I might actually consider a new Mustang
10-23-2012, 01:46 PM
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The Mustang isn't a muscle car. An SRT Charger is a muscle car. Buyers who know what muscle cars are wouldn't confuse a Mustang for a big car with a big motor. Traditional Mustang buyers don't want a big, heavy car. There were bigger, heavier models from 1971-73, but when the diminutive Mustang II was released sales sky-rocketed. I think many, many potential buyers would be dissapointed if the 2015 was retro in design and heavier than the current model. And the limited amount of info from Ford seems to indicate they realize that.
10-23-2012, 02:31 PM
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Big heavy car is not going to fare well in a world market which what Ford needs for the Mustang. Considering how well Ford did through the financial crisis is any indication on how they run their business; the design is appropriate and sure to be a success. 
Will they offer a foreign manufactured Mustang for other markets is something I'd like to know.
Will they offer a foreign manufactured Mustang for other markets is something I'd like to know.
10-23-2012, 08:55 PM
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I like the looks of the current car but it's BIG and it's BULKY. "Muscle" car, for sure. However, the interior kills it.
This one has a great looking exterior and will probably have Ford's new interior look/styling, which is world's better. Honestly, I would be very tempted to grab a Mustang GT if it weighed 3300 lbs (give or take) and had a 400hp+ V8 under the hood, as well as IRS on the back instead of the live axle.
This one has a great looking exterior and will probably have Ford's new interior look/styling, which is world's better. Honestly, I would be very tempted to grab a Mustang GT if it weighed 3300 lbs (give or take) and had a 400hp+ V8 under the hood, as well as IRS on the back instead of the live axle.
10-24-2012, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by vader1' timestamp='1351015299' post='22103123
...I think it looks great and would attract new buyers, but the traditional buyers might be turned off by the non muscle car look.
10-24-2012, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by NuncoStr8' timestamp='1351028775' post='22103803
[quote name='vader1' timestamp='1351015299' post='22103123']
...I think it looks great and would attract new buyers, but the traditional buyers might be turned off by the non muscle car look.
...I think it looks great and would attract new buyers, but the traditional buyers might be turned off by the non muscle car look.
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I gotta go with Nunco on this if we are talking the traditional sense of the word Musclecar. Arguably the first muscle car was the '64 GTO, prior to that intermediate size cars (meant for family use) werent 'allowed' to have a 'big-block'. Camaro and Mustang are Pony cars, Coupes meant for personal sporty transportation, not family use. A Big block Mustang (390 Cubes+)may be considered a muscle car, but never a small block (302 and smaller). The same goes for a corvette. Even the 427/454 Vettes were never called Muscle cars even though they could be purchased with the same motor as the chevelle, and small block corvettes are never ever considered a muscle car even though many are more powerful than a normal car. The difference is really semantics, but it exists.
Top Gear is notorious for confusing the use of the term Muscle Car. They conside the Corvette a Muscle Car, those limey bastards need to work on their command of the English language I think.
The SRT8 Charger is the modern embodiedment of a Muscle car. It fits a family and gear in a trunk and it has a big loud motor. You would see a Charger in Nascar, but never a Mustang. And usually you would see a Mustang in a road course race and not an oval. Again, the line is blurry, but so is that between a motorcycle and a scooter.
10-24-2012, 06:41 AM
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10-24-2012, 06:46 AM
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Pony car, muscle car, whatevs.