Car Throttle

Ford is pretty near close to being on top of the world right now, overtaking General Motors in last months sales numbers, winning Motor Trend's Car of the Year award with the Fusion and becoming the new darling of the press. Last year at the Los Angeles International Auto Show the Mustang V-6 was introduced for 2011, making some impressive figures. 305 horsepower and 31 MPG! That is one for the record books Ford says, making the Mustang V-6 the only car with that kind of fuel economy from 305 horsepower. The new 5.0-liter's figures are no less impressive. The 5.0-liter V-8 in the 2011 model makes 412-horsepower (!) and achieves an EPA rating of 17 mpg city and 26 highway, when equipped with the six-speed manual transmission. Those are best-in-class

2010 Unleashed was the promotional campaign for the model year 2010 Mustang, but it looks like the real "unleashing" is going to be done in calender year 2010, when the new engines for the Mustang arrived. With the Camaro outselling the Mustang over the past few months, Ford had to up its game with the Mustang. The new 305 horsepower, 30 miles per gallon (impressive) Mustang V-6 was released at the beginning of the month for the LA Auto Show. With the V-6 only 10 ponies under the Mustang GT, it was clear the V-8 was due for an upgrade. It has gotten that - a bit earlier than expected too. Thanks to the power of the internet, details of the new powerplant leaked out on