By: MARK VAUGHN on November 8, 2004 Original Article: AUTOWEEK, VOL. 54, ISSUE 45 Saleen Enters His Third Car-making Decade Who would have thought when Steve Saleen built three Mustangs in 1984 that it would lead to this? His company has built 9000 cars, from Mustangs, to Ford Focuses, S7 supercars and the mighty Ford … Continue reading TWENTY’LL GET YOU 281
By: JOHN O’DELL on August 21, 2004 Original Article: LOS ANGELES TIMES Saleen of Irvine opens a Michigan factory, where it will work on Ford’s GT sports car. One after another in recent years, the big Detroit car companies have moved operations west. General Motors Corp. launched an advanced design studio in North Hollywood, for … Continue reading NOW’S THE TIME TO GO EAST FOR YOUNG CARMAKER
By: GERRY MALLOY on August 31, 2002 Original Article: TORONTO STAR (CANADA) Supercar, Muscle Car Combo Drives Early Racing Success Steve Saleen stunned the automotive press at the Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca when he not only announced that he was going into the supercar business, but unveiled a sleek prototype. That was two … Continue reading WILD HORSES: SALEEN S7S, MODIFIED MUSTANGS
By: MARK VAUGHN on May 8, 2014 at 4:56 am Original Article: AUTOWEEK, VOL. 51, ISSUE 54 Where are those Saleen S7s, anyway? When we put the Saleen S7 on our cover (AW, Sept. 25, 2000), Steve Saleen told us the cars would be ready for delivery by “the second quarter of 2001.” Now, here … Continue reading PAST DUE NOTICE
By: LARRY ROBERTS on March 6, 2001 Original Article: www.theautochannel.com Apparently the fortunes of Steve Saleen and his small Southern California car building company are getting better all the time. You might recall that Saleen is the sports car enthusiast-turned-builder who has made his mark in the automotive world as the producer of a line … Continue reading FORD-POWERED SALEEN S7R INTO PRODUCTION
By: AMY WILSON on December 11, 2000 Original Article: AUTOMOTIVE NEWS, VOL. 75, ISSUE 5907 Steve Saleen is a speed merchant. Until now his primary business has been to supply Ford dealers with something they couldn’t get from the factory — a high-performance car that’s capable of going toe to toe with sports cars such … Continue reading SALEEN SPEEDS AHEAD ON S7 PROJECT
By: DUTCH MANDEL on September 25, 2000 Original Article: AUTOWEEK, VOL. 50, ISSUE 40 With his six-figure S7 supercar,Steve Saleen aims to prove he’s not just another pretty tuner The question resonates like a church bell at high noon: Does the world need another supercar? If Steve Saleen is tugging the rope, the answer is … Continue reading CRADLE TO GRAVE
By: DAVID ORLOFF on September 18, 2000 Original Article: ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL, VOL. 23, ISSUE 38 After Revving Up Mustangs, Saleen is Building Its Own Speedster It’s good to have deep pockets when you want to sell a $375,000 car. That’s why Steve Saleen said he is happy to have industrialist S.C. “Tony” Johnson … Continue reading BUILT FOR SPEED
By: LARRY ROBERTS on October 30, 1998 Original Article: www.theautochannel.com Sometimes when I get Steve Saleen’s press releases about his Team Saleen endeavors both on the race track and in the showroom, I get the feeling that he was born after his time. He should have been in the business of building specially-built sports cars … Continue reading SALEEN / FORD MUSTANG IN RETROSPECT