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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...

RX Wrap Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud reveal their World Rallycross Focus RS RX livery By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company and Hoonigan Racing Division When Ken Block dropped the eighth edition of his popular Gymkhana video series there was a big teaser at the end—the Focus...

The Big 5.0 You could win a 2016 Mustang and a year’s supply of Shell gas from Penske By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Are you still on the outside looking in at all the S550 excitement? Well there’s still a chance to put a new Mustang in your driveway and this one...

Street Legal JLT Performance’s no-tune CAI systems were deemed 50-state legal By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of JLT Performance The times they are a changing. It has become crucial for aftermarket companies to have their products tested and approved for emissions...

Performance Palette The 2017 GT350 offers more standard equipment and great new colors By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance As we told you back in February, the forthcoming Shelby GT350 is getting the performance goodness of the Track Package standard. Now you no longer...

Beyond Boss Rev your early Coyote automatic past 8,000 rpm thanks to HP Tuners By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of HP Tuners If you own a first-gen Coyote automatic, you might have been jealous of the high-revving antics of those manual-transmission cars. Well, you can now...

Drop Solid Improve your lowered S197’s braking and handling with J&M LCA brackets By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of J&M Products The first thing anyone wants do to with a new Mustang is lower the ride height. Most often this is for aesthetic reasons, but some of us actually want...

Hearing Brigade Quality control testing of the 2.3-liter Focus RS engine includes listening By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Closed in soundproof booths, highly trained Ford production workers listen carefully. EcoBoost 2.3-liter engines run as their tuned ears seek out a...

Imagine Coyotes Bodie Stroud built a custom ’67 Mustang for the singer of Imagine Dragons By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Bodie Stroud Industries Coyote swaps are all the rage and a classic Mustang is one of the coolest vessels for a modern 5.0-liter swap. Of course if you are a rock...

Bettering the Best Ford Performance Parts is developing a host of Shelby GT350 upgrades By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Ford Performance Hopefully you enjoyed our in-depth look at the work that Ford Performance engineers put into developing the Shelby GT350’s efficient...

Rent to Own Bid on the Shelby GT-H prototype at the Barrett Jackson auction in June By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company On Monday we learned that Ford, Hertz and Shelby celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Shelby GT350-H rental car with the introduction of a 2016...

Modern Vintage Late Model Restoration’s new SVE wheels for classic and modern Mustangs By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Late Model Restoration When a new Mustang hits the street, it‘s pretty common for wheel envy to take hold. In fact, the most popular wheels chosen for Fox and later...

Rental Star Hertz and Shelby celebrate the Rent-A-Racer anniversary with a new GT-H By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years since Ford, Shelby and Hertz made the brilliant idea of being able to rent a Shelby Mustang a reality when the...

The Decision Ford’s latest video series documents the Ford GT’s path to Le Mans By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Ford Motor Company Any fan of Blue Oval racing knows that the return of the Ford GT to the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a big deal. Just the return of the Ford...

Return Road The Shelby GT350 Track Tour returns to four new racetracks in 2016 By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you saw our coverage of last year’s Shelby GT350 Track Tour event series, you know that Ford Performance selected a group of potential...

Doing Donuts Ford captures the Focus ST taking on a rally school in a 360-degree video By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company While everyone is getting amped up about the pending arrival of the all-wheel-drive Focus RS, let’s not forget that its cousin the Focus ST is already...

Back for the Attack Ford offers GT350 and GT350R owners a free performance driving school By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of the Ford Performance Racing School If you are going to own the most track-capable Mustang ever built, it’s probably a wise strategy to get some performance driving...

Seventh Star A new report says the next-gen S650 Mustang will debut in May of 2020 By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company According to a new report from the accounting firm UHY LLP, the seventh-generation Mustang will debut in May of 2020 after the S550 ceases production in...

Rally RS Ken Block will campaign a 600hp Focus RS in FIA World Rallycross By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance As we learned recently at the end of Ken Block’s epic Gymkhana Eight video, the Hoonigan will bring a new vehicle to the next installment of this viral video series—a...

Twin-Screw Voodoo Riding shotgun in the first Whipple-boosted 2016 Shelby GT350 By Steve Turner A push of the red button and the Voodoo 5.2 comes alive. The exhaust burbles and rumbles through fully opened mufflers. It’s not until we pull away with some more generous application of the...

Breathe Deep Kooks unlocks the potential of the Voodoo 5.2-liter engine with full exhaust By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Joe Charles There is little doubt that the 5.2-liter Voodoo engine in the latest Shelby GT350 exhales with the best exhaust sound of any factory...

New Images have been released for Michelin’s new all-season tire, the Pilot Sport A/S 3. "The best balance of wet and dry performance we've ever experienced in testing" - Car & Driver