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The 2008 Formula One season has just ended in what can only be called dramatic fashion. Lewis Hamilton rescued his championship by passing a slick shod Toyota in the rain in the last corner of the last lap of the season. It simply does not get any better or crazier than that.

We know that Hamilton has one the Driver's Championship and Ferrari the Constructor's Championship this year, but what about the 2009 season. Will it be more of the same or can we expect more changes such as the rise of BMW this year?

The answer is we can expect 2009 to be a very interesting year. Why? It comes down to a simple fact. To save money and make passing more plausible, the cars of the 2009 season will look nothing like those of the 2008 season. Many of the aero pieces used to create down force are going to be banned. The goal is to give drivers the ability to pass without being hurt by dirty air. Heck, we are even going back to slick tires.

This clean slate means the teams cannot just continue to develop the 2008 cars. They basically have to start from scratch and this raises some very interesting issues regarding who will be on pace next season and who will not.

My pick for the team to surprise is Renault. Fernando Alonso is many things good and bad, but he is undisputedly a great car developer. Look at how the 2008 Renault developed from a pathetic middle of the pack car to a race winner. Alonso looked particularly optimistic at the closing press conference for the Brazilian Grand Prix, which makes you think Renault could be a serious player again in 2009. BMW is also a team to watch, but their fall off at the end of 2008 cannot be dismissed without concern.

What team could be looking at a bit of a fall down the pecking order? The answer is McLaren. The team has gobs of money, but one has to look at the last five years to see the potential problem. Before Alonso arrived at McLaren for his one blustery year, the team was not competitive with Ferrari. In his one year, they became so and probably not because of the plans they allegedly stole from the company.

Now that Alonso is gone and a new car must be developed, can McLaren do it? The engineers are up to it, but the input of a quality driver is critical. Schumacher had his team at Ferrari. Alonso clearly has it at Renault. Lewis Hamilton can drive the wheels off a car, but the question now is can he develop one? If he can, he could go on a Schumacher like streak of winning. If he cannot, McLaren could fall back.

What about the other teams? The most interesting team is Honda. To say the team is a disaster would be an understatement. It is hard to imagine the powers that be at Honda will keep funding such an embarrassment for much longer. The golden ray of hope for the team is Ross Brawn, who did some magic at Ferrari. He has to have something to work with however, and the current Honda set up is just all wrong. Whether the company is willing to spend the money and time on two to four years of development is doubtful at best given the economic situation in the world. A betting man says Honda stays with it through 2009, but leaves F1 in 2010 unless a major breakthrough is made.

The distressing sign of the 2008 season will be the state of the Williams team. One of the great teams of Formula One, the fall has been long and hard over the last few years. The team simply cannot compete with the money being invested by manufacturers. With the economy going in the tank, it appears to be only a matter of time before Williams calls it a day. In fact, they team just lost a big sponsor in Royal Bank of Scotland, which has fallen in the banking crisis. Simply put, where is the Williams team going to get money? The day the great Frank Williams is out of Formula One will be a sad day indeed.

Indeed, Formula One stands at a key point in time. There have always been dominant teams and also rans, but the ability of the also rans to even form a team is now in question. The loss of Super Aguri this year was hardly a surprise, but more teams could be in trouble. While Force India will remain since it is the play thing of a billionaire, one of the Red Bull teams may be sold or liquidated. The ability of Williams to continue to take a financial beating is also very questionable.

If Formula One loses many of its privateers, the races will become a farce. A twelve car lineup of McLaren, Ferrari, Renault, BMW, Toyota and Honda would be a joke and it is doubtful many would tune in to watch the races. At the same time, F1 is all about technology, so standardizing the technology to save money seems a bit of a joke. Ferrari and other teams have already threatened to leave if a standardized engine is mandated. The issue of costs versus technology will continue to be a major issue over the next few years and one suspects F1 in 2011 will look nothing like it did in 2009.

So, what will 2009 ultimately produce? I'll say Renault and BMW both give McLaren and Ferrari a run for their money. Alonso wins the Driver's Championship, but a weak second driver for Renault results in Ferrari taking the Constructor's title. Unfortunately, it will also be the last year for Williams in Formula One.

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Ford Mustang Magic – A Legend Is Born

Ford Motor Company introduced the Mustang on what was then the world's largest stage. Only the 1964 New York World's Fair had enough scale and drama worthy of the Mustang. Held in conjunction with the city of New York's 300th anniversary, it featured 140 pavilions over 646 acres.

The Ford Company Pavilion was the Fair's largest attraction, nearly the size of three football fields. Guests entered while riding a "Magic Skyway," specially designed by The Walt Disney Company.

It was here on Friday, April 17th 1964, that Lee Iacocca unveiled the Ford Mustang to an estimated crowd of 20,000 anxious buyers. When he removed the silk-like Ford blue cover to introduce the first Mustang convertible to the world, electricity filled the air. The flash of light bulbs was blinding. The entire crowd pushed nearer in one wave for a closer look.

Revealing the Mustang was only one small part of the plan. That same day, one hundred members of the press also participated in a giant seventy car Mustang rally, driving 750-miles from New York to Ford Headquarters in Dearborn, and stopping only to file stories to their newspapers and magazines along the way.

On April 17th, Ford dealerships across the country were also mobbed by customers. Ford had arranged to produce a minimum of 8,160 Mustangs prior to its introduction, so that every Ford dealership would have at least one in its showroom when the car was officially launched. People literally attacked their local Ford showrooms. Everyone was in a frenzy to be one of the first to own the Mustang.

In his autobiography, Iacocca, the man himself tells about the excitement the first Mustang caused at Ford Dealerships across the country.

In Chicago, for example, one dealer had to lock his showroom doors because the crowd outside was so large. In Garland, Texas, a Ford dealer had fifteen potential customers bidding on a single Mustang. He sold it to the highest bidder, who insisted on spending the night in the car until his check cleared. At a dealership in Seattle, the driver of a passing cement truck became so fascinated by the Mustang on display that he lost control of his vehicle and crashed through the showroom window.

The Ford public relations team kept public interest, awareness and enthusiasm for Mustang boiling long after vehicles arrived in dealer showrooms.

On May 30th 1964, Mustang was named the official pace car for the 1964 Indy 500. A white Mustang convertible led the Indianapolis field around the track on Memorial Day. Ford also built another 35 convertibles and 195 hardtops with the same Indy Car color scheme. The convertibles were later sold at premium prices and the hardtops were given away in dealer-sponsored contests.

Mustang was such a runaway success that it racked up over 22,000 sales orders on its first day.  Coupes and convertibles built between mid-April and mid-August 1964 are known as 1964 ½ models. 1965 brought few changes, with the exception of a new Fastback model. An industry-record of 680,989 first-year sales includes both 1964 ½ and 1965 Mustangs sold from April 1964 to September 1965. The one millionth Mustang was built in March 1966.

Ford Motor Company designers and engineers gave Lee Iacocca's dream of a well-styled, fun-to-drive compact car that would appeal to America's growing number of Baby Boomers an undeniable shape and style all its own.

An army of reporters, journalists and buff book writers built buyer anticipation and excitement to a fever pitch.

An entire nation eagerly embraced it and welcomed it into their driveways all across the American landscape.

And later, a soul singer and songwriter named Wilson Pickett would even give it a voice when he recorded a hit rock and roll anthem entitled Mustang Sally.

 

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About ShipCarsNow – About Wally Koster, Freelance Writer

Wally Koster is a retired marketing and advertising executive with more than 40 years experience in the automotive industry. He now enjoys life as a freelance writer for ShipCarsNow and is a published philatelist. Visit http://www.shipcarsnow.com.

 

I'm interested in purchasing a Roush Mustang but will it pass the emissions laws in California?

I'm moving from a state with absolutely no emission laws, or even inspections for that matter, to California. I need a new car because I know the one that I have will not work out there. I'm really interested in purchasing a new Roush Mustang but I'm not sure it will pass the emission laws. I'm just not familiar with them. Will it?

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