I am impressed, Ford. Give it IRS and you might actually have a new customer in me. There are few cars on the road today that consistently make me smile when I see them as much as these do. I like this quite a lot.
You can keep the 19s, though. That's a bit much. I'd like to be able to still walk upright when I'm 40.
@pauljones: Camaro can have its not-even-sixteen Transformers fan boys, Mustang can stick with the people who know what a government bailout is, and how Ford (Maker of Mustang) did not get one.
@pauljones: Additionally, Ford didn't take bailout money because doing so would require that dividends on shares held be suspended -- there goes the income for a good chunk of the Ford family! They didn't want to interrupt their income stream. Smart actually.
@pauljones: Hey now, over two decades down the road and my '89 still has the original motors in both belts. They are both smooth and silent, and move at the same constant speed. The problem is, Mr. Pauljones hasn't driven enough Tempo. Fix that!
@pauljones: yes yes if I may intervene here, I think you are right on the money for a new Ford Ad campaign, slathering Kristin Kreuk all over v6 stangs in assorted colors and in warm climate areas of course... mmmmm
Thank you, Ben, for starting my morning off right. Too bad the rest of the day is going to suck. If you happen to have any more good stories like this, can I request that you space them out throughout the day, so that when I lose all hope for a moment, I can come here and see a fresh, awesome new post like this?
Mustang sucks! It's not a V8! It has only 305hp! It's got a live axle, fer chrissake!
So sums up the obligatory Mustang whining we get here. Having gotten that out of the way, I applaud Ford for making the V6 car a contender and a real alternative to the V8.
You know, I was worried about my choice of rides when the Carpocalypse got the G8 GXP cancelled. And I got even more worried when everyone talked about going to V6's. But this rocks. You can say what you want, that engine up there is a work of art. I am going to have to drive one of these, and see if the new manual and track pack live up to the hype. Just wow.
I love Duratecs. I still see some of the common features from the 2.5L in my Contour, so I'm hoping the 3.7L is as rev-happy and snarly as the original. This sounds like an awesome combo and makes the Mustang that much more compelling to me.
@pauljones: There's been an SVO for sale in my area for a while now. Looks clean and sorted, but I'm poor as a church mouse. I'd have it as a weekend car otherwise.
The instant that something desirable is finally for sale, you can't have it because it's for sale either right after or right before you can afford it, and by the time you can afford it again, it's off the market and long gone.
I feel the same way about condos right now. I had enough for a 30% down payment on a $430k condo, and then my stock portfolio, which I was only a month or two away from ditching in favor of the down payment money, went kaput. Coincidentally, the condo I wanted was reduced in price to $390k and sold, while I am still in the poor house for the foreseeable future (my stocks won't recover for a while).
Being twenty-something and single sucks donkey balls.
@pauljones: actually since you are young and single I'm surprised you havent decided to venture into the donkey ball sucking video production market, I hear its very profitable. ($430k condo, holy LOL!)
@LS1RX7owen: I suppose I could always make a video documentary of life, spin it as an emo-intellectual statement of the flaws of contemporary society, show it at some white-wine sipping indie film fest, and make millions.
Also, I live in SoCal. $430k is not abnormal in many areas.
Ecoboost it! Let's make the 8 the irrational choice.
The 6 keeps with the 8 because it's been to Rush Fitness Center and now has a lot less flab to drag around. Lighten the nose, it tucks better into corners. 300hp with a lighter curb weight keeps the power-to-weight ratio about the same, but it handles better with the track pack? Yeah, I'd skip the 8.
@pj134: I'm too addicted to high fuel efficiency. If I can have monster power when I want it, and tight-fisted thriftiness the rest of the time, I couldn't care less what the V8 achieves.
Add direct injection (which they will sooner than later) and a pair of turbos and this baby will be flying. Watch out V8s. And yes, they will most probably be a 2.0L GTDI unit in a few years which will chuck out close to 300hp. A 4 banger will be returning to the pony car after a break. Coupled with the 'Stang's usually decent weight it should not be too bad.
Boy we sure have come a long way from 5.0L V8s of the 80s producing an anemic 140hp. Who says progress is not good?
@VeeArrrSix: +1 and click o'the heart for the "LX". The cars you wanted as a youth are forever burned in your head, kind of like the music that came out your senior year of high school.
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You can keep the 19s, though. That's a bit much. I'd like to be able to still walk upright when I'm 40.
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The Camaro had Megan Fox slathered all over it. The Mustang's recent claim to fame? It was driven by a blind guy.
Suck it, Mustang.
Reponse awaited.
(Seriously, though, I would love one of these.)
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Oh I went there.
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I am twenty-three years old and a fan of both the Transformers toys I played with as a child and Megan Fox, whom I would like to play with now.
And besides, Ford didn't get a bailout because there was nothing to bailout in the first place, as Mulally had already mortgaged everything out.
And the Mustang? Still not hearing anything that can better having Megan Fox draped all over the Camaro.
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As for the Mustang, there will always be countless images of ho-bags "draped" over black Fox Bodies. No Megan Fox, but I can pretend. I can pretend.
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Besides, power seat belts sucked, especially when the little motors failed, which they did quite frequently.
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Her + 2011 Mustang = Win of all time.
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All this one-up-manship totally benefits consumers.
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So sums up the obligatory Mustang whining we get here. Having gotten that out of the way, I applaud Ford for making the V6 car a contender and a real alternative to the V8.
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But a Mustang without a V8 bellow is too much like decaffienated coffee...
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(I was reading my '87 Thunderbird brochure yesterday, blown four in a t-bird. Oooyeah)
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The instant that something desirable is finally for sale, you can't have it because it's for sale either right after or right before you can afford it, and by the time you can afford it again, it's off the market and long gone.
I feel the same way about condos right now. I had enough for a 30% down payment on a $430k condo, and then my stock portfolio, which I was only a month or two away from ditching in favor of the down payment money, went kaput. Coincidentally, the condo I wanted was reduced in price to $390k and sold, while I am still in the poor house for the foreseeable future (my stocks won't recover for a while).
Being twenty-something and single sucks donkey balls.
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Don't worry, being twenty-something, in a relationship and without two quid to rub together sucks similar equine appendages
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Also, I live in SoCal. $430k is not abnormal in many areas.
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The 6 keeps with the 8 because it's been to Rush Fitness Center and now has a lot less flab to drag around. Lighten the nose, it tucks better into corners. 300hp with a lighter curb weight keeps the power-to-weight ratio about the same, but it handles better with the track pack? Yeah, I'd skip the 8.
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Boy we sure have come a long way from 5.0L V8s of the 80s producing an anemic 140hp. Who says progress is not good?
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Pure Win Ford.
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What about city?
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