By TAMARA WARREN
Lawyers for the rapper Nelly will be busy defending speeding tickets if his predictions come true. Nelly and Jim Farley, vice president of marketing for Ford, showed off Nelly’s custom Mustang GT, which will appear on the cover of his coming album on Tuesday at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.
“I already called my lawyers to get them on deck for more tickets,” Nelly said to the crowd at the Ford stand, around a new Mustang GT 5-liter. The St. Louis native is a car collector, with an impressive collection of luxury cars. He said he has been waiting for Ford to reproduce the iconic 5.0 engine. When he met with Mr. Farley last year in a visit to the Ford design center, Nelly gave him his feedback.
“It’s great when you are throwing ideas and the big shots listen,” Nelly said with a charming grin. “The 5.0 is epitome of the muscle car as it should be.”
The custom car was produced by Dub magazine and flaunts suede and leather and two 12-inch subwoofers. Ford is the title sponsor of the Dub Show Tour beginning on Friday at the Charity Preview in the Cobo Center.
“The Mustang hasn’t been promoted in the African-American and Latino cultures and yet it still needs to stay true to its performance heritage, so we gave it that street styling, said Myles Kovacs, president and co-founder of Dub magazine.
(Taken from Ny times Blog)
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