As much as I'd love to see the DCT in the Mach 1, I think it'll remain GT500-only.
500hp/10-speed auto/PP2
"NACA" duct hood/unique wheels/front fascia
$55k
500hp/10-speed auto/PP2
"NACA" duct hood/unique wheels/front fascia
$55k
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I like how you think but I can't see the DCT unless the car is 60+.
I know a lot of people are hoping for a ducted hood, but I hope that's optional so those that don't want it can opt out, all that retro stuff is a bit of a mood killer for me. But man, if we get a 500hp/10 speed/ PP2. With some minor interior updates that thing will be a killer grand tourer with track capabilities.As much as I'd love to see the DCT in the Mach 1, I think it'll remain GT500-only.
500hp/10-speed auto/PP2
"NACA" duct hood/unique wheels/front fascia
$55k
It’s gotta have a shakerI know a lot of people are hoping for a ducted hood, but I hope that's optional so those that don't want it can opt out, all that retro stuff is a bit of a mood killer for me. But man, if we get a 500hp/10 speed/ PP2. With some minor interior updates that thing will be a killer grand tourer with track capabilities.
For nostalgia folks sure. That's why I'd want it to be optional to delete. That way the folks that want it can get it. I don't have any interest in a shaker any more than I do window louvers or bullitt wheels, but I know people feel the opposite and I'd like to see ford start accommodating more variability with the options.It’s gotta have a shaker
It’s gotta have a shaker
The 5 NACA duct 69/70 Shelby hood would be nice as well.I think more likely '71 to '73 NACA ducts
There is no possibility of that at all... the cost of re-engineering the entire front architecture of S550 to include driveshafts and the added width and length of the drivetrain is too high. And the resulting fr/rr weight balance - which is already very poor - would be far worse.That's a strong possibility that the Mach 1 will be a hybrid V8. This was patented by Ford a while back....
I saw that article... but Autocar isn't always accurate. And it's already date sin regards to S650/CD6.You may well be right.
However, as you've probably seen, this respected UK magazine seems to think S650 will offer a hybrid V8. Without it, the chances of the Mustang continuing to be sold in Europe are slim, given the crazy C02 emissions targets we now have. And given European sales of the Mustang are significant, the business case to build a hybrid would possibly stack up......especially if it was sold worldwide.
Time will tell, I guess.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...-will-be-awd-hybrid-v8-in-europe-only.139266/
Not at all.. CD6 was designed for variable width and length. A claim in some enthusiast site some time ago speculated that the new Mustang would have been the size of a Challenger is dead wrong... and certainly not desirable since that thing is a huge tank. CD6 is also aluminum intensive (in structure, not body), look at the front strut/shock towers for example. It's a state of the art and modern platform in every sense. Platform sharing saves considerable cost, and as GM has found with Alpha (itself a far more modern and lighter platform that S197/S550/S650) costs are spread across the entire range of products including performance developments such as engines, coolers, Brembos, structure and related etc. And the Aviators SLA front suspension, rather than the Explorer's cheap strut, could be used for the Mustang (a much-needed improvement). Platform sharing would make for a better Mustang with a wider range of engines and a suspension. Need a twin-turbo hybrid V-6 with 600 lb-fts of torque? Check. Need a hybrid V-6? Check. Need a hybrid better in a purposefully deigned location? Check. The Mustang could even be built in the Explorer/Aviator plant, saving even more money (especially interesting since Flat Rock has a electric mission now that it will eventually need all the room in the plant for).Depends......going full CD6 could have meant a bigger/heavier Mustang. Perhaps cherry picking the best bits of CD6 makes for a better Mustang