By: RONALD LEDERMAN JR. on August 31, 2005 Original Article: LIMA NEWS, THE (OH) Aug. 31–LIMA — The sleek white car with blue racing stripes might not be one of a kind, but it is as close as most local car shoppers are likely to see. Mike Pruitt Ford took delivery last week of a … Continue reading $150,000 CAR ON DISPLAY
By: AMY WILSON on March 7, 2005 Original Article: AUTOMOTIVE NEWS., VOL. 79 ISSUE 6137 Dateline: DETROIT — A management upheaval is unfolding at the supplier that operates the Ford GT assembly plant. Rich Rinke, the 43-year-old COO at Saleen Inc., is out. CEO Steve Saleen fired Rinke in late January and several other employees … Continue reading SALEEN MAKES CHANGES IN GT TEAM
Automotive Design & Production May 2004, Vol. 116 Issue 5 Although some people might think that the long-awaited Ford Escape Hybrid* in actual operation was the big news from the Blue Oval at the New York Auto Show, let’s face it: horsepower rules. So it has to be the Ford Mustang GT-R concept, a bright … Continue reading ANY COLOR YOU WANT, AS LONG AS IT’S ORANGE
Nauman Farooq grabs the latest news from Canada Saleen has finally arrived on Canadian shores with Auto Bugatti in Montreal being the official importer for Canada. They have a few outlets on the go to sell the Saleen Mustangs, however boss Joe Visconti will handle all the S7 deliveries himself. Visconti, president of Auto Bugatti … Continue reading TORONTO MOTOR SHOW
By: ERIC DESCARRIES on Friday, June 13, 2003 Original Article: AUTO123.COM If you are a lover of high performance cars, you know the Saleen brand. Otherwise, know that Saleen is a small manufacturer that uses a base Mustang GT to produce a car with more powerful features that are astonishing, the Saleen S281. But this … Continue reading SALEEN MOVES TO CANADA
By: DANIELLE HERUBIN on November 29, 2002 Original Article: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, THE (SANTA ANA, CA) Nov. 29–IRVINE, Calif.–Ford Thunderbird. The name conjures up an image of sporty cool, a powder blue two-seater with a porthole window. Now Saleen Inc., the Irvine company best known for taking stock Mustangs and transforming them into very hot … Continue reading IRVINE, CALIF., CAR COMPANY TO OFFER FORD-AUTHORIZED THUNDERBIRD
By: ANDREW DIETDERICH on November 11, 2002 Original Article: CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, VOL. 18, ISSUE 45 A California company contracted to assemble the much-anticipated Ford GT is eying a former door manufacturing plant in Troy to build the speedster. So said Jack Gerken, director of public relations for Saleen Inc., the Irvine, Calif.-based company in … Continue reading ASSEMBLER OF FORD GT SUPERCAR CONSIDERS TROY SITE
By: N.A. on July 26, 2002 Original Article: WAIKATO TIMES Ford has moved the GT40 project on another stage by naming the four key “supplier partners” who will get this limited-production car on the road. The new GT40 will debut late next year and go on sale in 2004. The supercar will be built in … Continue reading ‘SUPERCAR’ CLOSER TO REALITY
By: HOLLY WRAY on July 18, 2002 Original Article: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, THE (SANTA ANA, CA) Jul. 18–Specialty auto manufacturer Saleen Inc. is announcing today that it will work with Ford Motor Co. and three other auto suppliers to produce a new version of the Ford GT in a revival of a late-1960s muscle car. … Continue reading IRVINE, CALIF., SPECIALTY CARMAKER TO HELP REVIVE FORD’S GT
By: N.A. on April 1, 2002 Original Article: AUTOWEEK, VOL. 52, ISSUE 14 Saleen says it will have no trouble producing 12 road-going (as opposed to racetrack-going) S7s required by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest for homologation in time to race without weight and intake penalties May 19 at Sears Point. Saleen says it has … Continue reading STREET SALEENS ON TRACK