As dope as the Ford Raptor is, there are plenty of people who wish that Dearborn’s high performance vehicle skunkworks – which goes by the Ford Performance moniker worldwide these days – had stuck to...
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Fifty years ago this June, Ferrari’s perennial stranglehold on overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was finally broken by a Ford GT40 Mk. II engineered and entered by Shelby American. Now Superformance,...
Even as more and more modern vehicles make the switch to downsized turbocharged engines to meet efficiency mandates, there’s at least one corner of the automotive universe where there’s still no replacement for displacement. We...
Considering the current industry-wide shift toward downsized, forced-induction engines for everything from subcompact transportation pods to moon-sized pickup trucks, the new Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang’s rev-happy naturally-aspirated 5.2L flat-plane crankshaft V8 is a breath of...
Off-roading geeks are all a-tingle in their no-no regions regarding the 2017 second-generation Ford F-150 Raptor. That’s understandable, since the new truck has Fox Racing suspension bits and other chassis goodies similar to those on...
The story of Ford’s conquest of Ferrari and the rest of Europe’s best at sports car racing’s highest level in the late 1960s is widely known. However, not quite as many people seem to be...
Dodge’s blower-whine wonder twins – the Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat – easily rule the modern OEM-built muscle car roost. However, if you include aftermarket tuners in the mix, the demonic Dodge duo’s...
One of the undisputed stars of last November’s Los Angeles Auto Show was the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang, a model with a legendary name that’s essentially taking over from the two previous-generation mega Mustangs,...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Shelby Cobra capturing the World Manufacturers Championship for GT cars, defeating the might of Ferrari. You can bet there will be plenty of events taking place to...
When you hear or read the name “Shelby” in an automotive context, you’re mind most likely jumps to high-powered vehicles with an emphasis on maximizing on-pavement performance. That stereotype makes the idea of a first-generation...