2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 First Drive: 202 mph? 662 Horses? The Superfluous Is a Very Necessary Thing
Voltaire once wrote, “The superfluous, a quite necessary thing.” What, then, must we make of a warranty-outfitted Ford Mustang with 662 hp and a claimed 200-mph top speed? Is there a deeper philosophical argument to be produced about the necessity of a dwell-axle production automobile with a lot more electrical power than an overclocked supercollider? Does the vehicle in question—the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500—teach us about the nature of correct and incorrect, indulgence and restraint?
2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost First Drive: Sampling Ford’s 1.0-liter, Three-Cylinder Engine
With its EcoBoost-branded engines, Ford feels it genuinely has a substitute for cubic inches, and it’s taking the turbocharged, direct-injected idea to extremes. If you believe that the naturally aspirated one.6-liter engine in the subcompact Fiesta is, like the automobile, a touch on the small side, you will be amazed—maybe horrified—to find out that its replacement has just 3 cylinders and a displacement of much less than one particular liter: 999 cc, to be precise. (This new EcoBoost engine also will soon find its way into the U.S.-market 2014 Fiesta.)
