If you’ve had your eye on the Saleen Heritage body kit, you’re in luck because it’s being made public. The kit will come at a hefty price of $2,500, however, given Saleen’s past I’d say the price is justified. There will of course be different packages offered, that price is for the full kit. That’ll include all bumpers, side skirts, quarter panels, etc. This kit will work on 2005-2008 Mustangs only.

A glass sun roof isn’t something extremely new to the automobile industry. However, Ford is taking that a step further with their S197 Mustang. Their glass sun roof is now powered and can be opened or closed. It simply slides over the rear window when fully opened. You’d think such an invention would look awkward and not function that well. Apparently the Ford engineers have been working extra hard on this idea. Keep up the good work Saleen!

For the last few days I’ve been working behind the scenes. I’m slowly getting a whole new design for the body kits section of the website. All mustang and all other car images will be hosted on a Wordpress back end. However, not much is changing overall. Seriously, the overall design of the site isn’t changing much, it’ll just be better on your eyes. The sorting of cars is also made easier with categories and tags.
With that said, I’ll have the new optimized version ready within the next couple of days. Until then, look at the Knight Rider Mustang which will be sold soon.

Jessie Vigil decided to undertake a minor project to spend time with his son. His goal; to create a replica Mustang police car out of a move. He’s used fake police lights on the car, and painted it black and white to give it the appearance of a real cop. Along with that it has “Police” written in golden letters.

The car is causing some controversy, however there is currently no law preventing him from doing this. That is of course as he doesn’t try and impersonate a police officer, a federal offense. Many people in the small town recognize and know who he is, but some people fear they might think it’s an actual police officer in case of an emergency.

Vigil has consulted with law enforcement officials over whether or not is legal, and they’ve decided it was. It was also noted that Ford Mustangs are typically not used as police cars, so they did not see him intend to impersonate a police officer.

All in all, I think this mod is quite cool. It would definitely get me to jam on my brakes if I saw him driving down the highway!

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3M is trying to promote its line of car cleaning products by offering a free 2008 Roush. There’s actually no catch to this competition. Simply enter in the number on your bottle of 3M performance finish.

Second prize, obviously more common is a Trex Legend Hand-Held GPS system.

You won’t know until the drawing is pulled, September 5th, 2008. Seems like forever!

With a number of high quality high performance cars, it always takes innovative marketing to draw in new customers. Saleen is doing that on their supercharged line of Ford Mustangs and F150s. With the previously tested marketing scheme, Saleen hopes offering a trip to Skip Barber will woe in new customers.

Skip Barber is a legendary high performance driving school, perfect for someone who’s just bought a high end Saleen Mustang. Skip barber has been offering racing school for over 30 years and has over a half dozen different courses, dedicated to teaching you to get the most out of your car.

The driver will be accompanied by a professional on the track, teaching them the basics of their car. There will also be a mock lead follow race held between driver and instructor. That definitely seems like a great incentive to buy a Saleen!

Technically not the fastest, but fastest for a stock car (classified as stock bottom) that’s in production. Robert Self will be attempting this recording breaking event in April of this year, and hopes to achieve speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. Including safety devices the car has cost him amazing $171,000 so far. For that price tag it boasts a 1,000 horsepower engine. The track they’re using is only one mile long, so safety is of great concern, however, they have calculated he will have enough time to brake.

If you’ve ever wondered if buying the rights to a car is possible, it is. Classic creations has done just that, buying the rights to Eleanor, the original Ford Mustang used in Gone in 60 Seconds.

Customers will be given two build options; either use classical Mustang parts and build it from the ground up, or use brand new parts. Either way you obviously and definitely will not be getting all original parts. Some parts were modified with newer technology to accommodate for greater performance.

You have two amazing choices when ordering this beautiful car. First is the small 535 horsepower 0-60 in under 5 second car, the other is an amazing 770 horsepower. Obviously there’s a bit of a price difference. The lower model runs at around $140,000 and powerful one at $190,000.

You can never own the original Eleanor, but this is definitely the closest chance you’ll ever get. If you got the cash to blow, 770 horsepower doesn’t seem like a terrible thing to spend it on.

Well it seems Ford hasn’t learned from their previous recalls

This time it’s for F-Series trucks only. The welding on the drivers side seat could crack causing injury.

Ford is aware of the problem, and correcting it accordingly. You’ll get a full recall if your car is effected. However, this doesn’t seem to be a serious issue. The good news is of course Ford is replacing the mistake for free.

Ford motor company used to be one of the most prestigious automotive companies around. Their famous Motel T was the start of the automotive craze. It was one of the most popular cars at the time, with thousands sold.

So what happened to that great business model? Well I think their recent recalls and poor managing techniques, Ford has now lost an annual profit of $2.7 billion.
Perhaps this has to do with them handing out $1,000 checks to each employee. Not sure what the folks at Ford are thinking, but I don’t think it’s working.