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So, I’ve already shown pictures and gone through the big changes for the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500, and now it’s time to delve into its more mass-market brother, the Mustang (and Mustang GT). With a refresh in 2010 and new engines for the 2011 model year, the Mustang isn’t due for another big redesign until 2015. Until then, a few minor modifications will have to suffice. Read on for pictures and details, as well as Ford’s press release.
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After the “Terminator” Cobra was discontinued when its platform was replaced for the 2005 model year, a gap was left in Ford’s Mustang lineup. Starting with model year 2007, Ford’s Special Vehicles Team (SVT) began building the Shelby GT500. Based on a Ford Mustang, but tweaked from hood to rear spoiler, the GT500 has held the spot of top factory Mustang. At the LA Auto Show this month, Ford pulled the wraps off of the 2013 Shelby GT500. Read on for the laundry list of tweaks Ford’s engineers made, as well as the official press release.
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It’s not every day that a new car-related video impresses me, but the video after the jump sure did! A group of Ford Mustang fans from Poland got together and cooked up this one. It’s clean, features lots of shiny go-fast sheetmetal, and the music isn’t obnoxious, like in so many home-brewed movies. In addition to the cinematography, there’s plenty of hooliganisms going on – smoky burnouts and the like. Click past the jump for the 5 minute, 23 second long video.
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Ever since Fiat took control of Chrysler, we knew this day would arrive. The questions, however, were many. How much would change between the European Fiat 500 and the American version? Will it sell? What will it look like? Where will they sell it? Well, today I have answers for a few of those questions. First, there will be around 600 dealers appointed by Chrysler to sell Fiats. Second, the first Fiat to hit our shores, the 500 Sport, will look like the photo above and the pictures found after the jump. Third, as to whether or not it will sell, that depends upon pricing and American mindsets when it reaches us later this year, but I think it’ll be fairly popular with the city crowd as a much better alternative to the Smart ForTwo.
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Ok, so I know they’re not even in the same league; the Ford Shelby GT500 is a raw, muscular pony car with pretty good handling and a nameplate that goes back to 1964, while the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is a luxury-oriented coupe that hangs with BMWs, and whose name has only been used for the last several years. But, both being American cars, someone was going to pit them against each other, and it turns out Road & Track got it done, and posted it to YouTube. Click past the jump to see the video.
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