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Ford Introduces New Global Team and 12 New Vehicles

Ford Introduces New Global Team and 12 New Vehicles

It’s no secret that Ford is taking a global approach to performance. It’s introducing the iconic 2015 Mustang to customers worldwide, and Ford Introduces New Global Team and 12 New Vehicles through 2020—including the much-anticipated Focus RS—to be available globally.

Ford is finally uniting it’s wide array of regional performance engineering and racing teams as one global team, which will fall under the Ford Performance umbrella. This team will deliver to enthusiasts more new vehicles and parts, and do so in quicker fashion than ever before. New vehicles include an all-new Focus RS that will be available to customers in major markets around the world for the first time. And we're anticipating the announcement of a Shelby GT350 "R" at the Detroit Auto Show this winter.

“Ford remains committed to innovation through performance,” said Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. “Our new global Ford Performance team ties together racing, performance vehicles and parts. It will allow us to more quickly introduce products and accessories that meet the needs of customers around the world on-road and on the track.” Focus RS, which builds on a pedigree of driving excellence dating to the first Ford RS in 1968, was last introduced in 2009.

“To earn the RS badge, the vehicle has to be a no-compromise driver’s car that can deliver exceptional performance on the track when required while providing excellent every day driving,” said Nair.

Current performance vehicles from Ford include the Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Shelby GT350 Mustang and F-150 Raptor. Not to mention the EcoBoost Mustang and Mustang GT.

This is all part of Ford’s “One Ford” plan for profitable growth, and to ensure product excellence and innovation across the board. Of course, the performance models will excite enthusiasts, but there's so much more. Currently, performance vehicle sales are growing around the world. Ford stated that sales are up 70 percent in the United States and 14 percent in Europe since 2009 in the performance segment.

Ford’s hugely popular ST lineup, is a hit with a wide range of buyers, as it delivers an phenomenal driving experience, plus economy, at a price point in the mid-$20,000 range. Additionally, Ford claimed that in the United States, more than 65 percent of ST customers made the switch from other brands, and more than 50 percent of Ford performance vehicle owners’ next vehicle purchase is a Ford. It also stated that Millennials are purchasing ST vehicles at a rate twice that of other Ford-branded vehicles.

The heart of the ST lineup is the award-winning EcoBoost® engine family. Amazingly, Ford has produced more than 2 million EcoBoost engines globally since 2009. “EcoBoost is a strong example of how we are migrating technology and engineering across our lineup, ensuring our vehicles are fun to drive—not just our Ford Performance lineup,” said Nair. “From our most nimble Fiesta to our hard-working full-size pickups and racing vehicles, our lineup benefits from the innovations we deliver at the track and at the limit.”

On the track, the 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine powers the IMSA TUDOR Championship series racecars, including a record-setting Daytona racing prototype sports car. The team also designed the soon-to-be-released Shelby GT350 Mustang. It features aerodynamic innovations developed through Ford’s investment in racing that were applied to help downforce and cooling.

Ford understands that racing provides a proving ground for cultivating passionate engineers—allowing them to innovate in top-level competition as they face challenges that require successful solutions in very compressed time frames. This trickles down, and is passed on to every Ford and Lincoln product.

New Global Team

According to Ford, the new Ford Performance organization unifies Ford SVT, Team RS and Ford Racing globally, serving as an innovation laboratory and test bed to create unique performance vehicles, parts, accessories and experiences for customers. This includes developing innovations and technologies in aerodynamics, weight reduction, electronics, powertrain performance, and fuel efficiency that can be applied more broadly to Ford’s product portfolio.

The Global Team will utilize racetracks around the globe to develop new vehicles and technologies at Ford’s engineering centers—including the new technical center in Charlotte, North Carolina. That fully modern facility will help deliver racing innovations, as well as advance tools for use in performance vehicles and daily drivers alike.

And Ford enthusiasts will be excited to learn that the Ford Performance organization is led by Dave Pericak, who has been appointed director, Global Ford Performance.

This entry was posted in News and tagged ford, 2015 Mustang, evan smith, evan j smith, global team, performance, dave pericak, svt, new vehicles on December 11, 2014 by Evan Smith.
2015 Mustang Convertibles Will Ship This Week

2015 Mustang Convertibles Will Ship This Week

Fans of open-air driving will be keyed up to hear that the 2015 Mustang Convertibles Will Ship This Week to dealers. The 2015 Mustang is marching forward with terrific sales and the convertible models will add to this impressive launch.

Like coupe owners, drop-top enthusiasts of the Ford Mustang can select between the V6, 310-horsepower EcoBoost and 5.0L Coyote engine, along with the selection of trim packages. Ford is also making heated seats and remote start available. This allows the all-new Mustang convertible to be enjoyed year-round, even in the chilly climates. Further enhancing cold-weather driving are selectable drive modes that features a snow/wet setting that tunes your Mustang to perform well in inclement weather conditions.

“Cold weather may have come unseasonably early this year, but with available heated seats, remote start and selectable drive modes with a snow/wet setting, Mustang is the perfect offering for the season,” said Melanie Banker, Mustang brand manager.

“Heated seats, which is standard on all Premium Mustang convertibles, allow the driver and front passenger to stay warm even when the temperature drops. While these seats also have a cooling feature, we suspect customers won’t be using this function for a few more months,” added Banker.

Another great piece of technology, Remote Start, will be standard on all automatic-transmission Mustang models. This allows customers to start the engine from the comfort of your home or office, or as you approach your car. According to Ford, when remote start is used, Mustang not only warms up its engine, it also warms the interior of the car to a comfortable temperature.

“Mustangs are made for year-round practicality and enjoyment,” Banker said, “so it’s exciting that customers are taking delivery of their convertible Mustang models—regardless of the season.”

Many Mustang owners crave additional performance and personalization. And Brothers Performance is your number one connection to the aftermarket. We stock your favorite parts and your favorite brands. So be sure to browse our site and check out our great deals.

This entry was posted in News, Ford Mustang, 2015 Ford Mustang News and tagged Brothers Performance, ford, mustang, 2015 Mustang, evan smith, mustang parts, evan j smith, convertible mustang, Ford Mustang on December 10, 2014 by Evan Smith.
2015 King Cobra Ford Mustang

2015 King Cobra Ford Mustang

Of the Many Mustangs our BrothersPerformance.com team saw at the recently held 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, one of the most popular was the 2015 King Cobra Ford Mustang built to show off the new line-up of Ford Racing parts.

The King Cobra was wrapped with a snake-skin pattern with unique wheels from Weld Racing. But the real hardware was underneath. The 5.0 Coyote GT featured Ford Racing’s first performance packages available for the 2015 Mustang. It is equipped with Ford Racing’s “Drag Pack,” “Handling Pack,” and “Super Pack” supercharger kit that helps the King Cobra produce 600-plus horsepower.

“At Ford Racing, we like to push cars to their absolute limit,” said Jamie Allison, director, Ford Racing. “This is something we have been doing for 113 years and why we were so excited to get our hands on the all-new, 2015 Mustang. We wanted Mustang enthusiasts to be able to open up the Ford Racing parts catalog and get one of everything and see what they could get. We think the King Cobra package is it, but none of this great work would be possible if Team Mustang had not built the best production Mustang yet,” he added.

Straight-line and street performance enthusiasts will certainly be interested in the new Drag Pack, which includes heavy-duty half shafts, and a rear sub-frame kit with pre-installed high-performance bushings. The kit will enhance traction and keep that power hooked to the ground under hard acceleration.

If you’re looking for a drop, the Handling Pack is your ticket. Ford Racing states it will lower the car approximately one inch using new front and rear lowering springs. One benefit to the kit is that the front springs come pre-assembled on the struts. The Handling Pack also includes rear shocks and a stabilizer bar kit.

Horsepower, of course, is something we’re all after. And 2015 Mustang owners will want to look at the Ford Racing Super Pack, featuring a 2.3L Twin Vortices Series (TVS) supercharger that’s co-developed and co-branded by Ford Racing and ROUSH Performance. The kit includes a six-rib belt drive system, new high-flow intake manifold, electronic throttle body, air inlet system, fuel rail and high-flow fuel injectors—plus an air-to-liquid intercooler system and the Ford Racing performance computer calibration.

To ensure the parts produce results on track the Ford Racing team tested an early version of the King Cobra package at Michigan’s Milan Dragway. The GT ripped to a best quarter-mile elapsed time of 10.97 seconds.

According to Ford Racing, “We chose the name King Cobra for this parts package because of its long association with high-performance Ford vehicles. The King Cobra moniker was first introduced by Carroll Shelby in 1963 for the high-performance Cooper Monaco sports racing cars he built with mid-mounted, 289-cubic-inch Ford V8 engines.”

Ford enthusiasts know the name was attached to Ford Torino in 1970 for aerodynamic prototype designed for NASCAR racing, but the vehicle never saw competition. And of course you recognize the King Cobra package available on the 1978 Mustang II. What you may not know is the King Cobra in 1978 was the first Mustang to sport the “5.0” designation for the metric equivalent of the V8 engine’s 302 cubic-inch displacement.

BrothersPerformance.com is your source for Ford Racing components for any year Mustang or Ford performance vehicle.

This entry was posted in News and tagged Mustang GT, mustang, 2015 Mustang, sema, las vegas, supercharged 2015 mustang, king cobra, cobra, supercharger, 2015, Ford Mustang on November 25, 2014 by Evan Smith.
2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and GT Test Drive

2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and GT Test Drive

The 2015 Ford Mustang has generated hype since it was first announced well over a year ago. BrothersPerformance.com is your number one source for the latest 2015 Mustang parts. As you know, the time has finally come—Mustangs are being pumped out of the Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant and are flooding into dealerships. Social media sites are a buzz with enthusiasts receiving their new Mustangs—it seems just about every tuner shop in the country has ordered either a Ford Mustang GT with the 435-horsepower 5.0L Coyote, the 2.3L 310-horseower EcoBoost Mustang—or both.

e had the chance to drive both the GT and EcoBoost on a recent trip to California and both models kept us entertained and left us with a childish grin that lasted for hours. “We’re fully committed to building the best Mustang ever,” said Mustang Chief Engineer, Dave Pericak. “We spent a lot of time on the proportions to give it a ground-hugging appearance that’s uncluttered and purposeful.” According to Pericak, the 2015 Ford Mustang has world-class craftsmanship and improvements to enhance the driving experience.

2.3L EcoBoost Mustang

There’s a crazy level of enthusiasm surrounding the new turbocharged EcoBoost Mustang. With we know what to expect from the 5.0L Coyote, the 310 hp turbo-four is an unknown. It enters our world with the promise of power and economy and a base EcoBoost Mustang can be had for around $24,000. It can knock down 31 mph and we’ve already seen modded versions run 12s in the quarter-mile. Brothers Performance is committed to Mustang Performance, so consider us your source for all Mustang performance.

We took the reigns of a Performance Pack-equipped Competition Orange model and headed out for a drive. Sliding behind the wheel, we recognized the Mustang styling cues in the updated interior such as the “eye brows” in the dash, the gauge package and the pony in the steering wheel hub.

There’s a wonderful combination of sportiness and comfort. The shifter has been improved for smoother shifting and it’s now closer to the driver. The cup holders are moved towards the passenger, which clears the path for aggressive shifting. Ford reduced the diameter of the steering wheel, added aircraft-style toggle switches, attractive gauges and a completely revised center stack in the instrument panel. The new IP is shorter so it provides extra legroom, too.

Our tester had the Recaro seats, which hug you like a pair of Vise Grips. The bolstering is huge and keeps you secure during spirited driving, but the chairs are comfortable enough for the daily jaunt. Larger drivers may consider them too tight for anything but track driving.

Ford has done a spectacular job with the clutch and powertrain. The clutch and engine is silky smooth. Clutch take-up is really nice and the engine revs across the powerband quickly and with a great sound. There’s enough grunt to push you back in the seat, but don’t expect V8 torque. What you do get over the GT is the quickest and most responsive handling of any factory Mustang ever produced

The EcoBoost Ford Mustang has amazing balance and compliance that gives the driver confidence and allows you to approach the limit of handling in a safe and secure manner. The brand new Integral Link IRS combines with a double-ball joint independent front suspension with MacPherson struts and tuned stabilizer bar. And it’s all tied together in the S550 chassis that is 28-precent stiffer (on the coupe) than the 2014 Mustang. Braking performance and feel is light years ahead of the outgoing 2005-2014 S197 chassis. Planting the brake pedal in the 2015 Ford Mustang gets the chassis squatting in a controlled fashion, with no noticeable nosedive. This is a huge improvement of the S197 Mustang. Under heavy braking the new Mustang seems to suck to the ground. With this additional grip, turn-in happens quickly and accurately and you can get the power on quickly on corner exit. Ford has also weighted the steering nicely to give you excellent overall feel.

5.0L Mustang GT

In contrast, the Mustang GT felt heavier, but was packing 125 more horsepower and 100 more lb-ft of torque—plus there’s the unmistakable V8 rumble. The power of the 5.0L Coyote is just awesome. It’s got the low-end torque and never runs out of steam, even at the 7,000-rpm redline.

Shifting and clutch actuation mimics the EcoBoost, as does the interior and styling. The Mustang GT comes standard with the 3.31 axle ratio, but a 3.55 is offered as an option. Performance Pack models get the deeper 3.73 gearing and that really lets the Mustang accelerate out of the gate. Performance Pack models also come with massive 15-inch rotors with 6-piston Brembo brakes.

“The Performance Pack gives you a way different feel,” stated Pericak. “The springs on the base GT have a sporty, but comfortable ride. The Performance Pack is more tied down. We have goals for lap times or lateral g numbers and we work hard to optimize the critical areas, keeping in mind the desired feel and character. The Mustang has an edge or rawness,” Pericak added. “You just can’t look at the numbers or the data, there’s a human factor. It’s about the intangibles of the driving experience.”

And while still a tight handler, the additional weight of the V8 gives the EcoBoost the edge in handling feel. Overall balance on the GT was nice, but the nose tended to feel soft by comparison.

The Brothers Performance team is proud to be a part of the Mustang hobby. We’re excited to get on with the journey and see just how far we can push all models of the 2015 Ford Mustang. The EcoBoost has sparked a fire with enthusiasts and we expect to see those turbo four-cylinder Ford Mustang owners going after GT owners. Either way, the Mustang has reached a new level of power, handling, refinement, and comfort. And we’re glad you consider Brothers Performance your source for everything Mustang.

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This entry was posted in 2015 Ford Mustang News and tagged Ecoboost, Mustang GT, ford, 2015 Mustang, Ford Mustang on October 31, 2014 by Evan Smith.