The first few for the Ultimate Mustang Makeover have been announced, the include Men and Women from Virginia, California, Nevada, and Texas. While we have been excited by the response the Ultimate Mustang Makeover is still accepting applications until March 15th.

A hot Focus is “a natural,” Jost Capito, Ford’s global head of sports-vehicle operations has confirmed to Motor Trend. The headline version of the car will be a two-door coupe, although other body styles are likely, too. The 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine will develop at least 250 horsepower (187kw) initially, elbowing it ahead of the VW GTI.

Ford’s record-breaking Focus RS World Rally Car begins a remarkable 12th season as the company’s challenger in the FIA World Rally Championship in Sweden next week. The car, which won back-to-back manufacturers’ world titles in 2006 and 2007 and secured Ford’s longest winning run in the WRC with five successive victories last season, will carry the title hopes of the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team for a final time as the 2010 season blasts into action at Rally Sweden (11 – 14 February).

American action sports icon Ken Block, who already has a huge fan base in Europe through the internet, kicks off his relationship with Ford Motor Company this weekend. His Monster World Rally Team debuts the exciting new Monster Fiesta Rally America car at the Sno*Drift Rally (29 – 30 January) in Atlanta, Michigan.

In a first for the Mustang and the first time for Ford since 1970 when a Torino GT Convertible did the honors at the Daytona 500, a Blue Oval model will be pacing the field for the NASCAR season-opening race on February 14 at the Daytona International Speedway.