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Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

GreenVanMan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:37:34 EST

What about a F.A.F edition?
i mean, they have the build quality right already.

GreenVanMan

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Baldric1600 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:33:10 EST

why don't they just call it a clydesdale and send it to the glue factory.

Baldric1600

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

jnostalgics — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:57:06 EST

I hope it's the Boss, I loved those hockey stick stripes on the '70 302, but I hear that Ford no longer owns the rights to the Boss name to use on cars. The best they could do is come up with a crate engine with that name.

jnostalgics

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

bananaDoc — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:30:55 EST

@UDMAN: Exactly! I remember seeing the flick in like second grade and after that scene turning to my buddy and asking "what the HELL was that about..." One of the great film continuity faux pas' of all time.

bananaDoc

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

danio3834 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:41:42 EST

Bring back the Maverick!

danio3834

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

akirachan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:13:04 EST

either way it's not gonna be as original as the original.

akirachan

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

NovaloadMissesPolar — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:09:52 EST

@timrussell: Because it's a James Bond movie and that's how they roll.

Apart from the old opening sequences, the next coolest thing was the cars. Damn. I miss them.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:33:01 EST

I would be interested to see what a current gen Mustang with a Turbo 4 (Done properly) would be like.... Not the balls of a V8 but nice and revvy, maybe throw in an independent rear end...

Might be fun.

No, I'm not gay.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

crewcutkid — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:31:34 EST

Wah-hoo! Gimme a Mach!

crewcutkid

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

timrussell — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:24:36 EST

@west-coaster: Also the fact that there was a bunch of gold in the trunk. WTF why not remove the gold and the mobster and just throw him in the crusher.

timrussell

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

TeacherSnake — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:09:36 EST

"their promise of a special ed(ition) Mustang each year until the next re-design"
I thought it was each month?

TeacherSnake

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

FЯeeMan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:07:26 EST

@JanTheMan: FTW!

FЯeeMan

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Triborough — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:59:29 EST

With regard to the Lincoln Continental in Goldfinger, the car was without an engine when crushed, you can sort of see it in the film if you look carefully, as they tried to hide it.

Triborough

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:41:25 EST

@Triborough: C'mon, the Goldfinger Country Squire is where it's at - just throw a bunch of wood panelling at a Taurus X and you're set to shuttle around your enemies in style..

And Ford's going to build both the Boss and the Mach 1, a handful of Eleanors (original and remake), maybe even the D.A.F. edition (and if we're lucky, they'll find a way to make a F.A.F. edition also - I can't make sense of it, but it's gotta be done).

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

RalphieDC — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:34:59 EST

@Vipper Of Vipp: And of course, to keep it historically accurate, they will base it on a Focus (American of course, we just aren't getting the European one.)

RalphieDC

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

west-coaster — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:33:13 EST

@Triborough:

Even as a kid, I laughed at the obsurdity of a crushed Lincoln Continental (curb weight about 5000 lbs) being dropped into the bed of that little Falconchero, with the rear suspension barely dipping.

west-coaster

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

UDMan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:31:52 EST

The "Diamonds are Forever" edition of the Mustang. So what will it do besides having the ability to balance on two wheels entering an alley, and magically change over to the other set of wheels near the end of the alley?

UDMan

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

My Suby Wagon Spanks UR Muscle Car and makes U Cry — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:27:34 EST

How about FOMOCO buys the rights to the Matador and makes one of these lovely Bond-mobiles:

(and you wonder why AMC is no more)
Makes about as much sense as any of the other ideas.

My Suby Wagon Spanks UR Muscle Car and makes U Cry

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

ZX2.0 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:25:59 EST

I'm all for it if it has a 350HP 5.4L and costs no more than 28K. But please, no bolt-on mods to a 4.6

ZX2.0

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Triborough — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:24:44 EST

@TinaChow: Goldfinger Continental? Pshaw! Oddjob Ranchero!

Triborough

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Vipper Of Vipp — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:04:27 EST

It's only a matter of time until they mine the Mustang II vault for its "nostalgia" potential. Charlie's Angels Edition, here we come!

Vipper Of Vipp

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

TX Law — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:04:24 EST

How about a special edition with fully independent rear suspension, about 400 lbs. less weight and a 5.4 L V8? You can call it the Way We Should've Built it The First Time Edition.

TX Law

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

TinaChow — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:52:21 EST

I'm waiting for the Goldfinger Continental.

TinaChow

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

gamble — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:31:08 EST

*heaves*

gamble

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

JantheMan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:14:46 EST

Do a proper SE. Fed up with them

Mustang Superleggera anyone?

JantheMan

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

west-coaster — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:10:28 EST

I don't think a Mustang paying tribute to a scene in a Bond movie would have broad enough appeal outside the real gearhead crowd (unlike Bullitt, which is a little more recognized by the general public).

"Yeah, um, remember that 007 movie from the seventies? No, this wasn't the Roger Moore version, but the last one Connery did. Well, actually he did one more...well, anyway, there's a scene with a Mustang. It's red...one of the big ones. He goes up on two wheels..."

Too much work for the marketing department.

west-coaster

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

SeanKHotay — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:02:22 EST

@rocketrodeo: The original Eleanor *was* the Mach 1 body style depic'd above.

I forget: Did Shinoda do this one, too?

SeanKHotay

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

Parramore64 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:01:02 EST

I think it'll likely be the Boss. So far Ford has a couple more 60's special editions they can re-do. I hear so much griping...all the factory-produced SEs have a classic counterpart.

Parramore64

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

rocketrodeo — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:51:06 EST

Lord, please, no Eleanor edition.

rocketrodeo

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

danio3834 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:45:07 EST

Mustang III!

I keep hearing rumors about the new BOSS engine being in the pipeline. But since we havent actually seen any yet, Im gonna figure that they are at least a couple years away.

Considering the current body style, Mach I would be appropriate, but only with a Super Cobra Jet motor.

danio3834

Will The 2009 Ford Mustang Go To Mach 1... Or Just Be The Boss?

JSmith53 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:43:15 EST

This nonsense is why I despise Mustangs.

JSmith53