The AV8R Mustang has been powered by a supercharger 4.6 liter SOHC V8 engine that has the ability to push out 400 horsepower. It is available in anodized silver paint and has been equipped with modified shocks, springs, anti-roll bars, a strut tower brace, and a Ford Racing suspension kit.
The interior of the AV8R is made with leather seats and trimmed with vintage bomber jackets. The dashboard trim is taken from the Bullitt Mustang and the whole thing is finished with a turned aluminum pattern.
The new KITT Mustang used for NBC’s new show “Knight Rider” has been revamped once again. KITT has been given a new attack mode look and has boosted the power and technology it uses (at least for the show).
Over the weekend Ford used the heavily camouflaged 2010 Mustang to be the pace car for the Kohler International Challenge vintage race at Road America. The Mustang was only the prototype that played host to the Saturday Mustang Corral in Elkhart, Wisconsin.
There are some cars that just don’t seem to die out or fade out no matter what is going on in the world. Steve Saleen can be credited for many of the best cars that have been around over the years and even though he says that he is retired we all knew deep down that this wouldn’t last. After all you can’t get rid of some of the best cars on the market.
Ford has built many production cars and factory-built racers during the last four decades. What most of them don’t know is that most of these racers were derived from the Mustang. Since the middle of the ‘90’s these racers have include the Cobra R’s and a few variants of the FR500.