The new 2008 Ford Racing Cobra Jet Mustang (FR500CJ) will join Ford Racing’s two other successful road racing Mustangs, the FR500C and FR500S as turn-key race cars available through Ford Dealers. The cars will be built in December of 2008 and shipped to customers in February of 2009.

The FR500CJ will be a factory-built race car with a 400 horsepower 5.4L DOHC supercharged engine with a 6-speed manual transmission that is standard, an optional automatic will also be available.   The car itself will be lightweight at 3,300 lbs and will be NHRA legal to 10.00 second ET’s along with the interior being NHRA Stock Eliminator legal interior.  It will come with a unique trim and appearance package, drag race wheel/tire combination and a Cobra Jet graphics package.  Ford says there will be an initial 50 unit production run with the MSRP being $69,900.  Read more...

Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle pose for a photo with their new 2008 Shelby GT500KR’s in front of Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Edwards received his 2008 Shelby GT500KR for winning the 2007 Nationwide Championship while Biffle and Kenseth had to purchase their’s. All three drivers were in town for business meetings and the Lifelock 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway in which Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the checkered flag while Kenseth finished 3rd, Edwards 7th and Biffle 20th. Jack Roush was also in attendance for the three to take delivery of their GT500KR’s along with several Ford employees. 

The 2010 Shelby GT500 has been spied and the guys over at Stangnet.com have all the photos for you to view. The photos include exterior and interior shots of the 2010 Shelby GT500 test mule which show several key new elements although most of the car is either painted or wrapped up with camouflage.

Looking at the exterior photos of the front end of the car you can begin to get a feel for the redesigned slimmer lines the 2010 Mustang will sport. As for the front fascia of this 2010 Shelby GT500 test mule you can see some very distinct upper and lower mesh grilles with two amber lights tucked in the corners of the upper one. You can also see the completely redesigned front headlights with the chrome accents. The wheels appear to be a never before seen rim so maybe those will make it to production. At the rear of the car it’s hard to tell much but you can see the rear bumper has been redesigned around the exhaust. More about the interior below.  Read more...

The 2009 Mustang will be special for several reasons but it won’t set any sales records as Mustang Marketing Manager Fritz Wilke has said Ford will likely only produce 45,000 Mustangs in an abbreviated model run. The main reason for the low production figure is the refreshed 2010 Mustang hitting dealers in early spring of 2009. Another reason for the odd 45K production run is the Mustang’s 45th-anniversary happens in 2009, so it would fitting to only produce that amount. To commemorate the 45 years of Mustang glory a special 45th-anniversary badge will be added to select Mustangs.

With all the magazine articles, blog posts and friends of friends who think they know something about whats in store for the 2010 Mustang I thought why not make a list of all the rumors that are flying around. I think for the most part if you are web savy and read forums/blogs you know at this point the 2010 Mustang is being refreshed with some new body panels and interior work. Below I will list the rumors floating around that I have come across.

1. Let’s start with the rumor of a 400 horsepower 5.0L motor moving into the engine bay for 2010. In my opinion it’s unlikely we will see that big of a horsepower jump in a 5-year span. If you look back at the history of horsepower in Mustangs gone by you will see that HP ratings do not jump like most are predicting for the 2010 Model.   Read more...