2015 Mustang losing 400lbs?!

[HardDrive]

If true, very, very cool.

2015 Ford Mustang Goes on a Diet | Edmunds.com

[KNS]

Smaller and lighter - good.

[Buckterrier]

Cool. They just have never gotten the ass end right.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Ford seems to get it. The next F150 is also supposed to be significantly lighter than its predecessor. In the meantime, GM models seem to be inexplicably heavy. In aerospace, that's the sign of seriously lazy engineering.

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

In aerospace, that's the sign of seriously lazy engineering.

Not a stretch to say that Boeing ideology is trickling down at Ford. Alan Mulally has been there quite a while now.

[URY914]

Lose 400 pounds?

Easy just have the 'Stang owner tell his wife to get out.

Rim shot!

[jyl]

Sigh. I'd like a Mustang someday. A 289 HiPo with 10:1, solid lifters, a row of Webers, tube headers and a 4.33:1 9"!

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by jyl

Sigh. I'd like a Mustang someday. A 289 HiPo with 10:1, solid lifters, a row of Webers, tube headers and a 4.33:1 9"!

add in a tremec 5 spd and it really gets it going.

Mine had 4:11's with a torsen diff 364 rear wheel hp but a single 4 barrel. @ 5,200 rpm it was doing 152.

The engine would pull max power at 6,400 and pull to 7k

[jyl]

Mine ('65) would do 125 mph, at top revs . . . PO had built it for acceleration . . . It only had 4 spd though.

[livi]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Cool. They just have never gotten the ass end right.

True.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

If true, very, very cool.

2015 Ford Mustang Goes on a Diet | Edmunds.com

Edmunds says: The 2015 Ford Mustang may shrink in size, largely due to regulatory pressure.

We know the automakers can do better, they just have to be lead to it.

American's are not getting any smaller, I trust they can find the interior room with this new smaller car.

Looks to be in the bag.


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[Tervuren]

Its gonna be a long wait - but it would be nice to have a real pony car again from the Mustang line.

[doug_porsche]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Cool. They just have never gotten the ass end right.

We are not the demographic they want I guess.

Looking at the car from the front, the current generation stang reminds me of a Tupperware that has too many mashed potatoes in it but they are forcing the lid on anyway.

[mistertate]

It would be nice to see wheel sizes come back down to reality too. That would help with the unsprung weight and fuel economy.

[VincentVega]

It would be nice to see wheel sizes come back down to reality too

I still do a double take when I see one in person, much bigger than expected.

[masraum]

I prefered this front end


to this one (the headlights up front, blech)



I also preferred this rear



to this one



But I'm not sure which of these is better. At least the top one has the rear fender curves instead of the flat topped fenders.




or this



But, aesthetics aside, you can't argue with the performance of the new mustang, whether it be eating M3s at the track (going around corners) or a V-6 with 300hp and 30mpg.

I suppose at least this is long gone.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by jyl

Sigh. I'd like a Mustang someday. A 289 HiPo with 10:1, solid lifters, a row of Webers, tube headers and a 4.33:1 9"!

yes, you could put it in your Vanagon

[fred cook]

All of the next generation Mustangs are supposed to have fully independent rear suspension. There will be a turbo 4 with over 300hp, a NA V6 with around 300hp but less torque than the turbo 4, a 5 L V8 and an NA 5.4 V8 with a flat crank! The 5.4 is supposed to make over 600hp!

[HardDrive]

Photos of front with less camo:

2015 Ford Mustang Revealed in Latest Spy Photos | Edmunds.com

[SteamWolf]

I don't know why they never adopted the ControlBlade IRS from the Falcon. It's in their parts bin and is a proven IRS.
Insiders mentioned it's because Dearborn doesn't like anything that wasn't their own idea.