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Yes but the idea of the original poster was a competitor to the EB Mustang. That's a 4-cylinder rear-wheel-drive coupe. While the Mercedes has a higher performing engine by far over the Mustang EB, it isn't in the same competitive or cost class. And while the 335i would be eclipsed by a Coyote...

What competitors are those? For a 4-cylinder pony car type of vehicle there aren't any that will have over 300 HP and huge torque. The nearest might be the Genesis Coupe, but that only has 274 HP and it's performance model is the V-6 at 348 HP. So the EB Mustang is above the low-end engine...

Yes, definitely, it is weird that they didn't do the Recaros, especially since price was no object.

Well it's too late now... But the stock non-Recaro seats have been improved with much better bolstering, especially the shoulder support. These current Recaros, including the very slightly updated S550 model (same seat, different seat back release), aren't all that great. The bolstering is...

Holden did a mild refresh on the existing old chassis that we saw here as the G8. Not much weight came out of it, but a lot of options went into it. But it's only 3975 pounds, which is very good for it's size. Compare that to the sumo wrestler SHO at 4368 (base). And it still wasn't...

And Chrysler is having it's best overall sales since 2007. 100k is pretty good for such a dated and large product, one they are years away from replacing with an all-new product (that story is an Italian soap opera in itself). Big question is how big this particular market actually is, and how...

As a side note the, being nothing more than a rebadged Holden (loosing the butch styling for almost feminine styling), the Chevy SS was already paid for in every way except certification (and service costs). And it already offers the manual and the magnetics in Australia... even with the LS7...

This is a big problem for Ford. It just isn't selling. March sales of 5689 were down 18.8% from March a year ago. And year-to-date sales of only 12,309 were down 27.5%. This isn't counting the Taurus cop car, which sold 887 in March, down 4.2% from last March. Why isn't the Taurus selling? Is...

I'm not particularly interested in a shifter or more fluid changes. I want to see internal changes and I want to see if the plastic parts are still there, along with the cheap stamped shift fork.

Yes, exactly. Every manual transmission in a V-8 Mustang (Fox and up) failed when it first came out, except for the first T5s (and they were weak and would need upgrading quickly). The SROD lost gears entirely, the T45s barely had synchros, the first T-56s (a transmission originally designed for...

Yes, and when the T45 was introduced for 1996, synchros failed quickly for the first 2 or so years. A factory engineering and testing failure. The other problem in 1996 was cooling, where a new cooling system (radiator, radiator mounts, hoses and thermostat) had to be replaced in a massive...

It's CYA for them, as they certainly had to shell out a heckuva lot of money for warranty costs.

That truck weight thing is all urban legend BS. And don't forget the transmission had a terrible failure rate in the trucks too. Trucks weight more... but they aren't shifted or used like Mustangs would be used. People cannot keep sticking up for something just because they're fanboys of the...

Here's a better perspective. It's not in 1st gear, but it shows a better angle.

I don't believe that 600 number... that came out of fanboys and not from Ford.

Along with a stamped shift fork and various plastic internals. This isn't a transmission that can be fixed with a new shifter and different fluid. Everything done to it to date has been a bandaid. What exactly changed for 2015 is yet to be revealed. We know it has a revised shifter... I'm...

Yes, someday they might. And according to clarification articles some days later, they are looking and considering proposals from all vendors - but not at this time announcing a base operating system change. The initial press was only too naïve to jump all over the idea that the base operating...

That is certainly *not* true. Ford is looking at various technologies for a next generation technology. They have submitted requests to vendors for proposals. Blackberry might or might not be one of them (it's certainly not a common standard!), same for Google and Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft...

Here's what we need: a full order spec drawn up for a loaded 6-speed GT with PP and nav; and the same for a loaded EcoBoost 6-speed, PP, nav. Make them loaded, we can always remove individual items. Since we don't have a base price yet, make an assumption and we can change it in a few weeks when...

OMG - a 3270 screen! So the EcoBoost model is a $1795 option above base? Any word on anticipated delivery yet? How's your dealer doing with Boss302 trade-ins? Are they retaining their value? I;m seeing some pretty high prices here.