Sentences with word «ponycar»

With the new 2015 Ford Mustang going on sale in Europe for the first time ever, our European bureau chief Georg Kacher took the legendary ponycar on an 850 - mile tour of the divide between the former West and East Germany.

No longer is the Mustang the sole purveyor of ponycar sinew.

Nor are we alone: the vast majority of the automotive press has awarded the 2010 Mustang first place in the revitalized ponycar wars.

Anyone driving around Michigan would be forgiven for thinking Ford is giving away Mustangs like perfume samples; it seems like I see a half - dozen examples of the new ponycar each time I make my 45 - minute commute to work.

With the all - new 2010 Camaro coming to the showroom this year, Ford wasn't letting the retro ponycar draw all the attention.

Against its fiercest ponycar rival, Ford's Mustang, the Camaro has typically felt more like a fat Clydesdale.

For many ponycar fans, the most compelling variant of Chevrolet's reanimated Camaro isn't the big - money, nose - heavy...

For many ponycar fans, the most compelling variant of Chevrolet's reanimated Camaro isn't the big - money, nose - heavy SS model.

Fifty years after the debut of the Ford Mustang, the all - new sixth - generation version of the original ponycar sets new standards for the segment it created back in 1964.

Students of Camaro history know all about the famed Yenko Camaros, a small run of super Chevy ponycars built out by Yenko Chevrolet of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

This is the everyday ponycar, the versatility champ.

... It's a classic ponycar but has excellent dynamics.»

Klein and Thomas also collaborated on a very special Camaro back in 2002, when Chevrolet announced it was going to suspend production of its venerable ponycar.

Insurance nightmares like ponycars thus did not make the cut, and we didn't include anything with a base price much higher than $ 25,000.

The two - door ponycars are far more compelling enthusiast offerings unless you have child seats to worry about.

Instead, the third - generation Mustang started out as a wheezy attempt to revive the fortunes of the Blue Oval's once great ponycar.

A nimbler, better - handling model should compete well with its Camaro and Mustang ponycar rivals.

Even if he succeeds, the new partner will direct its attention toward Jeep and Ram, not Dodge, and the two - model ponycar plan might become the one - model plan to save money.

One episode in particular vaulted Ford's groundbreaking ponycar into the complete, collective French consciousness, and it started here at Reims, in northern France, in September 1964, when the brand - new Mustang took on the country's biggest motorsport event, the Tour de France Automobile.

It won't trouble a Corvette, or even the current crop of V8 ponycars, but it'll handily keep a Boxster at bay and comprehensively mop the floor with the MX - 5 and BRZ.

Fisker's ponycar blends concept - car looks, Can - Am - car power, and daily driver tractability.

Two ponycar competitors were repositioned in the marketplace this year.

Ford invited journalists out to Allen Park, Mich. on Tuesday for a deeper dive into its latest high - performance ponycar, and we came away even more excited to get behind the wheel.

The Camaro is Chevrolet's red, white and blue ponycar.

Now, the company's finally released more information on this top - dog ponycar.

Watched out the video below to find out, which one is the ultimate ponycar?

So the concept is slightly bigger all - round, but closer to its original incarnation than the other retro ponycars.

Like the current crop of ponycars and sports cars coming from Detroit, Pro Touring cars are in the midst of an arms race.

The track - capable 1LE will now be offered for both the SS and V6 - equipped LT version of the legendary ponycar.

This all - new ponycar is hot.

It's hard to keep up in the ponycar wars, and the Dodge Challenger faded into the background as Ford introduced its redesigned Mustang and Chevy rolled out the Camaro Z / 28.

For some of us, «Gone in 60 Seconds» stars Toby Halicki (1974) and for some of us Nicolas Cage (2000), but at one point or another we've all fantasized about riding off into the sunset in America's ponycar.

In the battle between a ponycar and the Dragon, our bright - orange Mustang easily came out on top.

Ford wasn't going to keep the ponycar revival to itself for long, and here's the Chrysler Group's riposte, as revealed at Detroit.

The ponycars had been playing around with 600 - plus horsepower for a few years, but nothing could prepare us for Dodge's answer to modern horsepower wars.

But the navigation of prohibitively exhaustive hardware changes necessary to put the ponycar on equal footing with established world - class race cars from the likes of Porsche, Corvette Racing, and Maranello among others, meant the top - level suits with final say over Dearborn's course ultimately deep - sixed Project Silver.

The rest is carry - over from the ponycar Hellcat, including Brembo brakes with front 15.4 - inch rotors and six - piston calipers; three - way adjustable Bilstein shocks; and robust gauges, steering wheel, and seats.

This is a monster of a ponycar: With the six - speed manual, the SS sprints to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds; with the eight - speed auto, that same dash takes just 4.0 seconds.

Since we think a ponycar is really about simple, pure fun, we fully disabled the stability control system during most of our time at Gingerman Raceway.

We still think there's a place for the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost in the ponycar stable.

The Challenger, introduced in 1970, almost missed the fun, coming to market much later than its ponycar precursors and just in time for the federalization era.

They're our ponycars, our cruisers, our drag racers.

One more model on the new Alfa platform is good for enthusiasts, for Alfa, and for FCA, and it means Dodge can take the ponycar fight directly to Chevy and Ford.

Production and sales dropped due to a 67 - day corporate - wide strike at GM that coincided with the introduction of the 1971 models in late September 1970, along with a continued declining interest in the ponycar market fueled by skyrocketing insurance rates for high - performance cars.

All that and more, plus another power - to - weight comparison, this time with V - 6 ponycars.

Regarding your segment «Power - to - Weight: V - 8 Ponycars», why did you NOT include the Dodge Challenger with the 6.4 Litre 470 horsepower «natural» Hemi V8 engine from the factory??? I can not wait for the NEW year 2012 Dodge Power Wagon with the 6.4 Litre 470 horsepower «natural» Hemi V8 engine from the factory!!!

The ponycar contingent gets some play courtesy of the»70 Plymouth Hemi «Cuda and the»67 Shelby Mustang GT500.