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No it not's strictly cad-based. Inaccurate wording on my part. But it is based on something better than a thumb up in the air. It's a nice piece of work, and very accurate. I'm just following JarStang's original wording here. There are different levels and types of CAD/CAM drawings, and the...

Nice work, and since it's CAD-based it's accurate. All the lines and proportions are what we've seen in the prototypes running around. Exact same overall form as a tail-shortened S197, as expected, with the same hard points. Better stance, thanks to the IRS (no more ass-end-up like my '13 Boss)...

I met Multimatic folks years ago when they were racing the early Taurus SHOs. My company sent me to Toronto for two years and I had a '89 SHO for my daily driver there - which of course broke down in every possible way (fun to drive, great engine, but lousy quality - fortunately an extended...

Simplified process flow: imagine you are sitting in front of a large monitor. As the engineer, you begin your S550 work by starting your CAD/CAM tool, opening the file for the S197, and taking it forward from there as a starting point. First you look at the requirements you have to meet (which...

The front track of an S550 and S197 are all but identical. The car is not any narrower, in fact it's wider by a little bit in the rear track. Different character lines are higher or lower... but the window sill is higher and the window (while almost identical in shape to the S197) is ~1.75"...

Excellent! Now if we could only get a shot a tiny bit higher to see what engine that is... because it's not the 5 liter.

? They have only 1 platform they can use to create a new Mustang... and that is the S197 + an as-yet-undisclosed sum of development funding. Those figures typically show up later in the launch cycle... we've seen them for the FOX, SN95 (itself just an evolved FOX), and the S197. I wouldn't be...

Good to see this car - it's an important part of the history of the Mustang. Yes, that car and it's coupe twin are the 2005 Mustang GT concepts that preceded the reveal of the 2005 Mustang. And they are 100% drivable. They are built on a Thunderbird chassis (DEW98 - double A-arm independent...

Easily. It's not even close to a CD4. Absolutely ridiculous that anybody could think a FWD car with a transverse engine could be made into a 600+ HP longitudinal engine Mustang. Proof? It's all over all the images we've seen so far. Review all the previous posts and images and it'll line up...

I am disappointed (but not surprised) that the new Mustang isn't a hatchback... hatches add weight, complexity, reduce structural integrity, and require a body designed from the ground up around the hatch. Therefore, this evolved S197 can't be a hatch. I carried a full set of race tires, tools...

There are a bunch of worldwide regulations that the S550 has to account for, especially rollover and crash standards which are very different worldwide. And they have changed considerably since the 2005 or the 2010 update. And now there are also the pedestrian impact regulations that Europe has...

That article is old news and dated... lots of angst internally as they defined the mission for the Alpha, what engines it could use, what would become of Zeta (and Australia), etc. No wonder. And it's not a "clean sheet for the Camaro", it's a clean sheet for the basic platform which is then...

It's very simple: on the Ford side you have an evolved S197, about which we understand many of the major hard points. On the GM side you have a brand new platform, sharing nothing with the past, purpose-built to save weight and designed using a gram strategy. And that platform already has a...

Here they are in a Taurus. And the reviews of them there have consistently stated they are all but useless. There is an accepted way to build paddle shifters. And these aren't even paddle shifters - they are just buttons. Mounted on the wheel, instead of behind it on the column, they won't be...

Terrific! What a huge improvement all around. This is clearly an up-market model. Lots of things to note here, including the new-gen entertainment system with separate volume (and probably tuning) knobs (not used on the new MKC according to it's latest spy pics). Good to see the absurd rear...

It's a sports coupe, not a sports car. And it's subject to the same Obama 54.5 MPG CAFE laws as everything else, and it has to make it's contribution. So, there will be 6 gears at a minimum, and 7, 8, 9, and 10 as the new transmissions come online. The big question is whether or not the...

And notice the stance - thank you IRS!

Good... since ole Shel never had a single thing to do with the S197 Shelby anyway... except make money licensing his name.

Excellent - 4-piston calipers in the rear too. No cheapee singles. And the "scoops" are exhausts.. the hood exhaust just as in the GT500 now, and the side exhaust exhausting air pressure under the front fenders. Good to see the steering wheel... looks a lot more functional over the huge one in...

No, the DEW98 shared zero with the C1 platform. Not even remotely. There is the same total lack of relationship there as there is between the S550 and CD4. The S197 is a severely devolved DEW98. The expensive front and rear suspensions were dropped, both independent short-long arm suspension...