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The supercharged Ford Mustang with supercar-like performance is a throwback to more carefree times. And it’s built right here in Australia. It was the ‘K-Code’ Mustang that started it all, just a few months after the 1964 launch of Ford’s original Pony car. Starting with a standard V8-powered Mustang, Ford’s performance wizards beefed up the standard four-barrel 157kW/407Nm 289ci (4.7-litre) small-block V8…

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Melbourne's Ford gurus turn up the wick on a brand-new Mustang Mach 1It didn't take long for Australian Ford whiz Rob Herrod and his team to get their hands on the new track-focused Ford Mustang Mach 1 and become the first folks on earth to produce a supercharged version. Off the back of their Mustang SM17, built to commemorate Scott McLaughlin's third Supercars championship, Herrod Performance were tasked by a customer to take a brand-new, Shado…

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Sampling the Supercars champion's 578kW beast!Scott McLaughlin has his name written on two Ford Mustangs. One of them he drove to his third straight Supercars title this year. And then there’s the really powerful one.The Scott McLaughlin Limited Edition by Herrod Performance, or SM17 for short, might have number plates and leather seats instead of sponsor decals and a roll cage, but it’s the best part of 100kW up on its circuit-dwelling sibling.…

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Paul Gover - Motoring - Ghosts of the Falcon exorcised by new Ford production line Broadmeadows is going back to building cars. For the first time since the finish of the Falcon, in October 2016, manufacturing is returning to Ford Australia’s traditional construction hub in Melbourne. An all-new production line has been established in part of the derelict Ford plant to convert imported Mustangs into Ford’s new showroom star, the Herro…

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