Jay Leno the funny man from the tonight show on NBC gets to test drive the Mustang from the new remade series Knight Rider. Jay really gets on it and sees what the car is made of. They go in deep detail how the car works and everything, it’s pretty amazing. Believe it or not, Val Kilmer is the new voice of KITT, kind of strange huh… What’s really cool is the Knight Rider Mustang can actually go up to a mile radius by remote control. My favorite feature of the Mustang is the exhaust, really sounds sweet in the video. Michael Knight would be very proud!

This is a great Mustang Cobra Compilation, one of the best I have ever seen. Love how they started it off with the beat from the Terminator movies. Some really sharp Mustangs in this one, check it out!

I remember back in 2000 when this Mustang made it’s debut in the newspaper, I was amazed by it’s performance and sleekness. Not a lot of people like the rear spoiler on it, say it’s too ricey. I actually love it, looks good on the car. Some don’t understand this car was built for the track, the front end needs to keep down with the amount of horsepower it’s making.

The Cobra R features a 5.4L 32-valve V8 engine that makes 385 horsepower and 385 foot pounds of torque. Those stats were pretty amazing back in 2000 for a stock Mustang, some to this day think that’s a lot. In order to fit the big engine under the hood Ford had to make a very bulky hood. Thus, Ford fabricated the “power dome” hood, really sets the car of from other Mustangs I think. Brings out it’s muscle!

There were a limited production of only 300 Cobra R models built in spring 2000, on the same line of the Dearborn Assembly Plant which produces the V6, GT, and Cobra Mustangs. Last year when I was at Woodward I actually got to see one of these beasts, man did it look good. I tell you, it would really be sweet to own one of these limited edition Mustangs.

“What fascinates me about this simple principle most of all, though, is that sometimes soul can be like chilli sauce. Pour enough over the mix and it’ll mask the fact that underneath you’re driving around in the automotive equivalent of two dead rats.

This brings me on to the Ford Mustang. It’s a terrible car. Bouncy, underbraked, nowhere near as fast as it should be and equipped with a live rear axle. Something that went out of fashion at about the same time as the Bailey bridge.

Ford argued that it had fitted museum technology because that’s what America’s drag-racing fraternity had asked for. I see, so you wreck a car’s handling and ride simply to keep half a dozen fat men in Kentucky happy. Sure, I believe you. And the decision had nothing to do with the fact that live axles cost 4p whereas more modern alternatives don’t.

Anyway. None of this matters, because whenever I see a Mustang I’m filled with a sometimes uncontrollable urge to buy one. I know the stripes are silly, I know the wheels are slightly wider than is strictly necessary and I realise the big bulge on the bonnet is as laughable as the hosepipe attachment Robert Plant used to sport in his pants.

I’m also aware that the seats are made from UHT leather, that the dash is made from materials that Lego would reject, that it can be beaten off the lights by a Golf (cart) and that in England such a car would mark me out as someone who in pubs says, “I’ll take a Bud,” because secretly I want to be American.

And yet the feeling persists. Maybe it’s the badge and all that Bullitt nonsense. Maybe it’s the style. It is a good-looking car. But mostly it’s the fact it’s the only Ford made today with rear-wheel drive. That shows that beneath all the rubbish it was designed by someone who cares.

In every way, it’s worse than a dull-as-ditchwater Kia Rio. But because it was plainly created by an enthusiast it has a heart and a soul. That’s why I’d buy a Mustang and why, even if my dog’s life depended on it, I wouldn’t buy a Rio.”

I do think he’s right on certain aspects, but wrong about others. He definitely knows what he’s talking about though. He needs to realize this car is made for the drag strip, one of the reasons why Ford throws in the live rear axle, create less wheel hop! I do think he’s right about upgrading the performance, the stock Mustang GT could use a better engine. The old 4.6 needs to get tossed out! Ford needs something new that is powerful and still gets decent gas mileage like GM’s LS2. It really would be nice to see a change.

NBC and Ford Motor Company are teaming up to give viewers a chance to win a 2008 Shelby GT500KR in the “Ford ‘Knight Rider’ Giveaway Sweepstakes”.

The “Ford ‘Knight Rider’ Giveaway Sweepstakes” begins at 8 p.m. eastern on Sunday February 17th during the season finale of ”American Gladiators” (7-9pm eastern), continues with the ‘Knight Rider’ two-hour movie (9-11 p.m. eastern) and concludes the next day, Monday, February 18th.

How the contest works is at four different, pre-determined intervals during the “Knight Rider” movie, approximately every 30 minutes, viewers will be invited to participate in the sweepstakes by answering a question pertaining to the movie by going online. Contestants will be directed to the website www.nbc.com/knightrider. A correct answer is not required for an entrant to make an entry into the sweepstakes but you are limited to just four entries per person for the entire sweepstakes period.

Ford will also be giving away three other vehicles as top prizes. Check out the press release after the jump for all the information.

Roomer flying around the net is Ford might be implementing a new engine for the future lineup. The engine would be a V6 consisting of two turbos that make around 400 horsepower. Nothing has been confirmed yet and it would be a long shot to see a twin turbo V6 in a Mustang but it does make sense because of new emission laws that might pass. Me for one would really miss the sound of the Mustang V8, it’s one of the elements that make the Mustang so special. I’m just glad I picked up an 04 Cobra before the change is starting to happen.

Actual video footage from Carrol Shelby’s 85th birthday, thanks goes out to street fire for hosting the video. It’s a really well done video, some great looking Mustangs and racing being done at the birthday party.