ford performance

The New STyle If you live in Europe you can get ST handling and styling on a budget with the ST-Line By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company For a while now, Ford has told us that performance cars are selling well. Apparently they are quite popular in Europe, but not everyone has...

The Big Boss Replace your worn out 4.6 with a robust, 5.3-liter modular short-block By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance If you own a 1996+ Mustang or other modular-powered Ford, you might be ready for a fresh engine. Or, perhaps, you just want to crank up the performance with...

Race Roundup Check out the racing action at the Detroit Grand Prix with Mustang fans By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you are planning on attending the Detroit Grand Prix or even considering it, Ford Performance is giving you another reason to...

Hard Parts The third installment of the Focus RS RX doc details the competitive gear By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Ford Performance is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the Focus RS RX driven by Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud in the FIA World Rallycross...

Moving Pictures Ford GT applications are closed, but we picked some of our favorite video submissions By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Anyone that’s been paying attention knows that Ford closed its one-month window for accepting Ford GT applications. That’s correct...

French Connection Ford to release limited Le Mans editions of the Fiesta, Focus and Mustang in France By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We know it’s a big deal that Ford is returning to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the all-new Ford GT. After all, it’s the 50th...

Highest Bidder You can bid on rare Shelby GT350s at Mecum Auctions in Indianapolis By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions The latest Shelby GT350s are rare machines, but the rarest of them all are the scant 137 built for the 2015 model year. If you weren’t lucky enough to score one...

Functional Fiber Make your new Ford GT faster with the optional lightweight wheels By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As if you needed another reason to lust after the new Ford GT supercar, this high-tech ride is available with optional carbon fiber wheels. Ford debuted...

Open & Shut Over 6,500 people applied to own one of the new Ford GT supercars By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company A month ago Ford launched its online configurator for the forthcoming Ford GT supercar. During the one-month window that applications were open, over 200,000...

Let’s Race The saga of the Ford GT continues with a look at its racing debut By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We are just over a month away from the Ford GT’s historic return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the 50th anniversary of the car’s historic finish, Ford Performance...

Track Days Steeda Autosports sponsors the Track Guys driving school at Sebring By Steve Turner If you’ve never had the pleasure of hot-lapping your performance Ford on a road course, you don’t know what you are missing. Going full throttle for longer you ever could at the drag strip, diving...

Craftsmanship & Assembly The second Ford Performance Focus RS RX video delivers an inside look at the build process By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Today Ford Performance released the second installment of its video docu-series offering a behind-the-scenes look at the new...

GT350 Growl Lethal Performance upgrades its Shelby with a Magnaflow cat-back and more By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Magnaflow Born with an dual-mode exhaust from the factory, the Shelby GT350 is already one of the best sounding Mustangs ever built. That’s especially...

Perfect Game Vaughn Gittin Jr. notched his first Formula Drift win of the season in Georgia By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance, Mustang RTR and Nitto Tire It’s only fitting that Vaughn Gittin Jr. chalked up his first Formula Drift win of the season at the track where the series...

Picking Up Power ID Motorsports tests Mustang intake manifolds on a 5.0-liter F-150 pickup By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company and ID Motorsports Of late we’ve been covering a lot of tests involving intake manifolds that fit the Coyote family of engines in Mustangs. From...

Agility & Capability Ford Performance launched a video series showcasing the Raptor’s abilities By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We know that the forthcoming F-150 Raptor is projected to be more powerful and more capable than the last-generation version of the truck. As we...

Economy Star The Ford GT flexes its fuel economy to take the win at Laguna Seca By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company The Ford GT was born for the racetrack, but it experienced some teething pains once it entered competition. However, when you consider it’s been less than a...

Around the Block Ford Performance gives us a look at the development of its WRC Focus RS By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Recently we shared with you the reveal of the livery for the Hoonigan Racing Division World Rallycross Championship machines piloted by Ken Block and...

Power Package You could win an 850hp 2015 Mustang, a 2017 Raptor and a race trailer By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of AmericanMuscle.com Time files when you are modding cars. It’s hard to believe that AmericanMuscle.com is celebrating 10 years of purveying aftermarket upgrades for Ford...

Haul of China The next-gen Raptor SuperCrew is bound for sale in China in 2017 By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company The 2017 F-150 Raptor is designed to take on any terrain, but next year the SuperCrew version will also take on a new sales market, which is one of the...

Virtual Reality Thousands applied to buy the Ford GT and the online configurator is a hit By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Unless you were off the grid last week, you know that Ford started taking applications for potential buyers of the 2017 Ford GT production car. While...

Cutting Edge Ford Performance releases the second installment of its Ford GT video series By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company When it set out to build a next-gen version of the Ford GT, the team at Ford Performance knew it had a challenge ahead. How could the company bring...

Safety First A Focus RS leads the way for the IMSA Sports Car Grand Prix this weekend By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you are lucky enough to make it out to the IMSA race in Long Beach, California, this weekend, you’ll not only be able to watch the Chip Ganassi Racing...

Start Your Orders Potential buyers can finally submit applications to purchase a Ford GT By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you are in the market for the next-gen Ford GT, today is your day. Ford will begin accepting applications for the first two model years of...

Blue Oval Bidding Ford’s presence was strong at the South Florida stop on the auction’s tour By Steve Turner Automotive auctions have become a television staple because it’s fun to watch well-heeled bidders buying pristine collectible cars. Theses beauties might be beyond the reach of most...