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Hey everyone, this is VizX and I found this recently, and it just seems epic to me, Its a simple ford mustang burnout video but what makes it special is the slow-motion magic with Smashing Pumpkins song “The Beginning is the end is the beginning”. Im posting this today not just because I wanted too, but because I will say I found something interesting for The Automotive Corner today but there is VERY little on it for now because its so fresh!

As a car guy, this gets 5 Stars in my eyes. The owner claims its in the 10 second range as well in the 1/4 mi. Clean mustang+raised rear/lowered nose = Perfection

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American automakers are looking at a hard time these days. In the united states here we have always been about big horsepower and big vehicles. So far we have seen the fall of Oldsmobile and Plymouth and on a few occasions we have gotten the question presented in the back of our minds about Ford motor company, and General motor’s. We all know about Chrysler and Cerberus and how much Cerberus is changing in that automaker and as well as Dodge. It seems to me that thanks to the economy has really beaten down the automotive world and unfortunately the next one possibly on the chopping block is Ford’s Mercury brand.

For instance, no Mercury vehicle currently exists which isn’t a mild rebadge of a Ford product and there has been not a peep regarding future Mercury products. Lincoln too has gotten some love as of late with its new MKS sedan, but a Mercury flag-bearer is conspicuously absent. You have the Grand Marquis right, take off the mercury badge and you have a Crown Victoria, Same with the Sable, its a Taurus and the Mountaineer! Its just an explorer with a face lift!

While the Mariner and Milan could arguably justify their positions in Ford’s lineup, the Sable, Grand Marquis and Mountaineer seem completely irrelevant with what I stated above. Are two models really enough to justify an entire brand? In the world we live today, tomorrow and what we had in yester-year i think the answer is definately a No. While no official announcements have been made regarding the death of the Mercury brand, the new product silence is deafening enough for many to conclude that there’s just not enough money in Ford’s pockets to bring something new to the table and give us at least a minimal Wow factor, at least the Cougar gave us something sporty and something we could modify and enjoy! I bet you that if FoMoCo kept the Cougar in the Mercury lineup it would be the best seller today with how gas prices have gone.

If anything I think this might happen by 2010. Don’t Quote me on this, it’s just a gut feeling.

Here is Mercury’s Lineup with what I added underneath them. They Actually have no Independent/Unique Vehicles. I Dont see this lasting.

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Yes you read that correctly, Ford is looking at FINALLY putting a performance truck idea back in the works! Its been, hmm I dont know, 5 years since the last performance truck rolled onto the streets with a blue oval in the grille. When SVT was making it’s return with the SVT Shelby Cobra GT500 there was supposed to be an SVT Adrenalin Sport Trac that had the previous generation cobra’s 4.6 S/C 390HP V8 but married to an AWD transmission. ~>

BUT sadly this never made it past a concept. Well in spite of plummeting sales of big trucks, a high-performance variant of the new 2009 F-150 should debut later this fall, I would imagine at either SEMA or the L.A Auto Show. Lightning Maybe? Wouldn’t that be nice? To Get The 500+ HP S/C+Super Cooled Lightning we were promise and so badly denied?

Here are some photo’s of the Lightning we were supposed to get back in ‘05:

Now incase your wondering about the part where I mentioned Super cooled. Here is what that means, the SuperCooler cleverly provides a special burst of power for the SVT Lightning concept. Traditional intercoolers dissipate heat from the supercharged air by circulating coolant through a front-mounted, air-cooled radiator. With the SuperCooler system, the vehicle’s air conditioning system is used to chill a small storage tank of coolant to about 30 degrees Fahrenheit. 

On demand, the SuperCooler system switches the intercooler flow from its normal circulation and dumps the chilled coolant into the engine’s intercooler. In turn, the intercooler dissipates up to 20 percent more heat from the charge air - resulting in a denser air charge.  A green light on the instrument panel indicates the system’s readiness. SuperCooler is activated automatically when the driver depresses the accelerator to a wide-open-throttle position. This technology plays directly into the hands of the enthusiast, Coletti says. The SuperCooler provides the edge for the driver, and it is done simply by taking advantage of the hardware that already exists in the vehicle.  

As a result of this cool technology, the SVT Lighting concept can give its driver as much as 50 transient horsepower for short bursts of 30-45 seconds and regenerate within 2 minutes under normal driving conditions. While its effect is similar to that of an aftermarket nitrous oxide system, the SuperCooler is completely self-contained, environmentally friendly and regenerative.

Now I hope and pray this idea see’s this next performance truck! Now there is also a really good chance that this might be the next generation of Harley Davidson edition truck’s, as we know the HD shared the same motor as the lightning so it wouldn’t surprise me that this is just another HD truck ford is putting out. But im with all the SVT fans out there, GIVE US THE LIGHTNING!

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