Chevrolet’s 2010 Camaro is on top of the pony car sales charts outpacing Ford’s reworked Mustang and the last of the modern day muscle cars, the Dodge Challenger is trailing far behind. It appears that all the hype General Motors has been generating about the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is paying off, just last June the General sold 9,320 bowties with 10,000 more sales to fill; while the blue oval only moved 7,632 Mustangs and the Pentastar brand has only managed to find homes for 1,369 Challengers.
Ford offers more variety with the Mustang, but it looks like the General is offering what the people want with only two models. The RS being a 300 HP V6 that gets 29 MPG on the highway and the SS featuring the familiar small block V8 that Chevrolet fans have come to adore since the 1950. This is the same 6.2 Liter LS3 power plant that can be found under the forward opening hood of the Corvette.
While Ford offers a variety of power packages led by the Shelby GT500 that are available as both convertibles and hard tops, there is even an optional plexiglass roof panel. Perhaps by flooding the market with too many variations of the Mustang the American automaker has overwhelmed consumers. Perhaps Chevrolet has been able to sell more units by offering a less complicated buying experience and producing a much more desirable pony car. Either way this is only the beginning of the second chapter of the classic American rivalry, it looks like the muscle car days are making a comeback.
What we can only assume to be a 2011 Ford Mustang power train mule has been spotted testing in southern California. Despite the rear end that looks like the 2005 model, the Mustang was wearing a front end from a 2010 car. Those fenders and hood also featured plenty of ventilation openings that led us to believe that this pony car is powered by something special.
It is unknown whether this is the new 5.0 Liter Coyote V8 or some other sort of Shelby or modern day BOSS muscle car. One thing is for certain, the rumble that was coming from this test car’s tailpipes was apparently unlike anything that came out of a recent Mustang. The rumble was far deeper and much louder than any current Mustang GT. Either way, this blue oval badged performance machine will be an injection of excitement for both pony car and muscle car fans around the world.
With the domestic competition coming out with models like the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 and Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Ford is in desperate need of filling the gap between their base V8 and the ultra exotic Shelby GT500 in order to sell a high output pony car that consumers can actually afford.
The pony car wranglers at Steeda are preparing for the next stampede of blue oval enthusiasts looking to modify their 2010 Ford Mustang GTs with one of the aftermarket manufacturer’s immediate injection of power and agility for the V8 powered muscle car.
Steeda’s plan is to transform the vehicle with a few low key exterior touches, some proven performance parts and a very serious amount of attention paid to the suspension. There is an option wide black stripe on the hood and the company’s signature “S” side stripes. A few extra horsepower are freed up by the high flow air filter and parasitic drag reducing under drive pulleys.
Everyone knows that in order to go fast you need to be able to carry speed through a turn. So Steeda didn’t skimp on the hardware. Aside from the standard Steeda Sport Springs, the American tuner goes so far as to use a set of Steeda Billet Lower Control Arms. Now that is a racing part. There’s no sense in going fast if you don’t look good soing it, so the Mustung sits on Steeda Spyder Wheels dipped in chrome and sized 20x9.9 inches up front and 20x11 inches in the rear. Just like an Olympic sprinter, the Steeda Mustang needs high performance rubber under their feet, so sparing no expense the company includes a set of Nitto NT05 High Performance Tires. All this can be your for only $8995, not a bad price to pay for a few seconds at the track.
Ford gearing up for summer! The American automaker has revealed a few details about the 2010 Mustang Glass Roof and Mustang GT Convertible. Both models are now on sale.
The Glass Roof is being available on both V-6 model and the GT at a price of $1,995. The 2010 Ford Glass Roof Mustang offers consumers convertible-like driving without the need for sunscreen, because its factory-installed panoramic glass roof filters 90% of the sun’s heat-generating infrared (IR) rays and 96% of burn-causing ultraviolet (UV) rays.
Of course when it comes to tuning the Ford Mustang there are quite a few tuning shops that come to mind. But there is one group that aim to stand head and shoulders above the rest, Reed Speed.
Starting off with a Ford Mustang GT and developed in conjunction with Artisan Performance, the Reed Speed SSE is powered by a 4.6 Liter V8 engine completed with forged rods, redesigned pistons and Total Seal rings to make sure that none of the exploding gasses can escape the combustion chamber. All of these high-performance parts raise the output of the Mustang from 315 HP all the way up to a ground pounding 700 HP.
With great power comes great responsibility, so Reed Speed upgraded the stoppers with a set of 14 inch rotors that are clamped down on by a set six-piston calipers supplied by SSBC. On the outside, Reed Speed is planning on adding a set of their 20" iForged wheels for a little more attitude. The exterior package is made complete by a custom two-tone paint job from BASF and a set of smoked lenses.
The Reed Speed tuning kit will be available by the end of this summer.
This is a story about how something that we all take for granted everyday. The simple act and inherent freedom that comes along with being behind the wheel. For 62 year old Roger Keeney, this was only a dream, blinded over 20 years ago, Keeney is about to get behind the wheel once again with the help of a 2010 Ford Mustang.
Ford will replace the current 4.0 liter SOHC V6 engine in the Mustang with a new high-reving 3.7 liter 24-valve DOH engine. The new engine will be used starting 2011.
In the Lincoln, where the engine is current used, the 3,7 liter V6 engine delivers 273 hp @ 6250 rpm with 270 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4250 rpm. It has a 10.3:1 compression ratio and modern variable cam timing to bring the Mustang up to par with its competition.
In the Mustang, the engine will most likely deliver more hp and will need to be changed for a longitudinal placement. The engine will get new intake manifold, exhaust manifolds and accessory drive system.
What does it take to get a 2010 Ford Mustang into the 10’s? Start with a blown Ford Racing Aluminator V8 making 500 HP, add some drag slicks at all four corners and let the Detroit based race shop, Livernois Motorsports go to town on the installation. These days, automotive performance is reaching new heights, and being able to run the standing quarter mile in around 10 clicks of a stopwatch means that you will be hard pressed to find a suitable competitor on the streets.
Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Ford’s introduction of the Mustang at the 1964 World’s Fair, there will be only 45 hand sculpted examples of America’s favorite pony car to celebrate the father of the Mustang, Lee Iacocca. The limited edition Mustang was a collaborative effort between the man himself, Iacocca, designer Michael Leone and the Gaffoglio Family from Metalcrafters. If that last name doesn’t ring a bell, those are the California based Argentines that brought the world one off beauties like the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve concept car. The special edition Mustangs will be painted in special shade of grey known as “Iacocca” Silver and will be available sometime in late July.
The car is based on the 2009 Ford Mustang, but the body has been beefed up and smoothed over to create the kind of strikingly bold appearance that you can only get with hand crafted metalwork. These cars will stand out in any blue oval enthusiast’s corral, especially sitting on top of those 20 inch polished five spoke rims. Under the hood, the Iacocca Mustang will be powered by a naturally aspirated 4.6 Liter modular V8 rated at 320 HP, or there is an optional supercharged power plant that makes 400 HP as well as a 14 inch Ford Racing brake kit to bring all that fun to a halt.
Inside the Iacocca Silver Mustang there are luxurious touches like the Iacocca-badged aluminum door sill plates, the Iacocca Diamond Design leather seats with custom embroidery, leather-wrapped steering wheel wearing an "I" badge and an Iacocca signature dash plaque with serial number. These limited edition pony car’s will be available exclusively from the Los Angeles based, Galpin Ford.
Ford is bringing them back, those two little numbers that we all so fondly remember pasted to the side of many Fox Body Mustangs, no matter whether they had the bad boy 302 cubic inch V8 under the hood or not; but the story of the 5.0 goes back beyond to the beginning of the Mustang story. Despite the popularity of the 289 cubic inch engine in the original pony, Ford also offered a 302 cubic inch V8 built from their magical engine plant in Windsor, Canada.
There was also the factory tuned handling machine, the Boss 302, although it didn’t have the big boy 429 Cobra Jet engine under the hood, this car could run circles around its bigger brother. The Boss 302’s motor was taken from the blue oval’s Trans-Am team, the small black racing engine was chosen by Ford in 1969 because of its compact and excellent output, 290 HP, made for the best handling Mustang that has ever come out of Dearborne, it gave the car a more desirable weight distribution than the NASCAR big block. Think the Boss’s 302 cubic inch V8 as the 13B for muscle cars.
When Ford switched over the Mustang II update in 1974, it brought the 302 with it; but it wasn’t until the third generation pony car made its debut that the American automaker decided to add a little flare to the Mustang’s fenders. Unfortunately when Ford switched to the fourth generation Mustang in 1994, the 302 had a short lease on life. The Mustang was only available with that magical motor from Canada in this modern sleek looking Mustang until 1995.
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