The 2012 Mustang Boss 302 is back and will be available for sale in the next year Spring. According to ford’s own word
“Building on the spirit of the 1969 Mustang Boss 302 – one of the most sought-after examples of American performance in the world – the groundbreaking GT has been distilled to its purest form.”
A History of Boss 302
The Boss 302 was a variant of the Ford’s famous Mustang line known for its power and performance. The Mustang Boss was produces in the years 1969 and 1970. The production was since then stopped. In 1970 a little over 7,000 Boss 302 were produced. Forty two years later, Ford is reintroducing the Boss 302 willing to recapitalize its lost glory.
The 1970 Boss 302 could pick up from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds.
The Historical Competition
The Mustang line forced stiff competition from the Chevy Camaro and even though Ford outpaced Chevy in terms of the sales figure, the Mustang never came up to performance that Camaro enjoyed. In order to gain its reputation, in 1968 Ford introduced the 8 Cylinder V8 engine based Boss 302 to take on Camaro and imprint its name as a more powerful engine.
The 2012 Boss 302 performance
2012 Mustang Boss 302 engine is expected to deliver 440 horsepower and 380 ft.-lbs. of torque. The engine and the design required tweaking to take care of the extra heat that is generated when it runs at full throttle. It means that the engineers at the Mustang team had to tweak its aerodynamics and the coolant system to allow the engine to stay cool enough in the most stressing conditions. The 5.0 Liter DOHC engine is expected to revive Ford’s glory.
According to Ford
“The team of Ford engineers, designers and stylists – all Mustang enthusiasts to the core – that created the groundbreaking 2011 Mustang GT has distilled a new model to its purest form, strengthening, lightening and refining each system to create a race car with a license plate. Its name: the 2012 Mustang Boss 302″.
Pen down your expectation, euphoria and concerns about the 302 Boss. Does it makes economic sense to Ford ? Or is it just a attention grab tactics. Time will tell.
Everyone notices that when exiting a Highway there is a speed limit pointed at the exit sign. So if the speed limit is written as 25 mph then it is probably ok to have a speed all way up to 35 mph. The moment you cross the limit of the car 10 mph above the limit of the car, you know that you are driving in a danger zone. The 2011 Ford Explorer help you alarm if you are drive at too high speed when driving on a curve.
Many times you miss reading the speed limit while exiting from a highway that has curve ( You may me on a cell phone). The Ford’s curve control will aid you keep your car in a limit.
The system works by measuring driver’s steering input and the speed of that input. At the same time sensors of the Ford Explorer measures roll rate, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, and wheel speed. It does these 100 times every second. With the help of the these data, the computer of the Ford Explorer detects of the speed is too high for the given curve. The system then automatically applies brakes and reduces torque. The slows the vehicle by about 10mph in a second. In US there are over 50,000 crashes on the curves every year. Ford expects that these crashes are avoidable.
The 2011 Explorer will also have inflatable rear seat belt – probably first in the industry for a SUV. ,
If you plan to buy Ford, this could be another reason why you will go for it.
2011 ford mustang V6 photo
The latest sensation of Ford Motors the 2011 V6 Ford Mustang came out with bang. Company disclosed its details to world. The latest V6 Mustang has a 3.7-liter Duratec 24-valve featured engine which gives an impressive 280 ft.-lb. of torque and 305 hp. This machine has specially made to bring good fuel economy and more power.
Features of Ford Mustang 2011 V6 Model
EPA has decided the new 2011 V6 Mustang at 31mpg highway and 19mpg city when combined with new six speed automatic transmission and it proves that it is best in its class. About manual transmission segment the feature will be 30mpg highway and 19 mpg city.
The vice president of Global product Development Derrick Kuzak said that the latest 2011 V6 Ford Mustang has got a new and fully changed engine. The good features from the previous models are still present and with new V6 engine which uses a good premium technology it turns too good.
3.7L Duratec Engine
2011 V6 Mustang has got great improvements like a new front fascia, updated underbody shields, rear wheels tire spats, rear decklid seal and air dam which is so tall. Dual exhaust and a cold air induction system will provide the 3.7 its free breathing style. Now think about older V6 which have a single exhaust system are gone. Noise is most concern thing and about noise with this vehicle, I think it is reduced with good features like new door seals and an arch liner which will reduce the road noise.
“Hill mode” this is a good feature in Mustang, by this mode vehicle will automatically determines the correct gear ratio in incline or decline position by using acceleration, vehicle speed and brake. The Buyer can replace the 2.73 rear axle with 3.1 rear axle.
The speedometer which reads up to 160 mph and tachometer reads to 8000 rpm with new instrument graphics. Another good aspect of this 2011 model is Ford’s MyKey system, which helps in safer teen driving.
Now about performance package of this latest 2011 V6 Ford Mustang, they tried to promote it in sporty nature. For faster off-the-line acceleration there is a 3.31 rear axle ratio, a good Mustang GT suspension, 19-inch wheels and a Unique electronic stability control calibration for a good performance driving.
At last we came for pricing of this latest 2011 V6 Ford Mustang. $22,995 is the price of base model and about premium model which is a well featured one is $26,695. The plant where it will be built is at Auto Alliance International Plant in Flat Rock, Mich.
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