Teaser pics of the 2010 Mustang's front fender and mirror

The painfully slow reveal of the 2010 Mustang continues this week with the unveiling of the front fender and mirror. The photo reveals a more curvaceous hood line that dips down to the headlight more so than the current design.

Another difference is the fender, which flows from the hood to the wheel well in one smooth line rather than the current one that has a more pronounced and angular flare.

We also get a look at the rear view mirror, the top half being painted instead of the previous textured black look.

While Ford continues to play with our emotions, we still have seven more weeks of teaser pictures before the official unveil of the car.

Ford Racing tests FR500CJ Cobra Jet Mustang

Back in the original muscle car era, a Mustang equipped with the a Cobra Jet V8 was a dragstrip warrior. Better still was the Super Cobra Jet, augmenting the CJ's enhanced breathing with a stouter lower end.

Either way you ordered it, the 428 CJ was capable of quarter mile times in the 13's, fast even by today's standards. Since the current Mustang is in full blown retro mode, it only makes sense that Ford is cooking up a new CJ for drap strip domination.

The video above shows a much modified Mustang making a quarter mile run at Milan Dragway in Michigan, but the actual car will be coming to SEMA very soon, so Ford Racing is likely making sure that nothing blows up once the package is offered for sale.

No other details are available at this time, but we'll be sure and keep you posted as soon as some hard details are released.

2009 Ferrari California

One of the worst kept secrets in the automotive world is Ferrari's baby grand tourer, the California. Even as Ferrari has denied it's existence, the California has been the subject of intense speculation all along. Now it's official.

The California is a front-engine, two-plus-two convertible GT. The public is getting their first look at the latest addition to the Ferrari family, currently at the Paris auto show.

The California is powered by a 4.3-liter V-8, making it the first front-engine Ferrari road car to use a V-8 rather than a V-12. The engine breaks new ground for Ferrari by using direct injection. It boasts 454 hp at an appropriately exotic 7500 rpm and is mated exclusively with Ferrari's first dual-clutch automatic, a seven-speed.

Ferrari claims that the combo will zip the California from 0 to 62 mph in less than 4.0 seconds. Backing up that performance are carbon-ceramic disc brakes (which are now standard on all Ferraris) and a chassis that features a new multilink rear suspension.

Fittingly, given its name, the California will be offered only in open-topped form, with a retractable metal hard top. Although pricing hasn't yet been announced, we can provide some insight as to the California's place within the Ferrari family.

The company repeatedly denied that the new car would be an "entry-level" Ferrari, and in fact, when it arrives at dealers early next year, the California is expected to cost more than the F430 - today's least expensive Ferrari at $191,775 - and will supplant the 612 Scaglietti.

But, when the F430's replacement arrives in 2010, that car will slot above the California in price, so at that point, the California effectively will become the entry-level model. Of course, that level of entry will be higher than it is today.