A Muscle Car That’s Got People Talking
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The Ford Interceptor Concept was unveiled last Sunday, and the word on the floor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is that Ford is back in the muscle car game.

And the press is chiming in: Autoblog calls the Interceptor a “stunner”; The New York Times sees the Ford Interceptor as an American car that’s not afraid to be an American car, and views its design as evidence that Ford is looking to give the competition a run for their money.

Ford fans and muscle car fanatics are excited to hear that Bill Ford, Jr. and Alan Mullaly, Ford CEO, see Ford as “one team working on one plan with one goal in mind: to build more of the products that people really want.”



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Cameron Spencer says (January 30, 2008 at 2:59 pm):
This car is awesome and it looks like it would go FAST how much is it going to go for?And what is the gas mileage on it?
Kevin says (January 9, 2008 at 11:37 am):
I think the Ford Interceptor concept is fantastic! I drive a 2005 Mustang GT and would love to be able to move up to this vehicle a few years down the road when I need a bigger car for the family, I will never want to give up that V-8 power and performance. I know there's a lot of talk about smaller engines and what not but I know that Ford can have their V-8's, I currently get 30MPG, according to the computer, with my V-8 Mustang so I know it can be done, I look forward to buying this car in the future
Mike says (January 4, 2008 at 12:10 pm):
I remember the late 50's cars - Galaxies that had the Ford Interceptor V8 engines... Ford REALLY needs to bring back the Galaxie and the Fairlane!!!
Jaqwon says (November 24, 2007 at 4:46 pm):
Give me that for my bithday my birthday is November25,2007
Jesse Watson says (October 24, 2007 at 8:20 am):
 The Intecptor looks like a great combonation with the mustang and first class beauty, I think this will be a great investment in the ford company(and to get Mike Rowe another commercial)asides that the Inteceptor will probably get a 5 star crash test rating. I thought that Ford had me going there for a sec. but never the less its nothing less than awesome in its raw form.
caleb miller says (October 19, 2007 at 11:11 am):
 I think the interceptor would be a sweet production vehicle especialy since Ford does not really have a large sedan anymore. A performance package would be really cool too(something like a GT or even SVT) I would buy one if I could afford it.
curtis says (October 5, 2007 at 1:36 am):
 ford scores on the concept front yet again!!!! now if they will get more like DODGE and build it with minimal changes. maye build a v-6 focus with all-wheel drive named the falcon? name this car the galaxie!? and put out a super-charged version and name it galaxie 500? i know america has innovation we just need to start putting it on the road.
Brian Werk. says (September 19, 2007 at 1:27 pm):
 Rock on Ford. If you do produce the Interceptor you'll be bringing back the age of the powerful, big sedans (way to go with the E85 engines). This was something that Dodge and Chevy lacked when bringing back the Charger and updating the Impala. Oh, by the way a 4 door Charger? At least the guys at Ford remember the design history of their products. Oh and the Super Snake is awesome. Now if you could try to reinvent an accurate Torino or Cougar that would be a great addition to the Interceptor and Mustang retro design. Has anyone in Ford looked into possibly producing and selling crate muscle cars. You could have reproduction Torino, Mustang, Cougar, ect. bodies and incorporate the new fuel efficient tech into engines. They wouldn't be originals, but I guarantee there is a market out there for something like that. Life time Ford fan born and raised.
Chris Shepherd says (September 12, 2007 at 5:06 am):
 I am 20 years old, I drive a 2006 Ford Fusion, this is my first new car. I had the choice out of whatever car I wanted and I wont lie if I had to choose power over looks it wouldn't have been the Ford Fusion at all. Yes, I do drive the 2.3 4 banger but honestly, the v6 really wasn't much better, so I figured go with has milage, which is really good considering its a Ford. Now my family has driven Fords for a long long time. Mom drives a 05 Ford Five Hundred, Dad drives a 2006 Ford F-350, and they bought my 16 year old brother a 2003 Ford Taurus, 3.0 Liter DOHC v6 (what happened to this motor). So I chose a car with looks, the Fusion has that for sure and a decent sound system for 22,000.00 dollars. But as a 20 year old male, I want to race other cars off the line sometimes, and I'll tell you one thing, after owning this car for a month and getting beat by cars smaller, same size that are 20 years old, I will never race my car again...its honeslty embarrasing to be a man who has a slow new car. The new 3.5 DOHC v6 Ford is putting in the Licoln MKZ needs to be put in the Fusion, they are built on the same fram and everything for God sake. Ford, if you start thinking power like everyone else, you just may make it. And put more off the line power in everything you make, expecially the ever so slow F-150. Now I am not just a young person with a big opinion, I am very involved with car racing here in Utah, and I'll say one thing, the only thing now that people have that they race is the New Super Duty Diesel (2008, and I was shocked). Keep adding nicer standard things, and MORE POWER, THAT IS WHAT FORD IS MISSING IN ALL VEHICALS, EXCEPT NEW SUPER DUTY. Ford has a huge concern with prices will go up...SO!!! You can't get a Honda or Toyota with the options my Fusion has for under 26,000.00, and I have the SE!!!! So Ford, meet the compition, or soon be just the company that started it all and failed the fastest...Chris
Wade says (November 26, 2007 at 8:45 pm):
If you wanted to get a car that had looks and performance then why didn't you get a mustang. Fusions are for old people and if you want performance in your fusion then take it to Steeda. They do performance upgrades for fusions with out voiding the factory warrenty because they are partners with Ford.
Larry Carpenter says (August 23, 2007 at 10:05 am):
 The interceptor is a good looking car, way to go Ford, bring it on. Call it Galaxie, do a Mercury & a Lincoln version call it Lincoln LS, or Lincoln M5 With your 5.4 V8. Do a LTD version for Cop cars. Bring on more new designs for your larger cars, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis. What about a Bentley Contential Coupe version of your Lincoln Contential? Finally Ford is designing cars that people may actually buy....l
John says (July 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm):
 I like the design of the concept Ford Interceptor. So put it on the market! I really like the HP rating (400), but I am no longer a gear slammer. How about an automatic transmission version for us older guyes, who want the power but not have to slam gears. For me even a rear bench seat would be cool. I also like the design of the 2008 Tarsus, looks good and rides good. How about a V-8 in a Taurus? I love V-8s, V-6s just do not have the punch when you need it or want it.
FordGirl says (July 16, 2007 at 9:50 pm):
 O.K. Ford, I went from the taurus to the explorer and also have a F-150. I don't want to get another car, I like riding high in the SUV, but IF you bring the Interceptor, I'm in it. no doubt! I don't look for the new cars or any of that stuff i could really care less, but when I saw the possibility of the interceptor "I wait with baited breath". BRING IT ON! BRING THE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh O. says (May 25, 2007 at 3:46 am):
 fords are my favorite company of all time, they are the best at what they do. this car should definitely replace the crown vic. i like the combination of victoria luxury and mustang aggression the body alone gives off, not to mention the motor will probably pass most anything on the street. ford began the assembly line production of vehicles with the model t, and now, 100 years later, the creator still rules.
michael scherping says (May 11, 2007 at 9:57 pm):
 Ive loved Fords for as long as I can remember, in fact my favorite machbox car was a shiney red Ford Thunderbird when I was a tyke. I still have it. I always stand up for Ford in car conversations, but I'll still admit when I think a Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen, or Honda has done a better job at something. I still root for Ford, even as the underdog because I'm hopeful. I've been a car guy all 24 years of my life. I'm currently a route driver and all I do all day is stare at cars in Seattle traffic. I plan my breaks around the closest Barns and Nobles or Borders and read or skim over every Car and Driver, Automobile, Road and Track, and Motortrend magazine from front to back. Even EVO and Car, which shows all the shiney metal that Europe and other countries get that we don't. I keep current on nearly every concept vehicle and have an American Car Library at home with my own drawings as bookmarks mostly in the Ford sections. My first car was a 1973 Ford Mustang, red with black stripes. I since then had a Thunderbird, 2 Tauruses and now a Mazda 6 (owned by Ford). There's nothing that Ford has that isn't offered elswhere. When Ford rolls out with a new product, it seems only competative with other struggling domestic brands. The Hondas, Toyotas, Mazdas, Nissans, Volkswagens, and now even Kias and Hyundais all offer more for the same or in some cases even less. Has Ford, Chevy and Dodge become lower on the scale than Kias? This is very disturbing to me. I would give up everything, move to Detroit and take a pay cut if it meant that I could make a difference. Things are slowly beginning to change. Still, too slow. Ford needs to aim further and higher. Way higher. I don't doubt that they're trying and I'm sure that there's a lot I don't know about all those Healthcare and Retirement costs. If I were retired from the Ford Motor Company, I'd care more about seeing the cars I worked so hard on succeed rather than hide in the shadows of so many other better cars. It would be a dream of mine to look back one day when I'm 80 and have a project of mine either still running or in some museum with copies of the headlines it made when it rolled off that assembly line. Those Ol'Timers clearly wern't car guys. I think it's all in the little details, small as they may seem. First, keep the Fusion, add some projector beam headlights and LED taillights just to keep up with the competition. Bring back those blue tinted mirrors from the 2nd generation Taurus, cool sport/lux look and helps road glare. Rid yourself of all the green guage cluster lighting and don't just switch to another color but be the only company to offer a choice across the entire lineup. Add some chrome all the way around the windows on the Fusion/Milan and F-150 and offer exclusive colors you can't get anywhere else. Sadly, I know a whole lot of people who just buy a car based on the color. Replace that ugly tan color with a dark metallic root-beer brown, and some more chameleon colors. Start up an entire aftermarket campaign for things such as graphics, body kits, two-tone paint jobs, HIDs, custom Taillights, and other exterior/interior mods. Bring back SVT/Lightning. Duh. Market the Fusion as an attainable, affordable car, and bring that damn sexy Mondeo over here asap and push it up-market as a sport sedan to rival the GLI/EVO/WRX/Mazdaspeed ect. Bring the Fiesta, Falcon, and the Galaxy/S-max over here as well, possibly some of these to help the Mercury Division. Speeking of Mercury.... WHERE THE HELL IS THE COUGAR!!! Bring that back using the Mustang Architecture with entirely different window shapes (no B pillars), sculpted lines, LED taillights, HIDs and chrome galore, and make it a retractable hardtop coupe to battle the Challenger, while at the same time steeling sales from the EOS, Volvo, Sebring, G-6, ect. The next Mustang should look like that Giugiaro concept in orange. Rename the Flex to Fairlane instead, and as an option continue that aluminum-look tailgate all the way around the darn thing sort of as a retro-but-better-futuristic interp. of the old fashioned wood paneling. Make a pickup version of the Flex that offers good gas mileage and still a decent towing capacity and call it Ranchero. Kill the Taurus-X. No more rebadged Fords as Lincolns, better off rebadging Volvos and Jaguars if anything with the MKR concept's styling. Build the Interceptor as the new Crown Vic/ Merc Grand Marquis/ Lincoln Towncar. Keep the names, keep the equity. Beat Chrysler to the punch and build a Four-door Convertible (Conntinental MKC?) for the next president to ride in during an election campaign parade. The Lincoln version of the Flex better not be in the least bit similar nor as square. Lincoln should recapture the glamorus and ritzy style it once had, it doesn't need a square stationwagon. Stop using that same cheap rectangle radio and chintzy climate controls with lame green lighting across the entire lineup. (Big deal, so you painted them silver for the Lincoln MKZ, you're not fooling anybody). Volkswagens are a helluva lot nicer inside than Lincolns are right now, it's embarassing. Kudos on the use of real wood but lets try harder. The MKX looks way too close to the Edge. The next models should look entirely different. Style the next MKX off the Volvo XC60 concept's architecture instead. It's ok for Ford and Merc to share platforms but still don't make it obvious. There's currently no point to the entire Mercury lineup. Market Mercurys as more American whereas Fords could be more global. And make Lincoln a True Cadillac/Lexus/BMW/Mercedes/Infinity fighter while keeping with American style. I'm holding on to my Mazda for a little longer, at least until that Mondeo comes to our shores, or you live up to those concepts you've been teasing us all with lately. I know you have what it takes to make Headlines again, you've been doing it in Europe. Let's see what you've got. Shake what your mother gave you. I speak for the entire echo-boom generation when I ask why the hell our parents, the baby boomers, got all the action and we dont. You've grown fat, frumpy, clumsy, grey and lazy. It's time for a little nip and tuck. There's so few of us in my generation that even know of your glorious past and fewer who even care like I do, you can't live off that anymore. The younger we get the more forgetfull you'll become if you don't act now.
sylar says (April 6, 2007 at 12:00 am):
 This Interceptor should be the next Crown Victoria, or give it a new old name like Galaxy. It would make an awsome Cop Car too. Ford should make a pickup configuration for the new Ford Flex (which they should rename Fairlane) and call the pickup-car-crossover Ranchero.
Glenroy says (March 8, 2007 at 10:28 pm):
I really hope the intercepor comes with a 4 wheel drive version so I dont have to part in when it snows. I have been waiting a long time for this car. More muscle than the charget and more luxurious than the 300. Yeah! Bring it on baby, bring it on!
fordboy4life says (February 28, 2007 at 5:50 pm):
this is an awesome car i have to admit but it does look like the 300.Ford should build it and make a whole new line of engine to go with the interceptor. bring back the 351 but a modular 351.to outdue the dodge charger ford is going to have to have some massive horsepower in this bad boy i know they can do it but will they
Jamie G. says (February 27, 2007 at 8:09 pm):
In many ways its just what ford needs, but why does the front have to look like a pick up?
stanislaw says (February 27, 2007 at 4:32 am):
I think it’s amazing that auto company’s take ‘original ideas’ from each other… Look a 300… err… Ford Interceptor…I love this car! This has got to be a must build for Ford. I have a Mustang GT convertable and love it.This article is very interesting.so click on the link for more information car muscle
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