The voicemail on my office phone was time stamped at 3:17AM, and the frantic message that followed was left in an almost unintelligible whimper:

“Dude. You are so not gonna to believe this. Check your email first thing in the morning.”

I could hear quiet sobbing in the background. “When my wife finds out about this, I. am. a. dead. man. She’ll have me listing my pony on Craig’s List before the day is out so she can do the down payment on this thing. Don’t ask me where I got this. Dude. I’m so upset I can’t even sleep.” ((click))

My interest piqued, I opened my email, looked at the attached image, and promptly fell out of my office chair. Immediately after picking myself up, I started working the phones. Here’s what I’ve been able to dig up so far:

After nearly two decades of focus groups, demographic research, and secret concept vehicle development, a hand-picked team of top designers and engineers were brought together in early 2004 at an abandoned Flint, Michigan auto plant. The team’s mission: Break the mold on family oriented transportation. They were instructed to spare no expense in development, and informed that they would not see the light of day until the finishing touches on a production-ready prototype were nailed down.

The result? For the soccer mom (or dad) who wants a little kick to their family ride, a new hoss is coming to town: the 2011 WindStang GT.

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