While the 540 HP 2010 ShelbyGT500 is still new to the world, those lucky folks over at Garage419 got a chance for a little hooliganism in the car already! While most cars have enough trouble trying to do a forward burnout that encases the surrounding area in smoke, this stallion has the power to liquefy the tires going forward or backwards!
While its a 1 minute video for a 12 second burnout, if you have the patience to watch the whole thing(or the smarts to move the slider bar), the last 10 seconds prove just what happens when you floor the car while its in reverse. Read the rest of this entry »
Carol Shelby personally took the wraps off one of the most bad-ass street legal Mustangs ever built: the ShelbyGT500Super SnakePrudhomme Edition. This boss Mustang proves 750 HP is always a fitting tribute to end a current model.
Named for the Top Fuel drag racer, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, who drove for Shelby in 1968, the ShelbyGT500Super SnakePrudhomme Edition features a lengthy listed of custom modifications. Aside from the 750 horsepower (800hp on race fuel) Kenne Bell-supercharged 5.4-liter V8, the car features a fiberglass full-tilt front end, Shelby rear drag wing, eight-point roll cage, six-piston front brakes, rear seat delete, coilover springs and Bogart wheels all in a street legal package you can purchase for $149,995. Now if $150K seems a bit high for you, Shelby will allow you to bring your own, previously purchased, GT500 in and they’ll do the retrofit for the low low price of $99,995. Production will be set at a very limited 100 examples…oh and if you didn’t catch it before, it’s STREET LEGAL. Read the rest of this entry »
This picture (and the ones after the jump) were captured during a deadly game of hide-and-seek between a hungry polar bear and an Alaskan man who stumbled into its path.
The bear — the only species known to actively hunt humans — stalked the man as he left his job as a surveyor in Barrow, the northernmost town in Alaska.
At first, he tried to hide behind the truck until, sensing his presence, the bear dived across the hood and pursued the man in circles around his locked Ford. Unable to unlock the doors quickly enough to evade his pursuer, the man gambled that the GM pickup parked a few feet over was unlocked. As he reached it the bear caught up and mauled the man, leaving over 100 deep claw marks in his back and head. Somehow, the man escaped, crawling through the unlocked door of the GM just in time.
Ford managed to be nice and save money by wishing GM a happy 100th birthday not by cake and card, but by spelling it out in lights on the side of their world headquarters in Dearborn, MI. Whether the act was that of penny-pinching or creativity, one thing’s for sure — it was a well done. We managed to get the memo sent around reminding Ford’s world headquarters staff to keep their blinds open below the jump.
Meet the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, it gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can’t afford to sell it in the U.S. What’s that? If ever there was a car made for today, this would be it. The ECOnetic is a sporty subcompact that seats 5, has a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor Company, the company known mainly for portly gas hogs.
Ford’s 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic will go on sale in November 2008. But here’s the problem. This beauty, even with the car’s potential to change Ford’s image to help it compete with Toyota and Honda in Ford’s home market, will only be sold in Europe.
“We know it’s an awesome vehicle,” says Ford America President Mark Fields. “But there are business reasons why we can’t sell it in the U.S.” The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.
