Saleen

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Saleen S7R 2006 with Sascha Bert

The company Saleen Inc. , headquartered in Irvine , California , United States is a vehicle manufacturer of sports cars for the road and the racetrack. Saleen Inc. was founded in 1983 by Steve Saleen . Saleen went bankrupt in 2009 and temporarily stopped all activities. The company was also known, especially in the United States, for its vehicle tuning on current and past models of the Ford Mustang series, which were modified according to customer requirements or also manufactured in small series. The company now exists again as Saleen Automotive .

Vehicle manufacturing

Vehicle conversions

Saleen S281 Supercharged
  • S281 / S302 Coupe and Cabriolet 3V (based on Ford Mustang )
  • S281 / S302 Coupe and Cabriolet Supercharged (based on Ford Mustang)
  • S281 / S302 Coupe and Cabriolet Extreme (based on Ford Mustang)
  • H281 / H302 Coupe 3V (Mustang BOSS) (based on Ford Mustang)
  • H281 / H302 Coupe Supercharged (Mustang BOSS) (based on Ford Mustang)
  • S331 Pick-up Truck Supercrew 4-door (based on Ford F150 Pick-up)
  • S331 Pick-up Truck Supercab 2-door (based on Ford F150 Pick-up)
  • S121 N20 Focus with nitro injection (laughing gas / nitrous oxide ) (based on Ford Focus )

While Saleen Inc.'s activities for the S281 / S302, S331 and S121 were limited to vehicle tuning , the Saleen S7 was a completely independently developed super sports car .

Saleen in movies

Web links

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