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Carroll Shelby has been the subject of many a blog post and article over the past week and a half since his passing. Over the course of his almost nine-decade life, Shelby was involved ...    Read more

Sorry, cannabis aficionados, we're not talking about your favorite comedy duo from the 70s and 80s. But we are talking about the high-power muscle of the 2013 Ford Shelby GT 500, and what its prodigious power output can do to a set of high-performance radials. Before we go further, we ...    Read more

Here's a scenario: you've just inherited more money then you know what to do with from a great uncle you didn't know existed – what car do you buy with the money? To help with your decision making process, we compiled a list of the top 10 most expensive vehicles ...    Read more

A new automotive industry report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out, and we've found some interesting takeaways: one, Ford's new model turnover will be the quickest of the American big three automakers over the next four years; two, that turnover will be led by crossovers and trucks; and ...    Read more

Ford has practically owned the police cruiser market for 15 years, but the automaker recently replaced the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor with the Taurus-based Interceptor. Dodge and Chevy are trying harder than ever to take a piece of the pie away from Ford with new Charger Pursuit and Caprice ...    Read more

Wheel spin and tire smoke are common when launching a muscle car, and while Ford engineers worked hard to make the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 the most powerful production Mustang, they also wanted to make sure buyers could hold its ...    Read more

The market of compact hybrid people movers will grow this year with the addition of the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, and it's trying to steal the 2012 Toyota Prius v's thunder. Ford says that the C-Max Hybrid will cost $26,790, some $520 less than the Prius v. Ford made the announcement ...    Read more

Former Ford chairman and CEO Harold Arthur "Red" Poling died Saturday in California at the age of 86. Poling is best remembered for helping revive Ford during the 1980s, steering the automaker on a course that led to a string of best-selling products that ran into the 1990s. After serving an ...    Read more

With a reputation for transforming fast cars into barely-street-legal, gasoline-fueled missiles, Hennessey Performance always satisfies our hunger for high horsepower. The company’s latest videos show it’s still up to its old tricks. The Hennessey-modified Ford GT of Mark Heidaker broke the record for standing half-mile at 212.9 mph, ...    Read more

These new spy photos reveal that the Ford F-150 pickup family will soon receive new grille designs. The F-150 FX4 and XLT trims receive grilles that resemble those of the larger Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks, while the Lariat model gets a restyled three-bar grille. As these spy photos show, the ...    Read more

One challenge engineers face when designing sporty cars is balancing interior noise against the desire to make it sound good. This challenge is extra difficult in the case of hot hatches like the Ford Focus ST. The Blue Oval’s engineers proved their mettle, however, by coming up with a device ...    Read more

Carroll Shelby was nothing if not a car guy, and much of his legacy will live in his automotive creations, of which there are many. While Shelby has made enough gas-powered race cars and street machines to fill books, we've compiled a list of our very favorites. Original Shelby Cobra Carroll Shelby ...    Read more

Ford of Europe says it expects to more than triple 2011’s EcoBoost sales by 2015, reports Automotive News. The automaker sold 141,000 vehicles powered by an EcoBoost engine in 2011 and aims to increase that number to 480,000 in 2015. The number of models available with an EcoBoost engine will ...    Read more

2011-2013 Ford F-150, Ford Expedition, Ford Mustang, Lincoln Navigator The Problem: The transmission range sensor on the affected vehicles may not indicate that reverse gear has been engaged, neither lighting up the "R" in the gauge cluster nor illuminating the reverse lights. Whether or not the internal and exterior lights illuminate, ...    Read more

Vehicle sales in the U.S are currently on pace for their best year since 2007, reports Bloomberg, and automakers are currently boosting their production capabilities in order to meet pent-up consumer demand. According to Bloomberg, analysts have revised their initial estimates of 13.6 million vehicles sold upward to 14.3 million following ...    Read more

A new supercharger kit for 2007-2012 Shelby GT500 models has been announced by Shelby Performance Parts. Designed to replace the stock roots-type supercharger of the 5.4-liter V-8, the Shelby/Whipple 3.4L Black Supercharger Tuner Kit can increase output by as much as 300 horsepower and, according to Shelby, is ...    Read more

Despite not going on sale until this fall, Ford has already launched an early configurator for the all-new 2013 Fusion on its website. Potential buyers get to pick from a wide assortment of colors, trims, powertrains, and options to deck out their Fusions. The one thing that's missing from this configurator ...    Read more

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a tough track to take on four wheels, but one daredevil decided to up the ante in today's Feature Flick and take the famous southern California racetrack, in a Ford Mustang, on just two. That doesn't mean that the video's star, James "Ski" Smith, took a ...    Read more

It didn’t take long for noted GM tuner Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) to extract more juice from the stock version of the mighty Camaro ZL1. And as we reported last week, in addition to more power, the guys at LPE -- with Hot Rod magazine’s ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. 2013 Ford Focus ST Gets $24,495 Price Tag, 252-HP Rating Hot hatch fans, pay attention: Ford has revealed how much its 2013 Focus ...    Read more

A total of 67 dealers are now certified to sell the 2012 Ford Focus Electric when it goes on sale later this spring. Located in New York, New Jersey, and California, the dealers are the first of many expected to receive certification for Ford’s first commercially available electric ...    Read more

U.S. and German automakers have agreed on a common EV charger in an effort to spread the use of electric vehicles. Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen will demonstrate the DC-fast charging with a ...    Read more

The long-anticipated Toyobaru twins hit showrooms soon and many want to know if these sports cars are worth buying over the similarly priced and more powerful Mustang V-6. In this Feature Flick, Motor Trend’s Angus MacKenzie takes to the canyon roads to get a better impression of the Subaru ...    Read more

The compact crossover continues to provide volume close to that of the midsize sedan class and, for April, the new Honda CR-V was the segment’s best-selling example at 23,627 units sold. That number represents an improvement of 9.0 percent over April 2011, when the model sold ...    Read more

Ford can't keep up with demand for its EcoBoost V-6 and 3.7-liter V-6 engines. The automaker is adding a third shift to its Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, a move that is expected to require 250 jobs mostly filled by former employees at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 2, which ...    Read more