Saleen announced they will be releasing a special edition Mustang only available to 100 lucky customers who have an extra $49,995 burning a hole in their pocket. Available in black or alloy, the Saleen S281 RF will boast 465 horsepower from a supercharged SOHC 4.6L V8. All the power gets to the rear wheels through a 5-speed manual transmission.

Additional performance enhancements include an upgraded CPU, new MAF sensor, and a dual-stage intercooler. The air comes in through a high-flow air intake and filter, and exits through a 2.5″ stainless steel exhaust system. Suspension improvements come from added coil springs and sway bars.

There are many other enhancements provided by Saleen; check out the official specs below: Continue Reading…

Classic Design Concepts has teamed up with StangNet.com to create yet another choice for you if you’re wanting to pick up a new Mustang. This one sports a pretty unique glassback roof, which you can see out from the inside, but not in from the outside, a custom, hand-painted finish, a Ford GT Push-Button start system, and 2008 GT500 HID headlights. But that’s not all… Continue Reading…

Ford is getting ready to release a (sort of) special edition package for the Shelby GT500. It’s called the Red Stripe Appearance Package, costs $1650, features red stripes, and…well, that’s it. $1650 for nothing more than red stripes? Hmm…

Ridiculous price aside, the choice might actually be worth it, since this will be the rarest color combination available for the GT500. You can get the stripes on either a black or white car, and I must say, the red stripes on black looks really good.

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While the 2007 Chicago Auto Show was altogether a great time (see Part 1 and Part 2 of my reviews,) there were a few things that I was disappointed about. Just like every year, there were cars that I was hoping to see and weren’t there, but of course there were some surprises that made up for the shortcomings. Here are some of the things that I wish were at the show but weren’t:

I was expecting Infiniti to display the next G35 Coupe as they did last year, but it was nowhere to be found. When I spoke with an Infiniti representative, he said they will be revealing the final production version at the New York Auto Show in April, and that it will be going on sale later this year for the 2008 model year. It’s going on sale earlier than I thought, so the fact that it wasn’t there is totally worth it.

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Ford came out with some really cool billboards for the Mustang. The first time I saw this, I assumed the pictures were just taken at the right angle, and wouldn’t look right from any other angle. Turns out the billboards are made from a semi-transparent Lexan. That way no matter what time of day, season, or weather, it blurs the background to convey a sense of speed. Cool, isn’t it?

Go here to check out the ads: Ford Billboards

I’m not a big fan of MySpace. It’s coded terribly, breaks all the time, and every other persons page is loaded with ridiculous graphics, flashing lights, loud crappy music that plays without you asking it to, and giant ugly sparkling glitter letters. But it does have its good side. When someone visits your page, you want it to convey your personality like a personal home page would. Most of the MySpace pages out there do that, but in a very bad, distracting, and seizure-inducing way.

If you’re a Mustang fan, you’re in luck. Get rid of the big flashing “Mustang Lover” graphic and get one of the nicely designed Mustang Myspace Layouts created by one of my sponsors, American Muscle. Keep reading for more info and pictures: Continue Reading…