Mercury Cougar Eliminator: the pony car with a muscle car heart that nobody names Let’s get the labels straight first, because almost everyone gets this wrong. The Mustang and the Cougar aren’t muscle cars, they’re pony cars: compact, affordable coupes born from the formula the Mustang launched in 1964. A real muscle car is a … Read more
Ford Probe: the car built to kill the Mustang, saved by the Mustang’s own fans Here’s one of the greatest “what if?” stories the car industry ever produced. And it’s a tale with a doubly happy ending: it saved the Mustang and, quite by accident, condemned a perfectly good car to spend its whole life … Read more
Ford Capri: the Cortina in a tuxedo that humbled BMW and Alfa Romeo For a car that spent two decades being mocked as a hairdresser’s motor, the Ford Capri has a remarkable secret hiding under its skin. Underneath that long-bonneted, fastback glamour sat a humble Ford Cortina. The most ordinary of family saloons. And with … Read more
Ebro: how Henry Ford founded a Spanish brand, a Nazi-sympathising falangist built it into an empire, Nissan swallowed it, and the Chinese just brought it back Stop a hundred random British or American car enthusiasts on the street, ask them where Henry Ford ran factories outside the United States, and most will say Britain (Dagenham). … Read more
Ford Mustang GTD: the Mustang that wasn’t supposed to exist Three hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars. For a Mustang. Read it again. No typo. A Ford Mustang costs, today, more than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. More than a base McLaren 750S. More than an Aston Martin Vantage did not long ago. And the guy … Read more
Patrice Banks: The Engineer Who Cracked a $200 Billion Market Failure with a Red Stiletto and a Crescent Wrench The number you’ll hear is two hundred billion dollars a year. That’s the industry’s own estimate of how much women spend annually in the United States on vehicle purchases and repairs. It’s not an audited figure … Read more
COSWORTH: THE HISTORY Cosworth: The Company That Powered Half the World in Competition In competitive motorsport, there exists a name that appears on more winning cars, more championships, and more victory stories than any independent engine manufacturer in history. It’s not Ferrari. It’s not Mercedes. It’s not Honda. It’s Cosworth. A company founded in a … Read more
NASCAR: Born From Illegal Whiskey, Dying From Corporate Boredom There’s something deeply, fundamentally American about NASCAR. And I don’t mean the flags, the pre-race anthems, or the sea of RVs surrounding every oval from Daytona to Talladega. I mean something more primal: the idea that any guy with a production car and enough guts could … Read more
