Cobra GT500

Stick-on emblems let drivers upgrade their cars' pedigree
Detroit Free Press, United States - Nov 16, 2006 Shelby Automobiles, the car customizer made famous by Carroll Shelby, turns down dozens of requests a day to turn Ford Mustangs into the Shelby Mustang that it

Ad Nauseam: Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500
StreetsBlog, NY - Nov 16, 2006 65 Ford Mustang , the beloved convertible that he got rid of in 1972, on my account, for a more sensible and family-friendly Pinto hatchback. The Shelby GT 500

The Giugiaro family, through its firm Italdesign, has crafted hundreds of eye-catching concept and production vehicles for many of the world’s top automakers.
The Mustang by Giugiaro concept is making its debut this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Lucky Winners Vie For the Ultimate Mustang
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Nov 16, 2006 to the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500, the sweepstakes also included prizes such as Snap-On Tools gift cards, Ford Racing Collectibles, Shelby Cobra diecast Mustangs

Ford Shelby Cobra GT500
Edmunds.com/Inside Line, CA - Nov 13, 2006 Ford says the 2007 Shelby Cobra GT500 Mustang (this is not the 2006 Shelby GT500 Cobra Mustang) will be the most powerful factory-built Mustang in history

Top 10 Trucks of 2006
Truckin Magazine - Nov 3, 2006 Ford 9-inch rearend. Under the hood is an impeccably detailed 4.6L DOHC engine out of a '96 Mustang Cobra. The addition of a Kenne

The return of the Ford Boss 302
Autoblog, CA - Oct 31, 2006 liter V8 will make anywhere between 340 and 500 HP, with the hood of the 2008 F150, the Shelby GT, a 40th you know there will be a Mustang Boss Cobra II based

Lucky Winners Vie for the Ultimate Mustang
Mustang.com, FL - Nov 16, 2006 Shelby GT500, the sweepstakes also included prizes such as Snap-On Tools gift cards, Ford Racing Collectibles, Carroll Shelby autographed die cast Shelby Cobra

Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible
Edmunds.com/Inside Line, CA - Oct 25, 2006 In a nod to the original GT500, the Shelby convertible goes The fabric used is the same used on the 2002-'03 SVT Mustang Cobra, the Thunderbird, Jaguar and

The Detroit News reports that GM is fleeing the minivan market, to concentrate on crossovers, just as Ford is doing.

It seems like Ford and GM both made the same mistake–they brought a knife to a gun-fight, and got whacked by Honda and Toyota in the minivan segment. Both companies sold bland, underpowered, and unrefined vans, and must have made a conscious decision not to invest the money required to produce a world class product. Meanwhile, Toyota focused on quality and refinement, and Honda decided to make minivans a little sharper, and a lot quicker. Chrysler, the now (and future?) king of the segment, made sure to cover the market from cheap soccer wagons up to more elegant looking trim, and dropped some serious money on adding fold-in seats.

“We do believe it is a declining segment,” GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told The News on Tuesday. “Our new crossovers, Acadia, Outlook and Enclave with their three rows of seats and economical V-6 engines, can meet the same customer needs, minus the ‘Soccer Mom’ stigma..”

There is nothing wrong with using crossovers (tall wagons, or unibody SUVs, or whatever) to fill the”mommy wagon” niche, there will always be a market here. However, CUVs are not minivans–they don’t have sliding doors, as a rule, which creates a real problem for many customers, who need the convenience. Power sliding doors allow parents to juggle more stuff while they wrestle the baby out of the second row.

Maybe the minivan market is shrinking, but the abject failure of Ford and GM hinges not on changing fashions–they just chose not to compete.

Via The Auto Prophet