New 2015 mustang looks like a aston martin wannabe

[CAP1]

Iv'e heard so many figures from so many different people and sources, and none from Ford themselves so i'm just going with what I believe would be reasonable for a turbo 4 pot, which is about 315-330HP.

I don't suppose you'd know about the torque would you?

 i don't think they gave a torque rating. more than likely, they'll get their performance on that one through gearing.

[Meatwad]

Ford design from the 50's for different vehicles

[Masherbrum]

Ford design from the 50's for different vehicles

Gotcha.   

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I think the 2015 is a brilliant design.  Just wait a few more months and Ford will announce the GT350.  All the rumors point to the car having a supercharged 5.0.

http://jalopnik.com/the-2015-ford-mustang-gt350-must-be-powered-by-a-nuclea-1534733250

Having said that, I just bought one of these (no stripes):



Should be on a ship bound for Bremerhaven in a few days.

[TheCrazyOrange]

I think the 2015 is a brilliant design.  Just wait a few more months and Ford will announce the GT350.  All the rumors point to the car having a supercharged 5.0.

http://jalopnik.com/the-2015-ford-mustang-gt350-must-be-powered-by-a-nuclea-1534733250

Having said that, I just bought one of these (no stripes):



Should be on a ship bound for Bremerhaven in a few days.

I'd get a Porsche if I were you. Better performance, better looks, no shipping delay.

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Well that's the gig isn't it?  You aint me

I would love to have a 911 but it is hard to justify that kind of money for a car that does not perform as well.  It would have to be a 911 Turbo S, GT2 or GT3 to even get close.  Go look up what those cost.

[TheCrazyOrange]

130k stateside looks like. And for what looks like 5mph top speed difference I say hell yeah. I suspect the GT 500 won't deliver it's 200mph alleged track speed either, or beat the GT3's 3.3 0-60 speed.

[Gman]

IMO this new Mustang will blow previous sales out of the water.

The base model ecoboost 305+ hp turbo 4 will be what the Honda Civic and Acura Integras were years ago so far as the "go to" car for tuning and customizing for cheap $.  Some of the tuner mags are already saying that for only a few thousand in upgrades and mods, this car will be in the 400+ hp range from what they've found out.  I remember the old turbo SVT Mustang was quite a car in its day with a turbo 4 as well, and it had around 1/2 the hp and torque this new one does. 

I don't think Ford will abandon the crazy HP models like the Shelby line either, they just haven't released info yet.  The 5.0 stats for the new one are still pretty impressive.

Again, I would bet that this new model will be a big seller, not just in Europe and overseas, but in the USA as well.

[CAP1]

130k stateside looks like. And for what looks like 5mph top speed difference I say hell yeah. I suspect the GT 500 won't deliver it's 200mph alleged track speed either, or beat the GT3's 3.3 0-60 speed.

 it delivered 196mph on a 100f degree daywith a 5k da,so yea/.....i think it WILL deliver the advertised top speed. it beat the zl1 at nurburg too fyi.

[Rich46yo]

Fear not,  

The Mustang survived this:

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It can survive anything...

Yeah, that was scarey. What year was that again? I forget, like '74 or something. Gawd that was awful. Then they had the stretched out front end years for the big block in the early '70s. Another awful design. 2014 was one of the better years. I dont know why they have to continue to mess with it.

[Dragon]

it's based on a ford mondeo chassis.

So is my Jaguar and many other cars.  Obviously if they are still using the Mondeo chassis (or variant of) after 15 years, then it must be a solid design.

[CAP1]

Yeah, that was scarey. What year was that again? I forget, like '74 or something. Gawd that was awful. Then they had the stretched out front end years for the big block in the early '70s. Another awful design. 2014 was one of the better years. I dont know why they have to continue to mess with it.

 that was between 79 and 84 judging by the grille. it's a foxbody. that one survived from 79till 93(or 94).

[CAP1]

So is my Jaguar and many other cars.  Obviously if they are still using the Mondeo chassis (or variant of) after 15 years, then it must be a solid design.

 regardless of what people want to think, ford has had many excellent platforms. the fox was one of the longest lived, and one of the best they'd had.

 we'll see how this one handles massive power......if ford still offers a 662hp engine in this chassis.

[Nypsy]

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Seems like ford is going to kill the mustang once in for all. Not only does it look like a aston martin now but you can get it with a 4 cylinder turbo charged engine as a option.

RIP in mustang, RIP.




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regardless of what people want to think, ford has had many excellent platforms. the fox was one of the longest lived, and one of the best they'd had.

 we'll see how this one handles massive power......if ford still offers a 662hp engine in this chassis.

We talked about this in another thread.  Matter of fact I am giving you the credit, I didn't think about the issue of the IRS axles and that kind of HP/TQ until you mentioned it  My guess is the 2015 GT350 or whatever they will call it will have a sub 600 HP plant and hopefully much lighter than a base GT.  Have you seen the two spy videos of it running around Detroit yet?  Damn thing has 295's all the way around.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIM-dlSTpU  If I had the patience to wait till for a 2016 GT(whatever it's gonna be called), I would!  That looks sweet

Here is a teaser pic Ford released of a SC 5.0; presumably the powerplant for the GT(whatever they are gonna call it):
http://www.stangtv.com/news/ford-releases-teaser-photo-of-supercharged-2015-gt350-engine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ford-releases-teaser-photo-of-supercharged-2015-gt350-engine

Spy shots of the car:
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/03/ford-mustang-gt350-spy-shots/