If you had to pick two vehicles to play with in the back woods of Maine, which would you go with? Ok, let’s pull a Unimog off of the list. Now what would you go with? Odds are, most of you are thinking along the SVT Raptor lines, but if you were on the staff [...]
If you’ve been saving your milk money and patiently waiting for Ford to drop word on just how much its bad ass pick-up will cost, we’ve got news for you. The 5.4-liter V8-powered beast, complete with 13.4-inches of travel out back and 11.2 up front can be yours starting at $38,995. If you’re thinking that’s [...]
I don’t need to tell you one of the best parts of an auto show is all the cool cut-aways manufacturers roll out. This year’s Detroit Auto Show was no different, with just about every team in play serving up either cool engine or a complete rig cut away to reveal the inner workings. The [...]
By the end of the Detroit Auto Show we were able to run around and catch a few more of Detroit’s black sheep. Hidden away in the dark recesses of Cobo Center were the likes of high-dollar Bentleys, mega-muscle Lamborghinis and more than a few examples of American V8 gusto. Despite its inherent awesome, Ford’s [...]
Ford’s Contour is one of the most underrated cars of the past fifteen years. And I’m not even slightly joking. Okay, the quality wasn’t great (I snapped off a seatbelt while putting it on, once), but they were surprisingly fun to drive. By the late 1990s Ford’s European cars had some of the best steering [...]
Everybody’s talking about SVT this week, whether it’s Baja race trucks or our own Loverman’s erotic encounter with the production F-150 Raptor. Two months ago, however, we had a chance to leave the ground in a decidedly non-trucky SVT product — their “Red Dragon” GT500KR pre-production test car. Strap in and ride with me as [...]
Oy. Yeah. Wow. Right. Ford has done something very interesting. With a big truck, no less. They call it the F150 SVT Raptor. We saw some video of it screaming across barren desert last Friday and today the Blue Oval boys (and a lady or two) took us out to the same scorched earth and [...]
Kidding. Looks like Ford sent everyone in the auto bloggo a brown wrapped package marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” Inside was the video the new F150 SVT (maybe called “Raptor”) you will find below the jump. Neat PR stunt and two to three hundred times better than the death by a thousand cuts new Mustang “reveal.” Ahem. According [...]
Good news party people, Ford has finally begun production on its 67 mpg Fiesta. The first FoMoCo wind ups should be rolling out of the company’s factory in Cologne, Germany any time now. With a target of about 1,900 Fiestas per day, the Blue Oval plans to roll out 148,000 of the cars by the [...]
