Ford’s bringin’ back the boss with the Limited production 2012 Mustang Boss 302, set to become the quickest, best-handling straight-production Mustang ever offered by Ford.

“The decision to build a modern Boss was not entered into lightly,” said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global Product Development. “The entire team at Ford felt the time was right and with the right ingredients, the world-class 2011 Mustang could support a successful, race-bred, worthy successor to the original Boss 302. For us that meant a production Mustang that could top one of the world’s best – the 2010 BMW M3 – in lap times at Laguna Seca. We met our expectations.”

From the get-go, the focus was to create a visceral driving experience with the Boss 302 by increasing the performance of the current Mustang and balancing these upgrades across several aspects such as acceleration, braking and handling, and top speed, and keeping it street legal. Read more

We here at AutoKinesis live rich fantasy lives where we’re all famous race car drivers with warehouses chock full of supercars that are delicately maintained by well-trained bathing suit models and given carte blanche to drive sideways on any public roads at a mere whim. We do our best to fulfill these fever dreams by diving wholeheartedly into our favorite racing games. Here are some of the upcoming console games we’re eagerly waiting for:

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Let’s address the obvious first: The Nissan Cube is pretty eccentric looking. If cars attended middle school, the Cube would be mercilessly teased of its foreign appearance and ousted from any association by the cool cars. It would be forced to hang out with the other misshapen outcasts. The Cube would have lunch with the Aztek.

But out in the real world, it’s a different story: The Cube has many fans. Those that have gotten to know the Cube have found out how interesting it is. The Cube is “unconventionally attractive” and, unlike the Aztek (who, sadly, truly had some birth defect), people want to party with the Cube.

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For personal reasons, and despite having much to post, I have been disconnected from the site as of late, and it is with sadness and regret that my first update after my brief absence is of news that Jerry Flint has passed away.

I did not know Jerry well, and I suppose that it is often the case that when someone you have a loose connection with moves on, one feels almost unsuitable to eulogize them. But regardless of that, I feel compelled to tell my memories of Mr. Flint, and to say that I will miss seeing his familiar face for some time.

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Alvis, a British car manufacturer established in the 1930, is set to make a comeback after making its last car in 1968.

Red Triangle, the company that has been responsible for providing parts, maintenance and restoration services to Alvis owners for the last 40 years, will be reintroducing selected original Alvis models as newly manufactured cars. The story goes that when Alvis was rolled into Red Triangle, it was discovered that seventy-seven of the chassis that were sanctioned for production were never fulfilled. Read more