American Classic & Muscle Car News

The Mustang variants are starting to heat up as Barrett-Jackson and ROUSH team up to offer the 2010 Barrett-Jackson Edition ROUSH Ford Mustang.  This limited edition vehicle will feature all the ROUSH body and suspension goodies you have come to love over the years including a 540 horsepower supercharged V-8.  Also these BJ ROUSH Mustangs mark the first time ROUSH [...]

In January I posted about Michael’s world first factory right hand drive Shelby. Well this week he’s given me an update with pictures and video. Take a look after the jump.
From the looks of it it seems Michael’s build is coming along very well and very quickly! How jealous am I! Here’s Michael’s update.
“The Boys [...]

We have already learned the 2011 Mustang V-6 is the first car to achieve 30+ MPG and 300+ horsepower but now comes word the 2011 Mustang GT will lead it’s class with 26 MPG highway and 412 horsepower.  Final fuel certification was done by the EPA this week with the Mustang GT achieving 26 MPG highway [...]

You may have noticed that the site has been down for about 24hrs. Seems some boffins over in some server room somewhere unplugged something. So after worrying for a day I’m now relieved we’re back up and running. Stay tuned. New post coming tonight. – Cam

It seems what big brother does little sister has to do as well.  Ford Motor Company has announced the 2011 Mustang V6 will be the official pace car of the Food City 500 NASCAR race on March 21st at Bristol International Speedway.  This will mark the third time this year a 2011 Mustang has been given pace [...]

On an upcoming episode of Horsepower TV the hosts will transform a 2010 Red Candy Metallic convertible GT in front of your eyes to a 2010 Roush Mustang. The entire build process from start to finish will be done on the set with the episode being aired May 29th and 30th on SPIKE TV with [...]

Here is some video of the new 2010 ROUSH 540RH Mustang dubbed the “Hammer”. It’s the Ultimate Sleeper Mustang with just a few recognizable Roush accessories and a 540 horsepower 4.6-liter V-8 that can run the quarter-mile in the 11 second range.
In the video we get a look at the interior plus [...]

Could this be the worst car faux pas of the decade? Well It brings tears to my eyes seeing this and has got to be the most absurd and in my opinion idiotic thing ever done to a Lamborghini. I don’t have anything to go off except the photos, and the fact the car [...]

Official news has come by way of Ford Motor Company that the 2011 Ford Mustang 3.7-liter V-6 is the first car ever to achieve 300 plus horsepower and a 30 plus mpg fuel rating.  This week the final fuel economy tests were being done by the EPA on the 2011 Mustang V-6 with it managing 31 mpg [...]

Even the snowstorms can’t keep ’em away, February Ford Mustang sales show a modest month-to-month increase along with a 71 percent increase from the same period a year ago when sales were at historic lows.  I expect the coming months to be inline with what January and February sales were as Ford tries to clear out remaining inventory of 2010 models to [...]

StangNet, one of the most popular Ford Mustang portals on the web has taken on a very ambitious Mustang project in partnership with Ford Racing dubbed ‘Built to Cruise’.  StangNet’s ’Built to Cruise’ project  involves an 1989 LX 5.0 Mustang notchback that will receive a new 2011 Mustang 5.0-liter V-8 engine.  StangNet will be the first to transplant a 2011 5.0 [...]

Barrett-Jackson and Shelby American are teaming up again to sell another piece of history.  This time they will auction off a 2011 Shelby GT350 with serial #350 at the Palm Beach BJ event in April.  Following a successful unveiling of the supercharged 2011 Shelby GT350 at the BJ event in January Shelby American will auction a very signifigant [...]

Demand for the 2011 Ford Mustang is heating up even though no models have been produced yet.  Since the order banks opened on January 18th customers have placed 11,000 orders for the 2011 Mustang GT, V-6 and Shelby GT500 models.  Production on the 2011 Mustang is slated for some time in April with models arriving [...]

Well it’s been a bit of a wait since we saw the intitial concept drawings of Classic Recreations new offering in partnership with Carroll Shelby, but now they have finally unveiled a prototype model that looks badass! checkout the pics after the jump.
The new models take some of the Eleanor stylings but also attempts to [...]

The 2011 DUB Edition Mustang GT is a specially prepared one-off custom car built by DUB Magazine for Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Nelly.  The customized 2011 Mustang GT was built for Nelly to use for his next albums cover art which should come out sometime this spring.  So far all we have seen are [...]

The 2011 Shelby GT350 will be the official pace car of the 2010 Shelby American Sprint Cup NASCAR race held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  This will be the first time the public will get to see the new supercharged Shelby GT350 in action and it will be the first time a Shelby GT350 [...]

Adding modifications to your Ford Mustang can be time consuming depending on your level of mechanical expertise with even the simpliest appearance items giving you trouble.  For those who have never touched a wrench and want to dress up their S197 Mustang GT Motorz TV has put together an episode for you.  Motorz TV  Season 3 [...]

Well just about every Eleanor fan knows of or has seen pictures of Richard’s one-of-a-kind Super Snake Eleanor and last year I reported about how it was up for sale. Well now Richard has taken the next step and placed it on Ebay.
For those who don’t know Richard’s car has generated so much interest on [...]

Richard Petty will once again lead the Daytona 500 field but this time it will be from the specially prepared 2011 Mustang GT Daytona 500 pace car.  The Race Red 2011 Mustang GT pace car with the all-new 5.0-liter V-8 will be the first Ford product to pace the field of The Great American Race [...]