It’s not every day that a government agency fights for more horsepower. But Florida’s Attorney General office has launched a formal investigation of alleged false advertising in Ford Motor Co.’s ...

In journalism school, much was spoken about the “power of the press” and how it must be wielded with wisdom and forethought. Sometimes that isn’t possible. Sometimes things just happen. Such as the ...

Why didn't Ford build a 2000 SVT Mustang Cobra? Because it was busy fixing a problem. The potent 4-cam 4.6-liter V-8 in the 1999 Cobra didn't put out 320 bhp as claimed. This was due in part to the ...

Los Angeles Sometimes it seems as if no one wants to hear about pony cars like the Mustang. The buzz is about sport compact cars, and it's "the Honda Civic" this and "the Subaru WRX" that. Yet the ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

The setting was a secret test track in California in the fall of 1996. Members of Ford’s Special Vehicle Team watched anxiously as a select group of mostly men with a big thirst for power and ...

Ford has always been a progressive company. Seeing the future, it abandoned the classic pushrod 302 in the Mustang for 1996 to make way for a new breed of Ford modular engines. Ford’s intent was to ...

The 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra arrived with a new engine, fresh styling and serious performance, yet it never quite earned the spotlight its spec sheet promised. While later Cobras and modern Coyote ...