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Steve Saleen Is Back, Reveals Limited Edition Supercharged Challengers

They may have taken his company, his cars and even his name, but they'll never take Steve Saleen's desire to customize cars to make them look so radically similar to the originals, they're virtually identical to all but the most carefully trained eye. Saleen and his new company SMS have just revealed the new company's first two custom cars. The twin set of Challengers, dubbed the SMS 570TM Challenger and the SMS 570XTM Challenger will, as Phil Frank, the company's Chief Creative Officer puts it "help define our design DNA." So we guess that means more of the same, eh? Anyway, these first two products of his new "Signature Series" of "ultra-high performance vehicles" are based off the 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T and will feature a SMS-supercharged 5.7-liter Hemi engine under the hood with power ratings purported to go from 500 to over 700 HP. Full press release after the jump. More »

7:33 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Ray Wert
4,522 views, 38 comments

Latest by n/a: @Rondogg: because he got canned! more »

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Saleen S5S Heading To Production?

When we first saw the Saleen S5S at the New York Auto Show, we thought, "That's nice, but it's got concept only written all over it." Well, apparently there's a greater degree of possibility there than we'd initially thought. Saleen Vice Chairman and Chief Technical Officer Chris Theodore dropped in to the offices of Automobile magazine to talk S5S. Seems they're feeling out the market by touring the car around their dealers right now and thanks to an overwhelmingly positive response, the company no longer related in any way to Steve is considering sending it into production. Our favorite part of the whole discussion is about how they decided on the design:

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1:40 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,970 views, 20 comments

Latest by n/a: Man, what's up with the yellow? more »

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The 2008 Dodge Viper Paint Job, By Steve Saleen


One thing we didn't know about the new 2008 Dodge Viper is Steve Saleen's helping to build them. And by helping to build them we mean is he's painting all of the body panels, with Prefix doing the racing stripes for the 'merican side of the still-a-German-American hybrid. Who knew? Not us. [via YWV]

9:40 AM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By Ray Wert
3,826 views, 16 comments

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Saleen Retires from Saleen

Founder and Vice-Chairman of Saleen Motorsports Steve Saleen has officially retired from the company's executive team. Steve Saleen is shown here with Carrol Shelby, and series sweeping SCCA Mustang driver Rick Titus. Mr. Saleen himself will continue on as the Ambassador of the Saleen brand in order to help prevent any possible spins. Press release after the jump. – Mike Bumbeck More »

7:30 PM on Tue May 15 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
1,721 views, 6 comments

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Saleen Slashing Jobs: Performance Vehicle Company Cutting 40 Jobs In Irvine, CA And Troy, MI?

We received the following tip from a very reliable source about the specialty vehicle manufacturer, Saleen:
"The investor group Hancock Park Associates that owns Saleen, Inc. last week laid off 40 people from Saleen's two facilities in Irvine, CA and Troy, MI.

Some of the executive level positions that were effected include; CFO, VP Engineering, VP Design, VP Dealer Development, Director of Aftermarket, Image Design Director, IT Director, as well as numerous engineering, production, sales and development positions."
We've heard that tensions have been rather strained between the folks at FoMoCo and the Saleen team — which is one of the reasons Steve-O's... More »

12:13 PM on Sun Mar 25 2007
By Ray Wert
2,919 views, 4 comments

Latest by frank_rizzo: Let's see here, fire the following: CFO ---Check VP Engineering ---Check VP Design --- Check VP Dealer Development --- Check Director of Aftermarket --- Check Image Design Director --- Check IT Director ---Check WTF? Wait a minute, IT DIRECTOR? What? Why fire him/her when they are the go to more »

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In General, Steve Saleen Is Open To Experimentation, Transforming Other Automakers


Steve Saleen, founder of Saleen, Inc. and customizer of all things FoMoCo since 1984, says that the niche vehicle maker is, "open to building specialty cars for automakers in addition to Ford Motor Co." In a recent interview with Ward's Auto, the sassy Saleen said, "It has to make business sense and fit in with our philosophy and appropriate branding, but we're looking at other opportunities and only time will tell." Hmm, we're wondering who or what he'd be looking at customizing next? You know Steve, just quit the bumblebee-ing around, and tell us who you're thinking about partnering with. [Hat tip to Zerin!] More »

2:58 PM on Thu Sep 21 2006
By Ray Wert
1,889 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: Posturing at it's best. Gee Steve....you buying ASC? more »