Ford Mustang Bullitt, Cadillac ATS-V and profitable car companies | Autoblog Podcast #559
Plus potential Camaro changes and electric Jaguars.
Plus potential Camaro changes and electric Jaguars.
All the others are Highland Green or black. This one is Kona Blue.
This Mustang would be cool even without the Bullitt connection
This year's Detroit Auto Show may have been big on trucks thanks to the reveal of the 2019 Ram 1500, 2019 Chevy Silverado and 2019 Ford Ranger, but the biggest surprise was arguably the return of the Ford Mustang Bullitt. Think of the Bullitt as a pumped-up Mustang GT with a touch of retro styling. Until now, all we've seen is the wonderful Highland Green color, but thanks to some spy shots we have our first look at the car's other color, Shadow Black.
Ford has opened order books for the 2019 Mustang Bullitt and confirmed final output for the commemorative-edition GT fastback at 480 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. Deliveries are expected in late summer.
Praise for the Dodge Demon, but harsh words for Ford.
Lots of gorgeous metal and a few novelties.
Comparing the newest fullsize and midsize pickup trucks, compact sedans, and a pair of Mustang coupes.
If you want the very first customer Bullitt, VIN 001 to be specific, you'd better be OK with paying a premium.
The 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt will be available this summer. It builds off of an awesome heritage and adds more power. Pricing will be available soon. Here is our story on the 2018 Bullitt Mustang. And here is our story on the original 1968 Bullitt Mustang movie car, which has been found after
Few film cars are as instantly recognizable.
This on top of the likely Barrett-Jackson auction Jan. 19.
Ford has a long history of offering special editions of its legendary Mustang. One of the most vaunted of those trim packages, though, has only been offered twice. The first time was in 2001, and then again in 2008. Yes, we're talking about the Bullitt.
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time driving Ford's modern day interpretation of the Mustang Bullitt and came away wanting one in the worst way. It's true that the late model Mustang has issues, but no other car is able to channel that much soul, charisma and character through its steering column. The only thing better would be an actual 1968 Mustang GT 350 Fastback like the one Steve
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The crew over at the MustangBlog procured a copy of the 2008 Mustang Ordering Guide and after combing through the corporate doc they came across all the details of the beloved Bullitt Mustang.
Last December we were invited to Detroit to view Ford's "Showroom of the Future" and were shown a dozen cars and trucks stretching out all the way to 2012. Nothing in Ford's pipeline we saw that day excited us more than seeing the upcoming Ford Mustang Bullitt in