Hate to raise the weight issue again, but 3663 pounds for the EcoBoost is heavier than I expected. I suppose the performance package adds a few pounds with its extra equipment. Wish it were 100 pounds lighter.
In the Feburary issue of Car and Driver, there's a great article on the development of the new Mustang. According to chief engineer Dave Pericar, the platform is all new. But how it got that way, in Pericar's own words, is telling. IRS was a requirement from the get-go, but according to...
This is, of course, only my opinion, but I think that if there were to be a significant weight reduction, then Ford would have trumpeted it early in the same way that they informed us about the 2.3L ecoboost and the irs. They might have held back specific numbers -- just like with the other...
Since Ford is still avoiding discussion of weight, I think it's reasonable to assume that the '15 isn't going to shed many pounds. Too bad, although it will still be lighter than the current generation Camaro. But Chevy may have the last laugh. The alpha-platformed, next gen Camaro will...
There's an interesting MT article out yesterday (first ride in the Mustang Ecoboost with the performance package). In the gallery, those wheels just don't look all that black.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1405_2015_ford_mustang_ecoboost_first_ride/