Saleen Mustangs are sold only through Saleen-certified Ford dealers and they come with a full bumper-to-bumper Saleen warranty. Saleen also has factory pricing and financing.


Steve Saleen began his company with a vision of the perfect performance vehicle that would be appreciated by anyone. Since its inception, Saleen has produced over 9,000
vehicles, more than any other specialty manufacturer.


Today Saleen is housed in a 150,000 square foot building in Irvine, Calif. just down the road from Ford's headquarters for the Premier Auto Group (PAG). The corporate office space houses the design, engineering and assembly operations, as well as the corporate offices, customer service center and the parts distribution facility. Saleen has also opened a new 180,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Troy, Michigan and another manufacturing plant in Canada. An eight-time Manufacturers` Champion in GT sports car racing, Saleen`s line of products and services also includes Saleen Performance Parts, Saleen Composites and Coatings and Saleen Engineering and Certification Service.


From the very beginning, racing has been an important component of the Saleen DNA. "The knowledge we gain from motorsports feeds right back into our performance road cars" says founder Steve Saleen. "Our customers love performance. Our powerful specialty vehicles are a direct translation of superior racing technology adapted to street use."


For some manufacturers the terms niche manufacturing and mass customization -creating customized products in an efficient mass-production manner- are new. But they aren`t new to Saleen. The company has been employing these concepts from the very beginning. Unlike so-called "tuners", Saleen's team follows the same procedures as mega-manufacturers to certify vehicles in compliance with Federal and state regulations.


Saleen`s latest achievement in crafting niche market vehicles involves the use of best practices components along with specifically engineered ultra-high performance parts to create the S7. Using its expertise in mass-customization, along with outsourced parts and services as needed, Saleen created the S7 for the exotic vehicle market in less than 18 months. And it is expertise such as this that will allow Ford to achieve its goal of debuting the new GT.


The supercar joins Thunderbird, Mustang and the Forty-Nine concepts as part of Ford's "Living Legends" lineup.



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