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The videos are fairly self explanatory, but here goes nothing.  Joseph Cram and his father had dreamed of taking a road trip together in a Ford Mustang.  They had spent years restoring a ’68 Mustang coupe in the hopes of one day taking that drive, but had to sell the car due to tough economic times.  16 years later, the Cram’s dreams came true when they were selected as a winner of Ford Motor Company’s “The ’10 Unleashed” program.  For more head on over to M80.com.

The Muscle Car wars are still hot even after 4 months of heavy competition.  The Camaro is so far 4-0 against it’s Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger competition, as you can see in the graph posted at Jalopnik.  Lets hope sales of all three beasts only go up from here!

Steeda has just released some photos of their new 2010 Q Series Mustang, and it is one sharp looking car.  Like other tuners, it will receive a mild body kit in the form of a new front and most likely rear fascia, wheels, suspension upgrades, and probably a supercharger.  For more details, head on over to Autoblog and then keep your eyes and ears open for the full spec sheet as the SEMA show approaches.

(Image source: Steeda)

Consumer Reports has given the 2010 Ford Mustang a “Very Good” rating and a score of 78, compared to the “Very Good” and 71 of the Camaro and the “Good” and 53 of the Challenger.  The news to me is that the Nissan 370Z, Hyundai Genesis Coupe and Subaru Impreza WRX all got “Very Good” ratings yet their scores have not been announced.

Knowing CR, the scores probably went like this: Hyundai Genesis Coupe – 81, Subaru WRX - 85, Nissan 370Z – 94.  Why?  Well the Genesis Coupe is slower than the Mustang, doesn’t look as nice, and doesn’t have as nice of an interior, but it’s built in Korea, so it has to get some extra points from the foreign loving CR staff.  The WRX gets extra points for being from Japan instead of just Korea like the Hyundai, while also getting points for its rally based marketing campaign…even though it is no longer raced in rallies.  The Nissan 370Z might be a more entertaining ride than the Mustang, but what really put it over the top for the CR staff is the fact that it has 14 cup holders.  That seems to be important criteria whenever I read about their other reviews.  Who cares if the car only seats 2, you need options people!

Stay tuned for the final scores, for now, head on over to Jalopnik.

(Image source: Ford Motor Company)

The following videos were sent to us by Eric over at m80im.com.  They are part of the latest installment in the 2010 Mustang Unleashed series from Ford Motor Company.

Derek Murrell of Lake Mary, Florida, decided he wanted to race his school shop teacher, Bill Rosenblum.  He submitted his idea to Ford Motor Company via the 2010 Mustang Unleashed contestand ended up being chosen by Ford, so the race was set to take place in two race prepped 2010 Ford Mustang GT’s.

The videos are pretty entertaining to watch, or feel free to read the story at m80im.

So I customized my very own Mustang, check it out! Pretty sweet, eh? You wish you had one like that, right? Yea, me too.

I encourage everyone to go to the site here, and customize their very own mustang. And if you’d like, you can then send us your customization and we’ll put it up on this site!

Not only can you build your own 2010 Mustang on Ford’s website, but now you have the ability to customize it too.  The customization tool is on the 2010 Ford Mustang Unleashed website and it allows you to pick items like grilles, wheels, paint and tape stripe schemes and more.  Click here to check it out for yourself!

Steve Saleen’s new company SMS Supercars has just released details on it’s new 2010 460 and 460X Mustangs.  Both cars come with some seriously unique bodywork, as well as power and handling upgrades.  For more, head on over to Autoblog.

While there’s not much to speak of in the power department, the Steeda Sport Edition 2010 Ford Mustang sure has some style!  For all of the details on this package, head on over to Muscular Mustangs.

Ford CEO Alan “the Man” Mulally was recently quoted as saying that Ford plans to “[increase] production to support the desirability of Ford products.”  What??  In this economy?  What great news!  Part of the reason for this could be the onslaught of new vehicles being released by Ford this year, including the 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid which both lead their class in fuel economy.  Or the 2010 Mustang which is priced lower than both it’s domestic and foreign competition while still maintaining quality leadership.  Perhaps it’s the new 2010 Taurus, or the EcoBoost SHO version, or the EcoBoost 2010 Lincoln MKT and MKS?  Whatever the reason, I’m glad to hear some more positive news on this last weekend of the first half of the year!

Head over to Autoblog for more details!