top of the already stupid high payment (his negotiation skills were basically, do you have i...
Thursday, Nov 12
EXCLUSIVE: First Look At Ford's 6.2-Liter V8 Engine...In A Houston Garage?!
An engine dyno is going to be scheduled as soon as Fastlane gets the Boss actually running (Ford of course didn't ship it out with the ECU). But what are they really going to do with six big experimental engines? In addition to getting quite the head start in terms of aftermarket development,...
Wednesday, Nov 11
First Production Ford Mustang On EBay: Buy It Now For $5.5 Million!
This 1964.5 Ford Mustang convertible, number #100212, is believed to be the very first Mustang built on the production assembly line and sold to the public. It's for sale on eBay. Buy it now for an astonishing $5.5 million. The eBay listing is worth a look for no other reason than to check out the c...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Need For Speed Gamers Race Real Mustangs Against Video Game Mustangs [Video Games]
A marketing ploy, sure, but we have a thing for any marketing exercise which carries risk of serious injury and/or death. This should also definitely prove to armchair racers that they're faster in their minds than they would be behind a real steering wheel (force feedback doesn't count)....
Sunday, Nov 8
Soviet Flags and West Virginia Trailer Parks: The Penalties Of The Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Much as the Community Organizer drove them nuts, they hated the ¡VENCEREMOS! penalty even more. We handed the miscreant a stencil with the image of Che Guevara and ordered him or her to put Che's iconic visage on every surface of the vehicle. A little explaining to do once the rest of the team s...
Saturday, Nov 7
Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Skid Row Racing, 1977 Chevrolet Camaro The Black Flags, 1983 Toyota Celica Supra Red Rocket Racing, 1986 Toyota Celica GT Rockerz in Dockerz, 1987 Ford Mustang Dudes of Hazard, 1988 Toyota Celica THUNDER RACERS, 1989 Ford Mustang Magnum pig, 1994 Toyota Celica
Friday, Nov 6
Local Motors Rally Fighter: The First-Ever Creative Commons Car [New Cars]
So let's talk about their first product — the Rally Fighter. Thanks to the very concept caresque styling, when you walk up to it, you're immediately struck with how attractive the Rally Fighter looks. It's got a look inspired by the historic P-51 Mustang fighter plane, right down to the preg...
Tuesday, Nov 3
Mustang RTR-C: First Live Shot In The Expensive Carbon Fiber Flesh [Sema]
Here's the first shot of Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s $135,000 all carbon fiber-bodied, 550 HP monster called the Mustang RTR-C. We'll have more later from the SEMA show floor.
Monday, Nov 2
2010 Cobra Jet Mustang, Ford's New Turnkey Drag Racer [Sema]
Today, Ford Racing unveiled the 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show, which marks the continued evolution of the CJ as a factory-produced turnkey race car. In honor of the SEMA introduction, Ford Racing built and unveiled a one-of-a-kind "SE...
Mustang RTR-C: A $135,000 Carbon Fiber Super-'Stang [Sema]
The car was built by Autosport Dynamics (ASD) in Charlotte, NC and aside from the crazy dry carbon fiber body, it also features goodies like in-car adjustable shocks, and carbon fiber HRE wheels. If you're interested in some serious weight savings in a Mustang, get your wallet ready cause...
Sunday, Nov 1
Mustang RTR: An RTR-C Without The Carbon Fiber, Insane Price [Sema]
So it doesn't have the ridiculous carbon fiber body, but that's okay. It does have performance shocks, 1.5" lower suspension, stiffer rear anti-roll bar, cross-drilled brake rotors, a 9 HP bump from a Ford Racing K&N intake and freer-flowing exhaust and performance Falken tires on f...
Monday, Oct 26
Ford Bringing Slew Of Tarted-Up 'Stangs To SEMA [Sema]
The Mustang GT Convertible is the true American thrill machine, and that thrill doubles with a Ford Racing 550-horsepower supercharger and one-of-a-kind custom wide body. This is the car to have – whether you're out on the road with the top down or in the city for a night on the town.
Saturday, Oct 24
1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS Convertible [Down On The Street]
The General was late to the party started by the Mustang (and Barracuda), but the snazzed-up crypto-Nova hit the showrooms running and sold like crazy. In 1967, you could get a base V8 Camaro convertible for $2,809 (the Rally Sport option package pushed the price up to $2,914), versus $2,8...
Friday, Oct 23
The Race Is On! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
In fact, several vehicles broke down during transponder testing, including a Pinto wagon, a "numbers matching" Mustang Cobra II, and the six-wheeled Toyota truck. We're sure they'll all be back in business... eventually. Check in later for a standings update!
Monday, Oct 19
What Car From Your Birth Year Do You Want? [Question Of The Day]
Reader Zacarious has a brother-in-law incapable of finding just one car he likes so he suggested picking a car from his birth year. Now he's eying a 1969 Mustang Mach 1. What car from your birth year do you want?
Saturday, Oct 17
Brava, Gremlin, Trio Of Air-Cooled VWs Gird For Next Weekend's Battle: Yeehaw It's Texas LeMons! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Brass Burro Racing, 1976 Ford Mustang II GT $500 Racing, 1982 Toyota Celica GT Team NAFTA, 1985 Ford Mustang Junk Punch Racing, 1990 Ford Mustang Stick Pony Racing, 1994 Ford Mustang Broner Motorsports, 1994 Ford Probe EcoloTeam, 1995 Toyota Celica FMJ Motorsports
1968 Pontiac Tempest [Down On The Street]
It has a GTO hood and grille emblem, but a Tempest grille and column-shifted automatic. Even though you could a '68 GTO with the chrome grille instead of the sledgehammer-proof Endura snout, hardly any buyers did so. As for the column shifter, I'm pretty sure the Hurst dual-gate was standar...
Friday, Oct 16
Ford Introduces 1.6L Duratec Race Engine, Restarts Kent Production [Racing News]
Ford Racing has announced plans to produce a new race version of the 1.6L Duratec for use in Formula Ford series as well as their plan to reproduce the legendary Kent engine; a 50-year-old design much-loved in racing circles. Source: Ford]
Thursday, Oct 15
1964 Ford Capri for a Life-Changing $10,000! [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
Keeping the familial trend going, this '64 has had a fresh coat of Grabber Blue, looking better here than on its originally intended Maverick. Topping that is some Von Dutch applied to the hood and a tramp stamp above the trunk lock. The wheels look like Cragar mags, which are a little out of pl...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Eight Great Mustangs From Racing History [Racing]
Like it or loathe it, the NASCAR Ford Mustang is part of a long history of Mustang racing. Here's a look at the most noteworthy examples of Mustang racing below. Car: John Force Mustang Racing Series: NHRA Top Fuel Years: 2000- Major Wins: Pretty much everything in NHRA
NASCAR Ford Mustang Revealed [Nascar]
Three major events were rolled into one today as Ford teamed up with Roush Fenway Racing and Con-way Freight to unveil the No. 16 Con-way Freight Mustang with driver Colin Braun at Roush Fenway Racing headquarters in Concord, N.C. Ford Racing]
NASCAR Mustang Teased Ahead of Unveil [Nascar]
Today's the first day the muscle car wars collide with the NASCAR world. The NASCAR Ford Mustang race car will be unveiled at 1PM EST but until then, here's the first sneak peek at things to come. [Ford via MustangEvolution]
Monday, Aug 31
Consumer Reports: 2010 Ford Mustang Out-Blobs Camaro, Challenger [Muscle Car Wars]
The Camaro provides blistering performance and handles capably, but its girth undermines its agility. The Chevrolet Camaro 2SS ($35,425, MSRP as tested), is powered by a 426-hp, 6.2-liter, V8 engine that delivers very strong performance and 18 mpg overall. The engine sounds great when t...
Wednesday, Jun 24
Muscle Car Wars: Camaro vs. Challenger vs. Mustang [Jalopnik Reviews]
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Sunday, May 17
Opinion: PCH, Post-GTO Jim Wangers Edition: 1977 Pontiac Can Am or 1976 Ford Mustang Cobra II? [Project Car Hell]
Was the Pinto-based Mustang II worthy of the Cobra name? Of course it wasn't, and with a 302-cubic-inch V8 under the hood it went pretty well for a Malaise machine. Not all of the first round of Cobra IIs (which were created at a tape-stripe-and-hood-scoop operation headed by Wangers) got t...
Sunday, Apr 5
Opinion: 2010 Shelby GT500: First Drive
Like the 2010 Ford Mustang GT, this new GT500 isn't an all-new car, but rather an extreme development of the previous platform. That old 2007 Shelby GT500 set the world alight with its 500 HP, 480 Lb-Ft 5.4-liter supercharged V8, offering an unprecedented level of straight line performanc...
Tuesday, Mar 31
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Gets 22 MPG Hwy, Nobody Cares [Shelby GT500]
2010 FORD SHELBY GT500 PACKS MORE POWERFUL PUNCH, INCREASES HIGHWAY FUEL MILEAGE BY 2 MPG 2010 Ford Shelby GT500: Racing stripes are available for the first time on the convertible model of the 2010 Shelby GT500. Login to download images.
Monday, Mar 23
Win A 2010 Ford Mustang GT [2010 Ford Mustang]
Want to win a 2010 Ford Mustang GT? [Bosch Performance]
Friday, Mar 20
2010 Chevy Camaro: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
With the $22,995 V6-equipped 2010 Chevy Camaro LS producing 304 HP, nearly as much as the V8-engined 2010 Ford Mustang GT, and the 426 HP 2010 Chevy Camaro SS starting at just $30,995, initial impressions of GM's new muscle car are extremely good. It's faster than its competitors and benef...
Wednesday, Mar 18
2010 ROUSH 427R Mustang: Live Unveil Of The New 435 HP Boy Racer!
The ROUSH 2010 427R™ Mustang will be the first in the lineup of new ROUSH® 2010 Mustangs to have a ROUSHcharger® installed which boosts the horsepower to 435 and offers 400 lb.-ft. of torque. This is the first time that ROUSH has been able to offer a supercharged vehicle at the launch of a new bod...
Monday, Mar 2
2010 Ford Mustang GT Sets Unofficial World Drift Record At 6285 Ft. [Ford Mustang]
Maligned for its old-timey sold rear axle setup, the Mustang remains a favorite of oversteering hoons like Vaughn, and with 315 HP it's only a throttle blip away from tail-out super-happy-fun-time. This particular run for 0-60 magazine happened at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and trump...
Thursday, Feb 12
2010 Mustang Shelby GT500: How Ford Developed The New Snake [2010 Mustang Shelby GT500]
The regular series production 2010 Mustang and 2010 Mustang GT were unveiled last November at the 2008 LA Auto Show only a few short months before the Shelby, but their development went hand in hand over the course of 3 years. Ford has literally been in the stink for a while now, and to task its...
2010 ROUSH Mustang Coming March 18th [2010 ROUSH Mustang]
ROUSH Performance wants you to save the date of March 18th. It's the day they'll reveal their 2010 ROUSH Mustang, but for the moment, they've decided to tease us. Suspension Packages Brake Kits Resonator Exhaust & Tips Lowering Springs Convertible Light Bar
Tuesday, Dec 23
2009 ROUSH Mustang Blackjack: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
For 2010, Ford’s taken the old Mustang and bolted on nicer suspension, a new intake and exhaust, given it a more svelte body, a nicer interior and called it day. ROUSH has taken a slightly more aggressive approach, adding huge amounts of power, heart-stopping brakes and the blackest black...
Tuesday, Dec 16
Steve Saleen Working On 650 HP 2010 Signature Series SMS 460 Mustang [2010 Saleen Ford Mustang]
The fully-certified and street-legal SMS 460 Mustangs are based on the exciting 2010 Mustang GT platform and will feature an SMS Supercharged 4.6L engine with power ratings from 475 to over 650 horsepower! Both models will feature extensive design refinements and performance innovat...
Monday, Nov 17
2010 Ford Mustang: Design, Dissected [2010 Ford Mustang]
Ford released two concepts at the Watkins Glen Racetrack - the first, on October 7th, 1962 was dubbed the Mustang I Prototype and a year later on October 9th, 1963, the Mustang II Prototype. These prototypes planted the seed for Lee Iacocca to push forward the production plan for a rear-whe...
Tuesday, Nov 11
2009 Roush P-51B Mustang Dogfights Its Way Into Your Heart [2009 Roush P-51B Mustang]
Six-piston brakes bring the whole thing to a slamming halt from 60 faster than Ford can release another version of the 'Stang. And that's fast. A ROUSH Stage 3 suspension keeps the whole ordeal firmly planted on the tarmac whether you're cruising this Hoonfather around your favorite race t...
Tuesday, Aug 26
Shelby GT500KR Road Trip, Chapter II: What's Your Favorite Beef Jerky?
As one noted member of the auto press guild told me today, "you can't have a Mustang road trip without beef jerky." He's right. I went with the Carne Asade — what about you? Follow along at our tag page for our full three-day Shelby GT500KR Road Trip.
Sunday, Aug 17
2009 Dodge Challenger
Last month's review of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 may have seemed to some a blinding orgy of Detroit love. Having just moved from Detroit to New York City, I was homesick and was seemingly in need of a shot of Motor City muscle. Still, I offer no apology, because despite the rose-colored gl...
Saturday, Aug 16
Opinion: Jalopnik Drives KITT In Woodward Dream Cruise, Pretends We're Michael Knight
That's right boys n' girls, I'm cruising down Woodward Avenue today in the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise in none other than the Mustang-powered KITT from the new Knight Rider TV show hitting NBC this fall. Unlike most of those used in filming, this isn't a fancy-pantsified Mustang GT. Nope, it...
Friday, Aug 8
1976 Capri II Wants You To Know It's Not A Mercury, Even As It Awaits Crushing
While Lincoln-Mercury dealers sold the European-made Ford Capri in North America, the cars themselves had no marque. Just to make things more confusing, Ford branded the later Fox Mustang-clone and Mazda 323-based Capris with Mercury emblems. Anyway, none of that matters for this car,...
Hertz To Auction 25 Shelby Mustang GT-H Convertibles At Monterey Kruse Auction
Only 500 2007 Shelby GT-H Convertibles were made for Hertz's Rent-a-Racer fleet, but if you want one, 25 of them will be for sale at next week's Kruse auction in Monterey. True, you could probably build your own by bolting on a few parts to a standard GT Mustang Convertible, but if you're conv...
Tuesday, Jul 15
Opinion: 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, Part Two
This is a Mustang? A performance Mustang? Though not Oldsmobuick floaty, it still manages to glide across the road and even off the beaten path it doesn't bitch and moan. I found it hard to believe that this was a heavy muscle car, much less a Mustang, even after driving it all the way across Te...
Monday, Jun 9
2010 Shelby GT500
A close look at this Shelby GT prototype reveals that the Cobra grille badge will once again replace the galloping Mustang, and will sit offset to the right. Although it's not always easy to distinguish between false padding and the real sheet metal beneath the camouflage, it appears that...
Monday, Mar 24
Ford Continues Relentless March Of Variants With 2009 'Warriors in Pink' Mustang
We can't harass Ford too much for the Ford Mustang "Warriors in Pink" variant, if you want to call it that, it is for a good cause after all. We told you about the Warriors in Pink" marketing experiment last year and the '09 model gets a couple of updates aside from a new number in front of the name....
Friday, Mar 21
2009 Dodge Challenger S/E: A Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The S/E isn't exactly carnival-midway material. First, it lacks the Challenger R/T's six-speed Tremec TR6060, or any other manual transmission. Second, with 250-horsepowers' worth of sad ham under its hood, the weighty S/E's zero-to-60 time is probably closer to that of a '78 Tradesma...
Sunday, Feb 17
The Official Unofficial Knight Rider Live-Blog
9:13:18 PM Wert: Brought to you by the star of the show...the Ford Mustang! 9:18:48 PM Wert: Who wins in a race — a Ford Mustang GT or a Ford Edge? 9:27:43 PM Wert: ANOTHER Mustang! 9:37:06 PM Wert: "Play Artist Mustang Sally" 9:47:37 PM Wert: Still not as good as Michigan State
Saturday, Feb 16
KITT In Action: Exclusive Video
Exclusive First Pictures of KITT From The New Knight Rider TV Series: Yes, It's a Shelby GT500KR It's Official! Knight Rider's KITT is a Shelby GT500KR Mustang First Trailer For New Knight Rider Airs, Features New Shelby-fied KITT, Flashing Red Lights and Will Arnett
Friday, Feb 1
2008 Dodge Challengers Hanging Out At Roush With All The Cool Kids
Is this a couple of engineers with Challengers paying a visit to mock Roush and their Mustang entrant into the Muscle Car Wars? Is Roush going to be tuning the next generation of Challengers? Did the drivers stop to take a leak? We don't know, but we're happy to speculate. Nope, unfortunatel...
Wednesday, Dec 12
First Video Of Knight Rider's KITT Revealed Live! [Knight Rider]
We here at Jalopnik aren't content to bring you just warmed-over press photos and spy photos. No, we also want to give you warmed-over video from the press reveal! Yup, we're continuing our role as the first to break news on the Knight Rider-Ford story with this video of the KITT from the new K...
It's Official! Knight Rider's KITT is a Shelby GT500KR Mustang
UPDATED 'KNIGHT RIDER' REVS UP TO RETURN TO NBC FOR SPECIAL TWO-HOUR MOVIE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 17 AS NEW KITT CAR IS REVEALED "Knight Rider" Cast Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Bruce Davison Participate at the Unveiling Event Showcasing the Customized KITT Ford...
Friday, Nov 30
The Knight Rider Stripper Helps Us Banish our Pre-Mustang KITT Memories
So we had kind of a big n' exclusive story yesterday — something about K.I.T.T. being a Shelby GT500KR Mustang in the new TV series. Yeah, that was it. Despite what we're sure will be a great deal of hoopla surrounding the arrival of the new talking Knight Rider ride, a great number of us still have fo...
Thursday, Nov 29
Exclusive First Pictures of KITT From The New Knight Rider TV Series: Yes, It's a Shelby GT500KR
UPDATE: Sources with the involved companies tell us this is the real car — the actual car to be used in the show. But, because "it wasn't working at the effects studio yesterday," someone did photoshop the red light. UPDATE #2: We now have the official first images from the folks at NBC and Ford...
Tuesday, Oct 16
Dodge Family Feud: Charger R/T Vs. Challenger R/T [Jalopnik Fantasy Garage]
RUF RT12 | 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage | Honda 1300 Coupe 9 | 1931 Daimler Double Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupe | Ferrari 288 GTO | Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 | 1970 Buick GSX 455 | First Generation BMW M Coupe | Bugatti Veyron 16.4 | Ford GT | Citroen SM | Porsche 928 | Jensen FF | DeTomaso Vallelung...
Wednesday, Oct 18
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Ford Mustang GT California Special, Part 1
A while back, the three-headed Jalopnik asked readers which Mustang variants from the past they'd most like to see come back. I voted Mercury Cougar, but then almost immediately realized how wrong I was when I ran into a bright-green 1971 Mustang Mach 1 at the liquor store. Well, never mind t...
Thursday, Nov 17
GM Gives Love to Roush for G6 Tuner
GM recently awarded Roush a vaguely prestigious award, Best New GM Exterior, for building a tuner version of its G6 sedan. According to the GM executive who presented the award — Kip "Don't Call Me Winger" Wasenko — the showcase G6 demonstrates the potential of the stock G6 to be tricked out...
