Just so you know, we’re well past April 1st. What you see here is not a joke.
I was Bing-ing about the last-generation Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca for a post about the 2000 Cobra R when the above results popped up (type “boss 302 laguna seca” into Bing and see for yourself). Unfortunately, clicking on the Ford link only takes you to a general Mustang page with a picture of the V6 model. However, the URL has “boss302” in it.
Once I made this discovery, I immediately shot emails to some of my contacts at Ford. I expect I’ll get the usual “We can’t comment on future product,” but if my sources decide to take this opportunity to hype the car with some juicy hints about its specs or abilities, I’ll be sure to let you all know.
It’ll be interesting to see if this car turns out to be the $90,000 track-only, 5.0-liter 302S that was reported on early this year. Let’s hope Ford makes a street-legal Boss, too. As fond as Ford is of making special edition Mustangs, I can’t imagine it won’t produce a new Boss for everyday roads, as it did a few years ago. However, if it does, we’ll have to wait even longer to see how the Blue Oval positions such a Mustang. Perhaps it will split the difference in power and performance between the GT and the GT350.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
