By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Of all the special edition Mustangs that Ford has been trotting out in the last several years and that recall earlier Mustang variants (California Special, Boss 302, all the Shelbys), I don’t think Ford’s ever going to come up with another SVO-type Mustang, even with all the talk nowadays of installing smaller turbocharged engines in place of larger naturally aspirated engines. So will that make the existing Mustang SVOs, such as this 1986 Ford Mustang SVO for sale on Hemmings.com, more desirable? From the seller’s description:

1986 Ford Mustang SVO 86, black ext, grey int., RARE car Comp, prep, 83 made. 39000 km, canadian one, very nice, new tire, origninal car.

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Out of all the cars that Toyota had prepared for us at Fuji Speedway on Friday, this G’s Mark X G Sports Concept had to be my favorite. It’s nothing new–we have seen it before at Tokyo Auto Salon back in January–but admiring its lines under the strong summer sun, I really couldn’t keep my eyes off of it!

The idea of creating a fire-breathing performance sedan out of the new generation GRX133 Mark X seems like such a good idea now that there is nothing on the Toyota lineup to even match what the old Mark II and Chasers of yesteryear used to offer. The G Sports Concept, “G” of course comes from Gazoo Racing, is based on the top of the line 350S version of the Mark X using the same 2GR directly injected 3.5L V6 as found on the Lexus IS and GS. Being a primarily stylistic exercise, the engine has been left as is on this particular car, delivering an adequate 318 HP and smooth torque curve peaking at 280 lb/ft.

But after sampling the Modellista tuned Mark X + M supercharger that Toyota kindly prepared for us (which sells in Japan for just over ¥5,000,000 or $59,000), I discovered first hand how savage the 2GR can feel with a little bit more power. The supercharger kit would be the perfect match for the G’s Mark X giving it 360 horses and an instant throttle response with a towering 367 lb/ftm of torque. See more views of this amazing car at Speedhunters.

-by Dino Dalle Carbonare

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

My weekend started a little early: on Thursday afternoon I headed to Group 2 Motorsports to shoot video of my Escort GT getting some vintage NOS Koni adjustables installed as part of the car care video series we’re doing for Quaker State. It was only the second time since the restoration that I’ve allowed anyone else to work on my Escort–the other time was for alignment–and I have to say it was a little nerve-wracking, but well worth it. These particular struts, which every first-gen Escort owner spends their whole life trying to track down–a set of them shows up on eBay maybe every two or three years–absolutely lived up to their reputation, and the GT now handles better than new. So I ended up having a pretty decent Labor Day weekend bombing around in my favorite car, though I’m going to have to pay for it by working today while everyone else is off. Oh well!

How about you? What did you do this weekend?

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

This Corvette walks the line between unique and odd. The most noticeable features of this car are the static light conversion to the front end, and the red hot flames against the bright yellow paint job. But maybe that’s a face that only a mother could love. What do you think, is this rice or nice? Read more at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Ran into this lil’ red rocket as I pulled into a Home Depot. Owner said that it’s all electric and the only one in the states. I believe him because you’d have to be nuts to drive this tiny tyke where every other car is a mammoth SUV. Red is for road kill.

He didn’t know how long a charge would last, ’cause he plugs it in when he gets home. But he did say that it was fun to drive and it gets the attention. Kudos to the guts. More pics below the jump.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Ford of Britain produced the Consul Capri from 1961 to 1964, and I believe David is right in thinking he has the only one on CarDomain! Sweet ride!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

RJ De Vera is building this awesome CR-Z for WRAPTIVO, and Jon Sibal did the rendering. Will be cool to see it in person at SEMA! Read the press release after the jump!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Today’s pic is from Faisal’s DeLorean ride page!

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

It takes mad skills to land a jump like this! Amazing!

Huge Motorcycle JUMP!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Great video. You can read the full press release after the jump. Via Autoblog

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