Product Review: Mach 1 Shift Knob

One of the most overlooked upgrades for any performance car is the venerable shift knob. It is perhaps the easiest upgrade one can make, and immediately changes the feel of your drive. Other than the steering wheel, nothing connects you more with the road than a good shift.

The Mach 1 shift knob is a nice aluminum piece that is modeled after, you guessed it, the knob present in the previous generation Mach 1 Mustang. Not only is it a great looking piece, but it also has a nice solid feel for those inevitable power shifts.

The great thing about the Mach 1 knob is that it fits any Mustang from '83-04'. So whether you have an early fox body or a new retro ride, this shift knob's for you.

I found that the Mach 1 piece is a perfect fit for my hand and has a very solid feel. It took all of 30 seconds to remove my original knob and replace it with this very stylish piece. It also looks great if you have other billet aluminum pieces in your interior.

Overall I'm very satisfied with my Mach 1 shift knob. I got mine from American Muscle, which has tons of parts for early and late model Mustangs. Not to mention they are currently offering free shipping, which only sweetens the deal further.

2010 Mustang dash revealed

The Paris Auto Show has come and gone, and we're still looking at sneaky pictures of various pieces of the 2010 Mustang. Ford continues to toy with us by revealing the dash of the car in it's entirety this week.

The poorly lit, extreme closeup picture at least reveals the entire dash, unlike a previous photo that showed an angled shot, with a partial look at it.

While GM has just given up on trying to camouflage the new Camaro, Ford presses on and has plans to drop six more weeks of pictures to tease and annoy us.

The new Mustang will be officially unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show on November 19th.

Spied: Ford Taurus ST

While the current Ford Taurus is nothing more than a rebadged Ford 500, the next generation will be an all new car based on nothing more than the much beloved Ford Mondeo. Ford has already announced that a version of it's upcoming Ecoboost engines will be available in the Taurus.

Now the word is that the Ecoboost version will be a 350hp twin turbo V6 to be badged as the ST, and it's got us thinking SHO all over again. The news is music to the ears of owned and enjoyed Ford's much beloved SHO.

The spy pictures taken by the folks at World Car Fans are quite a scoop. It looks like Ford designers opened up the lower air dam to help feed the force-fed powerplant. The next generation of the corporate grille is partly visible, too, and it appears as though the bars got thinner and less cartoonish in execution.

Headlights visible through the heavy camo appear to be of the LED kind, and they look far more modern than the current Taurus' 1990's design. Massive, MKS-like 20-inch rims help show this undercover Taurus has sporty pretenses, as does the duel exhaust out back. Also evident from the spy pics is the fact that the bulbous roofline from the current Taurus has been replaced with something far more shapely and contemporary.

We still have several months before we will be able to see the car without camo, but it's good news that there is already a performance counterpart in the works.

Source: World Car Fans