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Saleen Doing Vehicles wants to move to the substitute for of the business Mustang get together, and with its latest creation it’s getting close. Saleen revealed the S281 on Wednesday at SEMA. The head-turning ‘Stang packs 485 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque from a supercharged V8. Saleen would to traffic in 100 copies based on the 2010 Mustang.

Prices start at just below $60,000. The S281 follows the entry-level 435S, which was launched in August.

The SEMA pile was dressed up with optimistic red stain and chrome wheels, which are options, but else was close-matched to the basic S281. “I think this has been a famous opportunity to march to everybody that Saleen is move backwards withdraw from as a brand,” Saleen CEO Mike Shields said. The S281 is a more far-ranging workover than its sibling, getting radical modifications backwards and dmod. It’s bespoke with a revitalized Racecraft postponement and rides on seven-spoke 20-inch wheels. The backside end is extended around the taillights approximately 4 inches in return more of a squared-off look, even though the all-embracing to the fullest of the passenger car but extends nearby an inch. “I tried to change everything I legally could,” Saleen design concert-master David Byron said with taunt. The grille and front fascia also get redone, and the chummy Saleen blacked-out panel is in the rear. The wing is lowered and more subtle in in arrears, too. Internal, the car gets piano unprincipled persuadable, a 200-mph speedometer, twin gauges on outdo of the center of the dashboard and suede and leather seats. The jalopy is topped with chevrons and Saleen badging throughout. In the intervening time, Jack “Doc” Watson of Hurst stardom, also was named to the Saleen eat of directors, the company announced.