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I've owned many V8s. 1997 T-bird 4.6, Lexus GS 430, BMW 550i (N63 engine), and BMW 330, and 340 I6, plus two Toyota I6 engines in the 85 and 88 Cressida (2.8l if I recall correctly), and even an 87 cougar with a 5.0 HO engine. Heck, even my boat has a 5.7 L in it. I've also test driven many...

Police typically see and are seen when people are at their worst. A crime has been committed, an accident, responding to a DWI, a cross-over accident where a person crossed the center of a divided highway, etc. They have seen what happens in fatal accidents and everyone I have talked to...

unfortunately, people usually blame either the thing that broke, or the person involved because it's easiest. There could be a lot of reason, such as time pressure, needing to work on multiple jobs, distractions, a bad job aid, nowhere for place-keeping on the job aid, etc. Sometimes, it's...

just remember that mass produced engines don't always have the tight tolerances of hand built ones. Not saying it can't be done, but there is a tradeoff in warranty costs, etc that would require a substantially higher price for the vehicle to reach these theoretical numbers you are calculating...

quite honestly, if you want a drag car, you might want an electric...

owning one of those 400+ HP cars (550i), I understand your frustrations, but the things is, performance is not just how fast can you go, or how quick you can go from 0 to some particular speed. To me, and this is just my opinion, performance is a combination of handling, braking, acceleration...

I can easily see that, and for regenerative brakes, that's really nice, but I hope... REALLY hope they do it right and it still feels like a RWD or at least a RWD biased car...and not a single ft lb or Nm of torque steer.

The M and V are as much special editions as the Bullitt, SVT, Mach 1, Cobra, whatever you want to call it. Again, these things bring in money for Ford, I highly doubt they would produce it if it didn't make them money hand over fist. I have no doubt that some "special edition" paint...

If it has better performance, absolutely. If it's not as good as previous generations, no chance.

I most certainly see it continuing. I don't see BMW discontinuing the M series, or Caddy removing the V series. If they can solve the battery charging problem, then electric can certainly be a thing just due to the amount of torque those motors can put out down low. One thing Ford could do is...

There will always be special models. The first year or two, it will be the Standard GT with some sort of performance package. Then a semi-halo version like the Boss/Mach/Bullitt/etc. Basically, higher performance versions of the standard GT. There will also be full on halo versions like the...

yeah, I think this quote right here shows that your information is now out of date. "D5 will be reused by S650, replaced with S750 on CD6 for 2027. " According to Autoweek, "Automotive News is reporting that the next, seventh-gen Ford Mustang will stick around until at least 2030," So, it...

according to the most recent news I can find (Autoweek, Aug 18 2020, which I will take over a random Wikipedia editor), the S650 "... next-gen Mustang is going to be built on the new rear-wheel/all-wheel drive platform now underpinning the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator. That makes us a...

As others have said, never...EVER work under your car on a jack alone. Ramps, stands, blocks, whatever you can use. Always assume the jack will fail/get knocked out/twisted the wrong way, etc. Always chock any wheels on the ground so that it doesn't roll. You really don't want that car to...

If that car had come out in 2013 instead of 2014, I would have purchased the SS in a heartbeat (get it) over my BMW 550. The problem for many was it was the wrong brand. Most people looking at a BMW won't get a Chevy, and they could not have it be a Cadillac without causing competition issues...

I wonder if this means they will have a variable displacement system similar to the way GM and Chrysler do it. I have no idea what they plan on doing, but if they are serious about a 6.8L engine for the Mustang, then in the era of high fuel economy standards, then they must have a plan...

They did not do so out of malice. They merely thought that by switching to a different material, they could save money and/or weight. (probably money). Based on what I read, the engineers didn't put in a big enough safety factor to account for variations in manufacturing, and there wasn't...

We didn't. We had Mercury, Gemini, and the early Apollo missions. We even went to the moon and came back without attempting to land, and another that came very close, descending and then coming back without landing. There were several major failures, including the loss of the Apollo 1 crew...

As an Engineer, I 100 percent agree with you. Now only manufacturing, but service. Too many times have I seen an engineer develop an "elegant solution" that is a pain in the butt to work on once it's gone from the factory, requiring 6 hours of labor to service for what used to take 45 minutes...

It will be a new chassis based on the CD6 platform, not the S550. Let's face it, they are going to need to electrify at least some mustang models at some point. It's just the way the industry is going. It doesn't mean they will all be, but some very good performing cars are hybrid or all...