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Anybody that floated a 40 MPG rumor for the 2.3EB is nuts. I have to wonder if even the 1.6EB could pull that off in this very heavy car. And it certainly wouldn't have any performance. It's not hard to see 31 MPG or a tiny bit more for the EB 2.3... given that the Mustang will weigh 400-500...

Very simple. Look at a Camaro. Very large 4-piston Brembos all around.

Just how does anybody think a pair of turbos will fit under this hoodline? There wasn't any room before, and now with the corners cut back there is even less. And the left side still has the fusebox and ECC there. All of that would have to reengineered, and there is no place to put it. If it was...

It's "Air Circulation" not "Air Conditioning". There is a significant difference.

This is purely a cheap-ass cost saving measure. Only the upcoming GT350 and 500 will get multi-piston rear calipers (and calibration to match, so this is not something that will be able to be easily added later on). This is not only Ford's cheap and dated thinking, it also reflects the genetic...

Yes it is a twin scroll.

The junior member of the Jalopnik team is running on only a few cylinders himself, as usual. And Ford only gets a couple of hundred words for flying him out there, and some confusion is introduced into the press about panel gap that we may or may not ever see in production. And not a word about...

The new M3 roof is a great example. Of course, there has to be many more to get significant poundage out of the car. I was hoping for a carbon fiber roof in the GT350 or GT500, where the price could support it and where a CG benefit would be appreciated and worth the cost. I always go back in...

This is a really fascinating topic. I don't know what European standards the new F-150 does or does not meet (not that it's going there directly), but I wouldn't think it would pass the European pedestrian impact standards. At least I'd hate to be hit by one with it's gigantic and tall grill...

This new video from Ford shows a Fusion engineering concept with a documented 700 pound weight reduction. This is the perfect example for this thread as an example where super-lightweight materials substitute for conventional materials and construction. Note that the vehicle wasn't designed as...

The EcoBoost durability testing program is by far and away the best testing that Ford has ever done. Crappy transmissions like the MT82 can put a dent in the reputation... but a disaster with the EB would by a drop dead killer for the entire strategy and the company because such a high...

A "willing" and eager engine for only 800 more sounds like a good investment even if it's a stretch. And the flip side is that fuel economy is actually better. And handling over the V-6, too, since it will be lighter up front. The 2.3EB will make the car, it'll be fun rather than just an...

It's already been announced to make more torque - at least 20 more. And if you look at the torque curve of any EcoBoost, including the same basic 2.3EB engine in the MKC, you'll see a very quick and high peak right off idle, and then a continuation up to the higher rev range. It's a high, broad...

This is exciting! And clearly forced induction form that redline. Here is a bit of wild speculation (which as you know I am not included to try). Maybe there is a high output 3.5EB jointly developed for this and for the next Raptor. The next Raptor is also being tested right now (and it's...

Too bad - another minute and that camera could have been stuck underneath and inside! But that is a very strange sound....

I also live in a very hot part of the country and the all-black interior and cloth are a sweat bucket. If the Recaros were black leather it'd be even worse. Too bad the heated and cooled Recaros developed for the CTS-V aren't an option here. But the standard seats - cooled - aren't bad at all...

Excellent, and very handsome. The Fusion red looks like something Sarah Silverman would appreciate... and the tan was just awful. For it's first year, the Fusion was all about black, a solid cave of blackness. Too mono, and too hot inside. Now we can get cooled seats and the Terracotta...

Tiny tiny tires... stupid. None of this is any relationship to the street cars and Ford wouldn't design them that way.

They had to create special 18" wheels to fit over those brakes. This isn't something desirable - it's just the rules of the series they are stuck with. The 302R started out with 14" brakes and 4-pistons up front. They were only allowed the slightly larger 15" 6-pistons because the car was...

The 18s are shorter than stock, less tall. The only reasons they are used is because of dated Continental rules. For handling, the last thing you want to do is to put shorter tires on the car. This car is too big and too heavy for 18s. The Boss has 14" 4-piston and little stock size rotors on...