Ford Focus family car challenge – Clarkson’s Car Years – BBC
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
In this clip Clarkson reviews the ford focus’ vs the BMW 3 series. Which has the greatest potential as a family car? From the BBC
Duration : 0:3:46
Any new car on sale information?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Price range: $20K to 25K. Big discounts or low APR preferable.
This is such a broad question. If you are looking for a car, try the Ford Fusion ot the Ford Five Hundred. Both are offering great incentives, and are right in that price range! E-mail me direct if you have any more questions at stevenlaureys@hotmail.com s. Laureys
How can I buy a new car if I owe more than what my car I have now is worth?
Monday, February 15th, 2010I have a 2002 Ford Explorer with about 75,000 miles on it and I owe $9,000 and it is only worth about $3500 trade in value. Can I buy a new car with that much debt owed on it? Are there any incentives or grants that I can apply for to help me buy a new car without taking a $5000 loss on it. I live in Lancaster county PA. Thank you.
what is the problem of your ford explorer it is a nice car with just 75000 mi .it will last at least for another 75000 mi.
Anyone still buying brand new cars?
Friday, February 12th, 2010Just wondering if anyone is still buying brand new cars. Just saw on TV that new car sales are down 40% from the same time last year. I drive old 15+ year cars, and never will pay over $2000 for any car. I have a 1985 Chevy Custom Deluxe I paid $1300 for, and my girlfriend has a 1988 Buick Century she paid $900 for.
Heck no, I have a old ford ranger that I bought for $1,500 about 3 years back and the only thing that has busted was the water pump and the alternator. Fixed both myself for under $100 and has been going strong ever since. I just don’t see the point in a new car when cheap old beaters do the same thing(wheels turn)
Fast New Shelby Mustang GT500 Full Test
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
FULL MUSTANG GT500 COVERAGE @ INSIDELINE.COM:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=145566?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..1.*
It’s something like trying to drive the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 on a roller-coaster, only there are no steel tracks to keep you from slithering off the pavement and ending up in a flaming heap of 540-horsepower Mustang.
You can’t even see where you’re going, really. Hard on it, the GT500’s rear tires begin spinning just as you can see nothing but sky in the windshield. You’re on top of the hump at the entrance to Infineon Raceway’s Turn 6, and as your stomach and both right-side tires go weightless, you start a long, long dive to the left, sliding sideways all the way down the hill and around the 180-degree corner.
The Shelby GT500 is so torqued up with the cornering force from the low-profile 19-inch tires and the drive from the supercharged V8 that you can practically hear the welds popping in the chassis. But something is different this time — palms are not slick with sweat, tires are not threatening to let go at the most inopportune moment and steering left in order to go right is a joy and not a reflex of self-preservation.
The 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 gets 2 mpg more on the EPA highway cycle this year. The Ford engineers are really proud of this. But every time we make another lap and slide down Turn 6, we have our doubts that fuel economy is what this car is about.
Serving Our Inner Adolescent
We’re behaving like adults as the Ford engineers tell us all about the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, even as we hear a couple of the cars making shake-down runs on the quarter-mile strip at Infineon Raceway a few hundred feet away. And in many ways, the GT500 itself is trying to act more like an adult, casting aside the muscle-bound character of the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500.
As the Ford people tell us, they started with the limited-production 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR, the exclusive (1,700 examples built) and revenue-enhancing (MSRP $79,995) Mustang produced last year. And aside from a few fewer Shelby badges (the KR had many to spare), the GT500 is like the KR in almost every way, except it’s built at the Mustang plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, rather than at the Shelby facility in Las Vegas.
You can tell as soon as you open the new GT500’s hood, complete with hot-air extractors. The supercharged and intercooled DOHC 5.4-liter V8 with its truck-style iron block is still in place, but now it carries a conical air filter in its own sealed cold-air box behind the left-side headlight, an innovation that increases airflow while resisting power-sapping heat soak. For the GT500, this new cold-air intake required the migration of the iconic Cobra badge on the grille from the left side to the right side.
Duration : 0:4:37
How do I sell my old car when I am using my license plates on my new car.?
Sunday, January 24th, 2010I live in Toronto, Ontario. I am planning on buying a used car through private sale. When I buy the car, I will be transferring my license plates from my old 1996 Ford Escort to my new car. I will then need to sell my old car. What do I use for license plates for the old car when prospective car buyers want to take it for a test drive. Do I need to keep the license plates on my old car, and buy new license plates for the new car, and then return the old license plates when I sell my old car – or am I stuck with two license plates. Do I need to keep insurance on the old car while I am selling it?
You can’t transfer plates until your old car is sold , you will have to buy new plates for the car you are buying and when you sell the car you just have to destroy the plates from your old car, you should keep liability on your old car until it’s sold as people will want to drive it.
What is the average car insurance price for a new driver?
Thursday, January 21st, 2010I have my driver licence almost eight months ago in NH. Now I moved to Mas and I pay about $ 210 per month for car insurance. I want to know if I can find cheaper or this not too bad for a new driver. I own a 2000 ford Taurus since two months. What do you think guys?
the cheapest insurance i could find when i first started driving was nationwide but it was still just over 200$/month. So it looks like your right in the ball park of it all for full coverage.
Fifth Gear – Renault Modus v Volvo 940 Crash Test
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Where are you better off in a head-on crash? A modern-day 5* Euro NCAP car, or an old banger that’s built like a tank?
Duration : 0:3:31
Design flaws in American made cars
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
This video shows how American car companys design their cars to fail in order to collect profits in repair costs or new car sales.
Duration : 0:8:3
Mad Max Interceptor Replica With REAL Blower and Scott EFI – Tannersville, New York Car Show 2007
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Unlike the actual film car, which had a non-operational supercharger system, this replica has both a functional 6-71 Blower & Scott EFI unit, atop a 351 Cleveland specifically designed for supercharger application from Pat Musi Performance in New Jersey. Vehicle is located in New York.
Second car is a genuine Boss 351 Mustang, 1 of 1806 ever manufactured…
More about the Interceptor/Pursuit Special can be found at madmaxmovies.com
Original Movie Interceptor
The original movie Interceptor began life as a standard 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon Coupe. In 1976, film makers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began pre-production on Mad Max, a futuristic police movie. For the film, they needed a vehicle to feature as the “Black on Black, Pursuit Special Police Interceptor’ – the sleek, mean and powerful high performance Police car of the Main Force Patrol.
Murray Smith was hired as part of the Mad Max crew and one of his tasks was to design and build the Interceptor. The project began with his acquisition of the XB Falcon, mentioned above, and with Peter Arcadipane, Ray Beckerley, and various others, proceeded to modify the car to film specifications. The key modification was the Concorde Show Van front end, roof and trunk spoilers, fender flares and the supercharger equipped with a Scott fuel injector hat ( which was for appearance only and non-functional ). The Concorde front was a fairly new accessory at the time, designed by Peter Arcadipane at Ford of Australia as a showpiece. The car also received quite a few other minor modifications to complete the package such as, an on/off blower switch, Max Rob steering wheel, interior blue police light, siren, and a custom roof mounted police radio. There was only ONE Black Interceptor ever built for the first Mad Max film.
Following the production of Mad Max, the car was no longer needed, and was modified once more to make it suitable for use as a standard road car (basically by removing the blower and the side pipes). It was then toured around Melbourne to shopping centers and car shows as part of the promotion done for the film. Following this promotional work, the car was put up for sale.
In the mean time, this low budget Australian film had gained worldwide success, prompting a sequel, Mad Max 2 or The Road Warrior, as it was released as in the US. The Black Interceptor was then reacquired by Kennedy-Miller Studios for use once more. The blower and side pipes were reinstalled, although different to the originals, along with changing the rear wheels. The car was further modified to fit the setting of the new film, with large gas tanks fitted in the trunk, it’s general appearance given a more used and stressed look and the front end was also modified by removing the bottom spoiler. In addition to modifying the original car, a duplicate car was built for Mad Max 2 for filming of driving sequences, while the original car was used for all the close ups and interior shots.
When the story eventually required the Black Interceptor to be destroyed in a spectacular crash and burn up sequence, the duplicate car was used, leaving the original more or less intact. However, it’s use for the filmmakers was over, and the car was collected by a used metal dealer from Broken Hill for scrap, along with several other vehicles from the film. Although it was supposed to be scrapped, the new ‘owner’ was reluctant to destroy this important car, and it was ultimately passed on to a colleague, Ray Evans, from Adelaide. The car then sat outside Ray Evans’ junk yard for more than three years, and was the subject of much interest. After negotiations, Bob Forsenko, a fan of this film series, purchased the Interceptor and sent it to Franklin Side Crash Restorers where Tony and Mario Romeo restored it to it’s original glory however, retaining the tanks fitted in the sequel. Eventually Forsenko contacted Murray Smith, and confirmed that this was, in fact, the original car which Murray built for Kennedy-Miller studios.
In 1993, Forsenko sold the Interceptor to Dr. Peter Nelson, the director, curator and owner of the ‘Cars of the Stars Motor Museum’ in Keswick, England, where it now resides with other famous film and TV cars.
Duration : 0:1:0
