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Celine Dion: The Superstar of Supercars

The legendary singer Celine Dion has always been known for her powerful voice and chart-topping hits, but few people know about her passion for supercars. In fact, Celine has been involved with some of the most iconic sports cars in history, including the Chevrolet Corvette.

In 1999, Celine's company, Celine Dion Enterprises, partnered with GM to create a supercar that would be unlike any other on the market. The result was the S7, a car that boasted an incredible 0-60 mph time of just three point three seconds and produced an impressive 168 horsepower.

The S7 was not just a stylish car, but also featured advanced technology such as a rear-view camera, which was seen as "fancy" at the time. The price tag for this vehicle? A cool $388,500 - equivalent to around $1.5 million today.

Not satisfied with the S7, Celine's team took it to the next level by creating the revised S7 twin-turbo. This car featured updated bodywork, an interior that was reminiscent of an F1 driver's cockpit, and a potent 750 horsepower engine. The weight gain from this upgraded model was minimal, weighing in at just one hundred pounds more than its predecessor.

But what about the racing version of the S7? Legend has it that even Ferrari acknowledges the S7 as one of their greatest upsets on the track. In 2004, Celine's car took on Maseratis, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris at Imola, and came out on top. This success led to Ford partnering with Celine's team to build a new GT in 2004.

Ford needed to produce a high-performance supercar, so they turned to Celine for expertise in niche manufacturing techniques. The result was the 2004 Ford GT, which boasted incredible speed of over 200 miles per hour. This time around, Celine used their experience in paint and assembly to bring this American icon to life.

But that's not all - Celine also launched the S3.1, a high-performance truck based on the Ford F-150. The result was a hotted-up F-150 with 23-inch wheels and a supercharged engine producing an astonishing 450 horsepower.

Later on, Steve Saleen split from his company to start SMS SuperCars, where he continued to push the limits of American cars. He even created a blower for the first-generation Dodge Challenger that would produce an incredible 700 horsepower.

As the years went by, Celine's influence in the world of supercars only grew stronger. In 2012, Steve Saleen stepped back from his company, but not before launching several special editions, including the SI30 Mustang to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

Today, Celine's team continues to build high-performance cars that are unlike anything else on the market. The S302 and S301 models are just two examples of their creations, with the S302 boasting an incredible 700 horsepower. But perhaps the most exciting news is the development of a new carbon fiber car called the S1, powered by a 2.3-liter turbocharged engine cranking out 450 horsepower.

And that's not all - Celine has also created a racing category for young drivers, with a class champion earning a free seat in a Corvette GT4 car for the following season. This initiative is a testament to Steve Saleen's commitment to giving back to the motorsports community and creating opportunities for the next generation of drivers.

As we conclude our journey into the world of Celine Dion and her supercars, it's clear that this legendary singer has left an indelible mark on the automotive industry. With her passion for performance, innovation, and philanthropy, Celine continues to be a force to be reckoned with in the world of supercars.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey y'all seen lace copy Mustangs and fast-forward there's some hot little number with paint job they'll burn your eyeballs out like a welding torch they turn normal little hey thick OD cars in the pit corn-fed bump horses they also made some super car that was also in that Morgan Freeman film Bruce Almighty this is everything you need to know teeing up to speed on Celine shouts to raid for sponsoring this episode of up to speed if you're into playing RPGs on your phone like me you should definitely check out raid Shadow legends it's the most immersive mobile game out there and it's totally free wide enough how was that even possible great has all the features you'd expect from a new RPG 6 3d graphics amazing story lines plane burst player battle dragon boss fights and literally hundreds of champions to collect and customize I want my champion to have a youtuber here you can choose from all kinds of guys like that guy or that guy there's that guy check out this guy if you download now you'll get 50,000 silver and an automatic entry into raids special launch tournament you know I'll be in there smashing gublin so go ahead and hit that link below Steve Saleen was born in 1949 in Inglewood California like so many big names in the aftermarket and racecar tuning will Stevie's interest in cars can be traced back to when his father bought a 1956 Porsche 356 coupe well Steve's dad gave him that 356 when he graduated high school when he wasn't in business classes at USC he went to local Porsche Club events and tinkered with his 356 that was all great and good but like every twenty-year-old car guy Steve wanted to upgrade to something with lovely guys more power well he was saving up for a Porsche 911 he discovered that board made a much more affordable and just as capable machine in 1969 he replaced the old Porsche with a used Shelby gt350 after a few years several mods and some SCC events Steve drove the Shelby and his first road race at Riverside International Raceway and brick in one most people just want to finish their first race this guy wins it sick this guy rolls in the late 70s Selene lived out all your hot boy fantasies and was a pro race driver in the Formula in Lane six series in 1982 he jumped over to the SCCA trans-am series the sickest race series ever the next year he was introduced to some Ford executives who'd heard about his history with Shelby they wanted to see what the boy could do with a Fox Body Mustang and by the end of the year he founded Saline Auto Sport and got to work their first production car the Saline Auto Sport Mustangs debuted in 1985 just like a Lois roof did with the Porsche 911 Selene made extensive modifications to factory fresh box bodies direct from board that earned them a shiny manufacturers title making them more than just another tuner shop the Saline Auto Sport Mustang had new aerodynamics Bilstein suspension wide 16-inch n chi wheels and upgraded sporty interiors and the same 210 horsepower v8 from the Mustang GT you could order one direct from your local Ford dealership and it came with a factory warranty Wow what Selene kept racing throughout the 1980s nabbing an impressive 30 podium finishes inside of four years the race team swept first through third places in back-to-back grueling 24 hour endurance races at Mosport in 87 and 88 that hadn't happened since the Ford gt40 swept them all in the 60s I don't know if he get any better than that Steve was making a major name for himself building fast and reliable Mustangs for both the street and the track and he was just getting started entered the 1989 Ford Mustang Celine super car the trusty 5o got in large ports a larger throttle body a new intake plenum new rocker arm stainless steel tubular headers Walker Dynomax mufflers and a heavy-duty cooling system this netted a total of 292 hers pairs quite a bump considering a stock mustang LX was putting out around 220 the SSC also sported a BorgWarner five-speed four-wheel disc brakes and adjustable dampers in the 80s what the hell was this a Porsche 959 I know right what the heck was this a Porsche died five died actually the 959 had rear seats for your extremely short friends but the Saleen supercar tossed the stangs rear bench and bumped a huge 10 speaker system instead I just want to take a second and acknowledge how sick that is normally you remove the rear seats because you want to put a cage or harnesses back there but this dude removed it for 10 speakers like me white like celine debuted the car on April 17th 1989 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mustangs original launch Ford didn't do anything for the event they didn't even get the Mustang flowers but 36 and a half thousand dollars it was a pretty pricey pony car and Celine ultimately only sold a hundred and sixty one of them production slowed even more coming into the 90s but just before the old Fox Body Mustang was set to get parked in the retirement pasture Steve retooled his tried and true standard upgrades the 1992 Saleen Mustang sported 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in wide sticky tires they needed the traction because a Vortech supercharger pushed the 5.0 power up to 450 left horse purrs that was insane for a v8 in the early 90s and this boy had expensive tastes 45,000 bones worth despite a rocky start to the decade Celine was ready to great things up for the new sn95 generation Mustang in 1994 Celine debuted the S 351 and SR the interior had some badass upgrades like a 200 mile per hour speed up on the outside they had body kits an aggressive stance sick color matched wheels and came in some period-correct neon colors and this is the 90s a carbon-fiber roof they actually swapped out the modern overhead cam v8 that came in the new Mustang for an old reliable stand by the 351 Windsor that came in the SVT Lightning and had been around for literally tens of years Slean modified the bigger engine to make 371 naturally aspirated buff horses the SR model had essentially the same engine you want to know what the biggest difference was more power more power bull pump power baby ball palm up more power baby ball pile plant more power baby a big-ass blower was strapped to the SR this thing stomped out 480 sweet sweet air Spurs the whole package pushed for performance above the competition including the Corvette one year after the SRS debut Steve formed Celine Allen our our our speed lab race team with his pal comedian slash actor Tim Allen that's right the lovable ex-felons detroit daddy-o you can't drive a stick canyon they added more safety equipment and other necessary racecar stuff to a Celine SR and jumped into SCCA World Challenge racing they won the last race of the 1995 season Oh same here post Marlin was born and carried that success in 296 in 97 Tim and Steve returned the Mustang to the 24 Hours of the mall for the first time in 30 years gotta get mufflers for this thing over the next few years Celine carried on their formula of turning factory Mustangs into fast awesome handling machines there was the S 281 and the SI 20 speedster they made a lot of horsepower but you're probably not here for them you're waiting for the non Mustang solely wanted to build something that would punch above its weight class something that would destroy her vets and nippers and even give finales than maclaurins a run for their money they had the expertise in making insanely capable track cars street-legal so the boys do their 2001 Saleen s7 is one of the most underappreciated supercars ever now Steve knew a lot about modding Mustangs and b8 but he needed Rhema lock limited to help with overall development and design of a mid-engine supercar rml was just a legendary race car development company no big deal the Saleen s7 was America's answer to the McLaren f1 its long carbon-fiber body was as slick as Nolan's shaved body and a cockpit that looked like a freaking Lomov prototype the engines in the first generation we're big 7 liter Ford Windsor v8 cranking out 550 Hertz per all of that power sent the s7 from zero to 60 in three point three seconds and at 168 created its own weight in downforce owners of the road-going version were fitted into them from the factory like an f1 driver because the seats weren't adjustable they also came equipped with a rear view camera so that's nice that was fancy for the year 2000 but you needed it because you couldn't see much faster as 7ch booty all this could be had for her cool 388 and a half thousand dollars that's like 1.5 million dollars today the revised s7 twin-turbo was very much the same as the first except with revised bodywork updated interior and one uted 750 hurst person 700 pound-feet of Turks and it only gained like a hundred pounds this thing was still below 3k to bagel turbochargers bolted just seven litre v8 now slap drivers in the face another version the race version of the s7 the naturally aspirated s7 are proved to be super competent on the track when pitted against Maseratis Lamborghinis and Ferraris at Imola in 2004 the Celine's white the floor with them legend has it that to this day Ferrari still looks back on this as one of their greatest upsets in their entire history and I love that after the success of the s7 supercar there was hardly anything Celine couldn't do which is why Ford asked them to help build their new GT in 2004 Ford needed to outsource some work to be able to produce a 200 mile per hour supercar so Celine used their expertise in niche manufacturing techniques to do both assembly and paint Celine was a factory supplier for other cool cars in mm - they did a supercharged engine in the harley-davidson edition Ford f-150 and were the paint supplier for the 4th gen Dodge Viper in 2007 they branched out even more and launched the s3 31 Celine sport truck the hotted up f-150 had 23 inch wheels and the supercharged version made 450 her Spurs but that same year Steve Saleen split from the company that he founded and started up SMS supercars finally he turned to boosting the power of other American cars he put out a blower for the first year Dodge Challenger that would make it crank out 700 her Spurs he did a modified Chevy Camaro with 650 her Spurs and called it the Camaro 620 you know cuz the dust settled in 2012 and Steve stepped back from his old company bringing all his other SMS stuff along of course this still made celine mustangs like a 2014 model called the SI 30 to celebrate the 30th anniversary there were more special editions but 'yes there's way too much to cover today Celine has the 700 horsepower s 302 and 700 horsepower sports truck even better they're also building a carbon fiber not totally insane follow-up to the s7 the $100,000 Celine one is powered by a and I absolutely love this a 2.3 liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine cranking out 450 horse pours and 350 pound feet the s1 engine is mid mountain and the car close to 60 in just 3.5 seconds and it's only offered with a 6-speed manual and in true American fashion he wants to make a GT for race car that's cheaper than his European competitors the Cup Series they've developed will have a category for young drivers with a class champion getting a free seat in a Celine gt4 car for the following season which is my favorite thing because right now racecar drivers are just rich kids where's little LeBron James where's the Mike Tyson of racing is this it maybe Sims also probably regardless this all resembles Steve's own humble beginnings in Motorsports and good on him for paying it forward thanks for watching up to speed and all the other shows of donor media we're about to hit too many o subscribers so hit that subscribe button if you like this video let our boss know and hit that like button watch this episode of my son Nolan's show watch this episode of my other show follow me on instagram at Jeff Humphrey Paul doughnut at dona media i love youhey y'all seen lace copy Mustangs and fast-forward there's some hot little number with paint job they'll burn your eyeballs out like a welding torch they turn normal little hey thick OD cars in the pit corn-fed bump horses they also made some super car that was also in that Morgan Freeman film Bruce Almighty this is everything you need to know teeing up to speed on Celine shouts to raid for sponsoring this episode of up to speed if you're into playing RPGs on your phone like me you should definitely check out raid Shadow legends it's the most immersive mobile game out there and it's totally free wide enough how was that even possible great has all the features you'd expect from a new RPG 6 3d graphics amazing story lines plane burst player battle dragon boss fights and literally hundreds of champions to collect and customize I want my champion to have a youtuber here you can choose from all kinds of guys like that guy or that guy there's that guy check out this guy if you download now you'll get 50,000 silver and an automatic entry into raids special launch tournament you know I'll be in there smashing gublin so go ahead and hit that link below Steve Saleen was born in 1949 in Inglewood California like so many big names in the aftermarket and racecar tuning will Stevie's interest in cars can be traced back to when his father bought a 1956 Porsche 356 coupe well Steve's dad gave him that 356 when he graduated high school when he wasn't in business classes at USC he went to local Porsche Club events and tinkered with his 356 that was all great and good but like every twenty-year-old car guy Steve wanted to upgrade to something with lovely guys more power well he was saving up for a Porsche 911 he discovered that board made a much more affordable and just as capable machine in 1969 he replaced the old Porsche with a used Shelby gt350 after a few years several mods and some SCC events Steve drove the Shelby and his first road race at Riverside International Raceway and brick in one most people just want to finish their first race this guy wins it sick this guy rolls in the late 70s Selene lived out all your hot boy fantasies and was a pro race driver in the Formula in Lane six series in 1982 he jumped over to the SCCA trans-am series the sickest race series ever the next year he was introduced to some Ford executives who'd heard about his history with Shelby they wanted to see what the boy could do with a Fox Body Mustang and by the end of the year he founded Saline Auto Sport and got to work their first production car the Saline Auto Sport Mustangs debuted in 1985 just like a Lois roof did with the Porsche 911 Selene made extensive modifications to factory fresh box bodies direct from board that earned them a shiny manufacturers title making them more than just another tuner shop the Saline Auto Sport Mustang had new aerodynamics Bilstein suspension wide 16-inch n chi wheels and upgraded sporty interiors and the same 210 horsepower v8 from the Mustang GT you could order one direct from your local Ford dealership and it came with a factory warranty Wow what Selene kept racing throughout the 1980s nabbing an impressive 30 podium finishes inside of four years the race team swept first through third places in back-to-back grueling 24 hour endurance races at Mosport in 87 and 88 that hadn't happened since the Ford gt40 swept them all in the 60s I don't know if he get any better than that Steve was making a major name for himself building fast and reliable Mustangs for both the street and the track and he was just getting started entered the 1989 Ford Mustang Celine super car the trusty 5o got in large ports a larger throttle body a new intake plenum new rocker arm stainless steel tubular headers Walker Dynomax mufflers and a heavy-duty cooling system this netted a total of 292 hers pairs quite a bump considering a stock mustang LX was putting out around 220 the SSC also sported a BorgWarner five-speed four-wheel disc brakes and adjustable dampers in the 80s what the hell was this a Porsche 959 I know right what the heck was this a Porsche died five died actually the 959 had rear seats for your extremely short friends but the Saleen supercar tossed the stangs rear bench and bumped a huge 10 speaker system instead I just want to take a second and acknowledge how sick that is normally you remove the rear seats because you want to put a cage or harnesses back there but this dude removed it for 10 speakers like me white like celine debuted the car on April 17th 1989 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mustangs original launch Ford didn't do anything for the event they didn't even get the Mustang flowers but 36 and a half thousand dollars it was a pretty pricey pony car and Celine ultimately only sold a hundred and sixty one of them production slowed even more coming into the 90s but just before the old Fox Body Mustang was set to get parked in the retirement pasture Steve retooled his tried and true standard upgrades the 1992 Saleen Mustang sported 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in wide sticky tires they needed the traction because a Vortech supercharger pushed the 5.0 power up to 450 left horse purrs that was insane for a v8 in the early 90s and this boy had expensive tastes 45,000 bones worth despite a rocky start to the decade Celine was ready to great things up for the new sn95 generation Mustang in 1994 Celine debuted the S 351 and SR the interior had some badass upgrades like a 200 mile per hour speed up on the outside they had body kits an aggressive stance sick color matched wheels and came in some period-correct neon colors and this is the 90s a carbon-fiber roof they actually swapped out the modern overhead cam v8 that came in the new Mustang for an old reliable stand by the 351 Windsor that came in the SVT Lightning and had been around for literally tens of years Slean modified the bigger engine to make 371 naturally aspirated buff horses the SR model had essentially the same engine you want to know what the biggest difference was more power more power bull pump power baby ball palm up more power baby ball pile plant more power baby a big-ass blower was strapped to the SR this thing stomped out 480 sweet sweet air Spurs the whole package pushed for performance above the competition including the Corvette one year after the SRS debut Steve formed Celine Allen our our our speed lab race team with his pal comedian slash actor Tim Allen that's right the lovable ex-felons detroit daddy-o you can't drive a stick canyon they added more safety equipment and other necessary racecar stuff to a Celine SR and jumped into SCCA World Challenge racing they won the last race of the 1995 season Oh same here post Marlin was born and carried that success in 296 in 97 Tim and Steve returned the Mustang to the 24 Hours of the mall for the first time in 30 years gotta get mufflers for this thing over the next few years Celine carried on their formula of turning factory Mustangs into fast awesome handling machines there was the S 281 and the SI 20 speedster they made a lot of horsepower but you're probably not here for them you're waiting for the non Mustang solely wanted to build something that would punch above its weight class something that would destroy her vets and nippers and even give finales than maclaurins a run for their money they had the expertise in making insanely capable track cars street-legal so the boys do their 2001 Saleen s7 is one of the most underappreciated supercars ever now Steve knew a lot about modding Mustangs and b8 but he needed Rhema lock limited to help with overall development and design of a mid-engine supercar rml was just a legendary race car development company no big deal the Saleen s7 was America's answer to the McLaren f1 its long carbon-fiber body was as slick as Nolan's shaved body and a cockpit that looked like a freaking Lomov prototype the engines in the first generation we're big 7 liter Ford Windsor v8 cranking out 550 Hertz per all of that power sent the s7 from zero to 60 in three point three seconds and at 168 created its own weight in downforce owners of the road-going version were fitted into them from the factory like an f1 driver because the seats weren't adjustable they also came equipped with a rear view camera so that's nice that was fancy for the year 2000 but you needed it because you couldn't see much faster as 7ch booty all this could be had for her cool 388 and a half thousand dollars that's like 1.5 million dollars today the revised s7 twin-turbo was very much the same as the first except with revised bodywork updated interior and one uted 750 hurst person 700 pound-feet of Turks and it only gained like a hundred pounds this thing was still below 3k to bagel turbochargers bolted just seven litre v8 now slap drivers in the face another version the race version of the s7 the naturally aspirated s7 are proved to be super competent on the track when pitted against Maseratis Lamborghinis and Ferraris at Imola in 2004 the Celine's white the floor with them legend has it that to this day Ferrari still looks back on this as one of their greatest upsets in their entire history and I love that after the success of the s7 supercar there was hardly anything Celine couldn't do which is why Ford asked them to help build their new GT in 2004 Ford needed to outsource some work to be able to produce a 200 mile per hour supercar so Celine used their expertise in niche manufacturing techniques to do both assembly and paint Celine was a factory supplier for other cool cars in mm - they did a supercharged engine in the harley-davidson edition Ford f-150 and were the paint supplier for the 4th gen Dodge Viper in 2007 they branched out even more and launched the s3 31 Celine sport truck the hotted up f-150 had 23 inch wheels and the supercharged version made 450 her Spurs but that same year Steve Saleen split from the company that he founded and started up SMS supercars finally he turned to boosting the power of other American cars he put out a blower for the first year Dodge Challenger that would make it crank out 700 her Spurs he did a modified Chevy Camaro with 650 her Spurs and called it the Camaro 620 you know cuz the dust settled in 2012 and Steve stepped back from his old company bringing all his other SMS stuff along of course this still made celine mustangs like a 2014 model called the SI 30 to celebrate the 30th anniversary there were more special editions but 'yes there's way too much to cover today Celine has the 700 horsepower s 302 and 700 horsepower sports truck even better they're also building a carbon fiber not totally insane follow-up to the s7 the $100,000 Celine one is powered by a and I absolutely love this a 2.3 liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine cranking out 450 horse pours and 350 pound feet the s1 engine is mid mountain and the car close to 60 in just 3.5 seconds and it's only offered with a 6-speed manual and in true American fashion he wants to make a GT for race car that's cheaper than his European competitors the Cup Series they've developed will have a category for young drivers with a class champion getting a free seat in a Celine gt4 car for the following season which is my favorite thing because right now racecar drivers are just rich kids where's little LeBron James where's the Mike Tyson of racing is this it maybe Sims also probably regardless this all resembles Steve's own humble beginnings in Motorsports and good on him for paying it forward thanks for watching up to speed and all the other shows of donor media we're about to hit too many o subscribers so hit that subscribe button if you like this video let our boss know and hit that like button watch this episode of my son Nolan's show watch this episode of my other show follow me on instagram at Jeff Humphrey Paul doughnut at dona media i love you