Going Green and Burning Rubber in a CNG Mustang

Going green doesn't mean giving up wheel-spin-inducing, tire-shredding performance, as this 300-horsepower natural gas-burning Mustang GT proves.

German natural gas conversion specialists
Green Autogasteamed up with tuning haus
Rollin on Chrometo prove "green" isn't synonymous with boring. Together they tweaked the Mustang's 4.6-liter V8 to run on
propanenatural gas, then installed a body kit, carbon-fiber hood and 22-inch wheels. The lime-green paint is
waaayover the top and we're not wild about the wing, but Green Autogas is to be commended for the effort.

So is the car as green as it looks?

The CNG engine produces about 20 percent less CO2 than the gasoline engine it is based on and 95 percent less
nitricnitrogen oxide (NOx) than a typical diesel,
according to Motor Authority. It's tough to put that in perspective, though, because no one's provided fuel economy data or a cost-per-mile comparison with the stock 'stang.

Autogas isn't the first outfit to build a green Mustang. The
BioConcept Mustangbuilt by German tuners FourMotor used a biofuel-burning 2.0-liter turbodiesel that produced 280 horsepower and 368 foot-pounds of torque. The car was good for 152.2 mph and raced in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.

As for the Autogas CNG Mustang, we'll park it next to the sweet
natural gas-burning Porsche 356 cloneFrench boutique automaker PGO produces.

Photo
courtesy Autoblog.nl, which has more pix.