This is a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback that has been completely rebuilt, repainted, and fitted with a new 408 cubic inch Windsor V8 from BluePrint Engines – capable of 464 bhp and 509 lb ft of torque. The suspension and brakes have also been uprated to better handle the improved power output, and the car has a newly upholstered interior …
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How Much Carbon Fiber Is Too Much Carbon Fiber? I Don’t Know, But Here’s The New Ford Mustang GTD ‘Liquid Carbon’
In the context of the Ford Mustang GTD, a carbon fiber aesthetics package is clinically uninteresting. I mean, this is a street-legal racecar made by Multimatic; it has an inboard rear suspension that you can see through plexiglass; it has a ridiculous 815-horsepower, supercharged 5.2-liter V8; it can lap the Nürburgring in well under 7 minutes; its wing is enormous … …
Read More »It’s Your Last Chance to Buy a Ford GT
Did you know that the Ford GT was technically still in production? It’s true—Ford never completely halted manufacturing of the limited-run GT Mk IV track model, which debuted in 2023. But now, the iconic sports car’s impressive eight-year run is officially coming to a close. Today, Ford announced the final production wave of the GT Mk IV. With most of …
Read More »Ford Says Towing Is ‘Significantly Less Important’ For Its $30,000 EV Pickup
Ford is betting that affordability will be the best feature it can give its $30k EV pickup. The automaker knows buyers will likely never use the truck for towing or hauling, so it built it for something else entirely. This is the secret sauce for building an affordable EV: going back to basics. Ford’s new affordable electric pickup could have …
Read More »At $31,995, Does This 2019 Ford Mustang GT Offer Some Serious Bang For Your Buck?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mustang checks all the right boxes — six-speed stick, Recaro seats, and stealthy-gray paint among the highlights. We’ll have to decide if this pony’s price tag is worth whipping out the checkbook. Getting by on its looks was not something the 2000 Toyota WiLL we considered yesterday will …
Read More »Ford Is Leaning Into Cheap EVs. What Wall Street Is Saying. – Barron's
Ford Is Leaning Into Cheap EVs. What Wall Street Is Saying. Barron’s The Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair Will Die Later This Year Edmunds Ford invests $5B in Kentucky and Michigan plants for new ‘affordable’ electric pickup truck production Fox Business Ford’s New $30,000 EV Pickup Cuts Against Washington Bloomberg.com Inside Ford’s decision to double down on electric vehicles Axios Source link
Read More »Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s top executive unveiled the new EV strategy at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant which, after producing gas-powered vehicles for 70 years, will be …
Read More »Ford says it will roll out a cheaper electric pickup truck : NPR
Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks at the Louisville Assembly Plant, in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 11. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption toggle caption Darron Cummings/AP Ford is making a multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles. At the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky on Monday morning, Ford executives announced that they plan to retool the factory so they can roll out a midsize …
Read More »Ford overhauls plant to produce electric vehicles despite Trump funding pullback
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build, and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s top executive unveiled the new EV strategy at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant which, after producing gas-powered vehicles for 70 years, will be …
Read More »Ford Pulled a 113-Year Old Logo From The Vaults And It’s Pretty Clear Why
Ford is making a huge announcement as we speak, about a new electric car/truck platform that will be used for a wide variety of cars, but the thing that caught my attention was in the background, and was more than a century old: a logo. A Ford logo, of course, but one that hasn’t really been in use since the …
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