Ford’s press release earlier this week brought to light a half dozen Mustangs that will be appearing at the SEMA show next week in Las Vegas included in this press release was the previously announced Steeda Q Mustang. Noticeably absent was the Saleen version of the Mustang. So almost as if to say “Hey! Remember we’ll be there too!”, Saleen let slip several more shots of the debuting Saleen S281 version of the Mustang.
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While most of the Ford Mustang world waits breathlessly for an official Street Legal Boss Mustang edition to be designed and released by Ford, automotive designer Larry Shinoda of Team Shinoda recently released details and photos of his own version of a 2010 BOSS Shinoda Mustang. (more…)
Steeda sent out some “sneak peek” images of their upcoming “Steeda Q” 2010 Mustang. Still no word on any actual horsepower increases, so it appears that the “Q” will have mostly exterior and handling tweaks. Steeda has already released a number of tweaked parts for the 2010 Mustang. They are: (click below for more)
I guess a couple of writers for Car and Driver magazine made it out to a “run what ya brung” night at a South haven, Michigan track last night and saw some thinly disguised 2010 Mustangs. Seems some engineers over at Ford released a couple of new ponys onto the track with a new, beefier “track pack”. (more…)
Here’s how the story circulating the internet goes…
Three nineteen year old boys talked someone into giving them the keys for a test drive of a brand new for 2010 Ford Mustang GT. This car comes stock from the dealership with more than 315 horsepower, and by the pictures included here, that’s about 314 horsepower more than these hooligans could handle. I’m not sure if the failure is more in the poor driving skills or in the dealership that handed over the keys to a brand new $35,000 muscle car without insisting that a salesman accompany them. (more…)
A couple of quick items today, both on the new, highly anticipated 2010 Roush 427r Ford Mustang… and not all of it good news… for Roush.
on the track
Motortrend got to spend some road time, and more importantly, track time with the new Roush Mustang 427R and buddy, they were sure impressed. Over at their site there are some great shots of the red beast, and even some desktop wallpapers (one of which is currently being used on my own computer). Be sure to watch the video to see this 435HP car that they dubbed “rudeboy” in action around the track. 0-60 in 4.7 seconds and 100 MPH in 11 seconds is nothing to be sneazed at, for sure (the bad news being, and Motortrend points this out, that the Shelby GT500 is faster, better handling, and as tested, less expensive in price)!
On the strip, ready to rock...
Motortrend’s article is here
desktop wallpapers are here
video is here:
Then, to continue the marketing hype…
Jack Roush allowed filming to go on during the 14 months that the 2010 Roush 427R Mustang was being developed until it’s unveiling a couple of weeks ago.
427r unveiled
The SPEED channel is going to air the hour long documentary entitled “2010 ROUSH Mustang: The Art of Performance Engineering” on July 20th at 8 p.m. eastern. The documentary goes into areas where cameras are usually forbidden, like the clay design room. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff310/brothersperformance/2010_roush_revealed_clay.jpg
That's what I call Play Dough!
Also apart of the show will be special guest interviews by Chip Foose, NHRA drag racer John Force and NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle.
If you don’t have a DVR (aka Tivo) or forget to set it, the show will also air the next night on Tuesday July 21st at Midnight. It’s not scheduled to run again until Monday, SEPTEMBER 21st at 8 a.m. so be sure to catch the first or second showings if you’re really interested in the development of this 427″rudeboy” Mustang. Speed is channel 607 on Directv and channel number 150 on Dish. If you have cable, check your local listings.
So we’ve been putting the design of the new “Brothers Performance” T-shirt together this week. Brother’s has a newly revised logo, and we’re on a push to highlight our new website as well as highlight the other vehicles we support here. As these things go, there’s tweak after tweak as different eyes look over the design. This morning we were looking at two different versions of the design with small differences between them, and one of us (I honestly don’t recall who it was) suggested we have a contest online to spot the differences between the two.
So here ya’ go. Click on the picture for the 1024 pixel wide one.
click the picture for a larger version to spot the 6 differences~
There are SIX differences. From the “Oh, I should have seen that, it’s so obvious!” to the “what the heck?”
The first person who email us the correct six differences gets a $200 BBK gift certificate redeemable only at Brothers Performance and the new T-Shirt when it comes out!
Sema (Specialty Equipment Market Association) has announced that FORD will be the official car manufacturer of the 2009 SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The SEMA show has grown significantly over the past decade with the rise in popularity of such automotive customizers (and their television shows) as
Chip Foose 2009 Mustang Convertible
Chip Foose and the late Boyd Coddington. SEMA is a trade show for industry professionals to have the opportunity to either show off their product lines, or for retailers/buyers to make purchases and at least contacts for the coming year. It is not open to the public. Last year was the first time I got to visit and I regretted only having two of the four days SEMA ran to cover the event. Sema is held at the Las Vegas Convention center, and let me tell you that place covers a lot of acreage! (more…)
Lee Iacocca seems to have had enough of the doom and gloom coming from Detroit, and who can blame him? America’s everyman businessman, Iacocca was the head of Ford motor company back in the early 60’s when he had to convince Henry Ford II to build this new, smaller, 4 seat sporty sedan that Iacocca wanted to badge the “Mustang”. Henry Ford II was a hard sell, but with the buzz generated by it’s preview at the World’s Fair in 1964 and later with the Mustang’s release (so late in the model year that it was dubbed a 1964 ½) Ford never regretted it. In fact, with 22,000 orders taken the FIRST DAY OF IT’S RELEASE and almost half a million the first year alone, there’s been a Mustang in production every year since! Iacocca was even responsible for bringing in racer Carrol Shelby to brand his own stake into his own redesigned Mustangs in the 1960’s. (more…)
I guess a couple of writers for Car and Driver magazine made it out to a “run what ya brung” night at a South haven, Michigan track last night and saw some thinly disguised 2010 Mustangs. Seems some engineers over at Ford released a couple of new ponys onto the track with a new, beefier “track pack”. 
Lee Iacocca seems to have had enough of the doom and gloom coming from Detroit, and who can blame him? America’s everyman businessman, Iacocca was the head of Ford motor company back in the early 60’s when he had to convince Henry Ford II to build this new, smaller, 4 seat sporty sedan that Iacocca wanted to badge the “Mustang”. 
Henry Ford II was a hard sell, but with the buzz generated by it’s preview at the World’s Fair in 1964 and later with the Mustang’s release (so late in the model year that it was dubbed a 1964 ½) Ford never regretted it. In fact, with 22,000 orders taken the FIRST DAY OF IT’S RELEASE and almost half a million the first year alone, there’s been a Mustang in production every year since! Iacocca was even responsible for bringing in racer Carrol Shelby to brand his own stake into his own redesigned Mustangs in the 1960’s. 
