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The Mustang is arguably the most recognized brand within the Ford Motor Company family. For nearly 50 years, the Mustang has served as an aspirational sports car for generations of buyers, but the quintessential pony car is facing some challenges as it ends life in its current body style.

Ford's Mustang has been answering the cry "power to the people" for nearly a half-century, and this year that power dosage inches up another eight ponies in the GT, but that's not important -- anyone who says they can feel it is all bluster. What's really cool about the 2013 Mustang -- apart from its new exterior lighting -- is that formerly exclusive high-performance hardware reserved for certain hard-core racer versions is now available on civilian models. The V-6 performance package can now be had with an automatic, while a new Track Package brings Boss 302 and GT500 items like a Torsen helical limited-slip differential and Recaro racing seats to the GT (with a manual trans). And automatic Mustangs at long bloody last get manual control with almost no second-guessing (it won't execute a shift that would frag the motor).

Who names a customized Ford Mustang "Konquistador"? Why, a German tuner, of course, silly! Now, what the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors (Konquistador in German) have to do with a tuned Mustang is another story entirely…

Geneva marked the debut of the hottest car in Ford's Fiesta range, the sporty ST model.

Based on the three-door Fiesta on sale in Europe, the Fiesta gains a 177-horsepower EcoBoost four-cylinder, and aggressive styling influenced by the upcoming Focus ST.