Is Ford Working On Another Supercar?

These are interesting times we live in. While currently blessed with an absurd amount of horsepower and performance, available from virtually every manufacturer, we enthusiasts can see the writing on the wall. CAFE standards are about to go from strict to absurd, and like it or not we’ll be served up hybrid or turbocharged small displacement engine options as our only alternatives. Want a V8? Sucks to be you, because you’re not getting one for much longer, except in a select number of halo cars sold in low volumes at high prices. Read more

Reminiscing: Twin Turbo Ford GT Video (NSFW language)

Fortunate for us we are based out of Florida and had the opportunity to meet Joe, the infamous owner of one of the post powerful Ford GT Twin Turbo’s in the world just a few years ago. The video below from IMV Films is a rather old video but still very entertaining to watch a fellow automotive enthusiast really love his ‘hobby’. Today is a day of reminiscing the good-ol street racing that use to go on in our area and Joe’s Ford GT Twin Turbo.

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Video: Jay Leno’s #12 Chassis 2005 Ford GT “The Greatest Ford Of All”

The iconic Ford GT40 remains to be a classic and the reintroduction of the GT in 2005 in a new road-going form made a lot of enthusiasts very happy. One happy enthusiast to purchase one was Jay Leno. Jay had some unfortunate bad luck with buying a ‘real’ GT40 and instead purchased his red 2005 Ford GT which was number 12, the first one available for purchase.

Enjoy the video below of Jay explaining his whole story in obtaining the vehicle along with a few photos of the crew who built it. Of course Jay takes it for a spin in the video. Enjoy!

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AutomotiveAddicts.com Tours Heffner Performance – An Enthusiast Dream Shop

The Automotive Addicts crew had the opportunity to visit Heffner Performance. Not only do they pump out some of the fastest cars in the world, but they do it with the professionalism and top quality that you usually do not expect from your local tuner shop.

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200MPH Club: The Benchmark Has Been Set – Can You Keep Up?

Supercars are now part of a new club in my opinion. Whether you agree with me or not, a new benchmark as has been set for performance cars to be called a “supercar”. The 200mph mark seems almost like a standard if a car wants to be in the once-sacred “supercar status”. I realize many supercars only reach speeds just shy of 200mph but when you consider the over-all performance of some vehicles and the astonishing capabilities, you might as-well welcome them to the 200mph club. With a few (pricy) bolt-ons or ECU programming you may be able to add another 10 to 20 mph to the top speed of many supercars anyway.

Our good friend, Chris Grosser, set out to Ochopee, Florida at a rented 2 mile long aviation runway just recently. The goal was to achieve top speed (in a supercar) during a series of runs in a controlled environment. I am not sure of anything that is more fun other than blasting down flat-out on a runway in a supercar. Below is the excerpt from Chris’s new blog. I encourage you to check out some of his professional photography shots if you have the time.

Image Gallery and excerpt from Chris Grosser’s site below…

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