2003 - Ford Mustang on 2040-cars
Washington Grove, Maryland, United States
Listing my 2003 Mustang Cobra. Rare Sonic Blue, only 1052 produced. These are hard to find especially with low mileage. Car currently has 40,950 miles. This may slightly rise if I decide to take it out for a spin. I do not daily drive the car. It is garage kept. This Cobra has been lightly modified. Motor, fuel and transmission have remained untouched. It is getting harder and harder to find these Cobra's that have not been heavily modified and tinkered with. Mods Include: 2.93 upper supercharger pulley, Cold air intake system, H&R Race Springs, Black SVE Drift Wheels 18x9, 18x10, Brand new BFG Comp2 tires in front, 265x35x18, Brand new BFG Drag radials in rear, 295/35/18. Just installed a MGW short throw shifter with the orange handle. This handle is fully adjustable. Car has an Off Road X pipe with a Magnaflow Catback system. Has a great sound, not raspy and somewhat tame at regular driving speeds, this will really open up under full throttle. Car has stock interior. Windows are tinted. Door bezels are painted sonic blue as you would normally see in a Saleen model. Cross drilled and slotted rotors with painted red calipers. Powered by Ford Coil covers, these are powder coated black. Mechanically this car is sound. I just changed the oil about 1,000 miles ago. No accident history, no repaint history. Car is very near stock so you can mod however you would like, or keep it how it is! Car tuned via SCT mail order tune. I have not personally had on the dyno. The SCT Tuner (handheld) is not included with the sale. I do not have the SVT Certificate and it only has 1 key. I do not have the stock wheels. What you see in the pictures is exactly what you are bidding on / buying. I am the fifth owner, bought the vehicle from a dealer back in April 2014. It's just no working out with my 1 year old daughter. I just want to get back into a nice "family" friendly car. I am very familiar with these Cobra's. I have been around them for the last 8 years. I used to have a twin turbo cobra so I am very knowledgeable. Please feel free to ask any questions. Car is located in Havre de Grace, MD 21078. I am willing to assist with shipping, buyer must make those arrangements. I'm about 1 hour from BWI Airport and could pickup any out of state buyer that would want to fly in and drive it home.
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2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Supercrew
Fri, 15 Mar 2013I'm not normally a pickup kind of guy, but the 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor won me over nearly instantly. The street-legal trophy truck - there is really no other way to accurately describe it - is big, brawny and incredibly capable. Let's just say it's every bit the monster it visually portrays. I spent a week pretending I was one of Ford's Baja 1000 drivers, but lacking desert sand, I headed into the local mountains where a mild winter storm had dropped a couple inches of fresh snow on my favorite off-road park. The Ford was, for the most part, practically unstoppable.
Ford offers its SVT Raptor package on Supercab and Supercrew platforms with the five-foot, five-inch bed. The Supercrew I tested rides on a 144-inch wheelbase (about a foot longer than the Supercab). In addition to its cosmetic differences when compared to the standard F-150 - there isn't a young boy on the planet who doesn't think the matte black Ford grille is cool - the Raptor has a 73.6-inch track - nearly seven inches wider than the track on the standard F-150.
After upgrading the F-150 SVT Raptor significantly for the 2012 model year, there are only a few changes for 2013. The list includes standard high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps, Hill Descent Control, forged beadlock-capable wheels, and the new matte Terrain color (aka "Desert Storm") option seen on my test model.
VW going turbo-only in 3 to 4 years
Wed, 18 Sep 2013This really was a matter of when, rather than if. Volkswagen will apparently be the first manufacturer to phase out naturally aspirated engines in favor of turbocharging its full slate. VW is kind of responsible for ushering in this push towards small-displacement, turbocharged engines that's taken the industry by storm. When it dropped its direct-injection, 2.0-liter turbo in the 2005 GTI it demonstrated that strapping an iron long to an engine can enhance the powertrain as a whole. VW made fuel economy gains, while also giving a linear, non-laggy turbo experience that it has replicated, model-after-model, to this day.
Speaking with The Detroit News, Volkswagen's executive Vice President of Group Quality, Marc Trahan, told the paper that, "We only have one normally aspirated gas engine, and when we go to the next generation vehicle that it's in, it will be replaced. So three, four years maximum."
Really, it's hard to get teary-eyed about either of these engines going away. VW has access to smaller powerplants that could easily match the performance of the 2.5 five-cylinder and the 3.6 V6, while gobbling up less fuel and providing a better driving experience. What we are sad about is that a similar statement about the extinction of NA engines came from the Vice President of Powertrain Engineering at Ford, Joe Bakaj. We'd certainly get teary-eyed over a world without Ford's excellent 5.0-liter V8.
Has the auto industry hit peak hybrid?
Thu, 12 Jun 2014Hybrids are known for their great fuel economy and low emissions, but it looks like given current market conditions, only about three percent of new car consumers are willing to pay the premium for them. A new study from IHS/Polk finds that the hybrid market share among overall US auto sales are falling, despite more models with the technology on sale than ever before.
The study examined new car registrations in March from 2009 through 2014. In that time, the auto industry grew from 24 to 47 hybrid models available to consumers, but market share for the powertrain remained almost stagnant in that time. As of 2009, hybrids held 2.4 percent of the market; it fell slightly to 2.3 percent in 2010 and grew to 3.3 percent in 2013. However, 2014 showed a drop back to 3 percent. Overall hybrid sales have been growing since 2010, but they just aren't keeping up with the total auto market.
According to IHS/Polk, this isn't what you would expect to see. Usually, each new model in the market brings along with it a boost in sales. The growth in hybrid models 2009 to 2014 should have shown a larger increase in share for the segment.