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...
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November brings shorter days, cooler weather and a massive culling of the American turkey population. It also brings car manufacturers from far and wide here to Southern California for the Los Angeles Auto Show. We’re...
When Chevrolet rolled out the Camaro Z/28 last year, it unleashed a track-ready car that was not only capable of roughing up such luminaries as the Porsche 911 GT3, Dodge Viper ACR and Lotus Elise/Exige,...
One of the highlights of the automotive “buff book” year is Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car competition. The L.A.-based mag spends the better part of a week sampling some of the year’s sportiest cars on...
The new Ford Mustang builds on the successful formula established by the current car by adding a new engine (an optional EcoBoost turbocharged 2.3L inline-four) and independent rear suspension on all models. However, there is...
The Ford SVT Raptor – the highly-capable, highly muscular F-150-based trophy-truck-for-five – is still something of a novelty here in its homeland, despite having been around since the 2010 model year. So we’re not sure...
There’s an age-old axiom in the motoring world: Speed costs money; how fast do you want to go? The implication is, of course, that if you want to drive something that’s scorchingly fast, you have...
The Shelby GT500s of the last three or four years are the fastest, most powerful Mustangs that Ford has ever offered. Even if you aren’t rocking a 2013 model with the bigger 5.8L engine, you’ve...
The Ford F150 SVT Raptor is one of the most capable new vehicles you can buy. It’s also one of the most muscular new pickup trucks you can buy, with its 6.2L V8 kicking out...
The Ford Mustang has been cast in the lead vehicular role for multiple high profile movies over the years: Bullitt, Gone in 60 Seconds (the original and the remake) and A Man and a Woman...