Saleen Wallpapers
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Saleen car - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org: Saleen, Incorporated, commonly known as Saleen, is an American manufacturer of high performance sports cars and high performance automotive parts based in Irvine, California. The company was founded in 1983 originally as Saleen Performance, Incorporated by Steve Saleen, a former Formula Atlantic race car driver. Saleen is a Delaware corporation. Saleen manufactures limited edition, high-performance vehicles. Saleen is an automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the last American small car manufacturer bearing OEM status. Most of Saleen's vehicles are modified versions of existing mass produced sports cars such as the Ford Mustang. Saleen has produced over 8,000 modified Mustangs since its inception. It also produces modified versions of the Ford Focus and other Ford models.[br]Saleen's flagship car is the Saleen S7, introduced in 2000. The S7 is a mid-engine, high performance supercar that was first priced at just under US$400,000. The S7 won four different GT championships in 2001 and has broken records at the prestigious 24-Hour Le Mans race. The S7 is Saleen's first production car not based on an existing design. The parts and gear branch of the company markets car parts and accessories such as custom wheels, exhaust systems, brakes, and other high performance parts. At the end of July 2006, Saleen opened a retail store at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California to market these car parts and accessories directly to customers in addition to offering vehicle sales.[br]Saleen operates an assembly plant (Saleen Special Vehicles) in Troy, Michigan where it builds the Ford GT supercar for Ford Motor Company and offers prototyping and show car building services to other automotive OEMs. As of mid-2005, Saleen discontinued manufacture of the "Nitrous-ready" N2O S121 Saleen Focus. The 575hp (429 kW) mid-engine supercar naturally-aspirated Saleen S7 [br]was discontinued after the 2004 model year with the introduction of the [br]Saleen S7TT although both editions are commonly referred to as the Saleen S7.