A theory

[Bikeman315]

Like all us of enthusiasts I am also hopeful for Mustang’s “next big thing”. But hope is all we have. The odds of Ford totaling reengineering the pure ICE S750 is slim and none. Unless of course you are looking for $100k base cars. First off, let’s just hope to V8 makes it that far. Best bet now is 50-50. Then you have a possible hybrid EB and a plug in electric.

Making everyday Mustangs with high end parts like transaxles is unfortunately nothing but a pipe dream. But we can still hope, right?

Sponsored

 

[Jaymar]

Just because the S550 has vibration dampeners doesn't mean every other counter-point brought up isn't right, they mostly are. And those vibration dampeners aren't engineering fails, they solve a problem within a budget. Those rear diff bushings seem to work for the other 99% of cars they built so another win for them. Contrary to popular belief, you can't just transform everything into an engineering marvel by working harder at it. If you believe anything else, go ahead and put your own car on the market and see how it sells. Prove me wrong.

 

[MAGS1]

Cost will be a big factor. S650 pricing is already getting up there. If a base Mustang GT (whatever that may look like in the future) gets a transaxle but pricing jumps to Corvette level, will people buy it?

 

[Bikeman315]

Hey Lee, can you please stop the back and forth with @KingKona? You’re wasting your time, and ours, arguing with him. It’s pointless and is ruining your thread.

 

[MAGS1]

Like all us of enthusiasts I am also hopeful for Mustang’s “next big thing”. But hope is all we have. The odds of Ford totaling reengineering the pure ICE S750 is slim and none. Unless of course you are looking for $100k base cars. First off, let’s just hope to V8 makes it that far. Best bet now is 50-50. Then you have a possible hybrid EB and a plug in electric.

Making everyday Mustangs with high end parts like transaxles is unfortunately nothing but a pipe dream. But we can still hope, right?

I wouldn’t say none to anything that is 7-8 years down the road but I do agree that slim is probably likely. I am hopeful that ICE stays alive via new fuel cell technologies and/or alternative fuels. And EV will still be around as a niche product although one with a decent share of the market for those that want one. That’s my hope

 

[Bikeman315]

Cost will be a big factor. S650 pricing is already getting up there. If a base Mustang GT (whatever that may look like in the future) gets a transaxle but pricing jumps to Corvette level, will people buy it?

Would the average Mustang buyer give up their back seats and trunk? Doubtful. This is a part for the few, not the masses.

 

[MAGS1]

Would the average Mustang buyer give up their back seats and trunk? Doubtful. This is a part for the few, not the masses.

Agreed, it would be a pretty radical shift

 

[Bikeman315]

I wouldn’t say none to anything that is 7-8 years down the road but I do agree that slim is probably likely. I am hopeful that ICE stays alive via new fuel cell technologies and/or alternative fuels. And EV will still be around as a niche product although one with a decent share of the market for those that want one. That’s my hope

Oh, I agree. I think we will continue to have an ICE car for the S750 but it will not be a “new” car from the ground up. It will just be another version on the S550/650.

 

[Snakebyte]

Would the average Mustang buyer give up their back seats and trunk? Doubtful. This is a part for the few, not the masses.

Back seats???? We have back seats?

Trunk? We have a trunk too?

 

[Oakley]

Plus, there's tons more moving parts making more NVH inside a trans-axel versus a diff.

I'm not continuing a discussion on this subject with a guy who doesn't understand a transaxle replaces a diff and transmission .

 

[KingKona]

I'm not continuing a discussion on this subject with a guy who doesn't understand a transaxle replaces a diff and transmission .

I know exactly what a trans-axel is.

You're the person that thinks by replacing a diff with a trans-axel means NVH will go DOWN, because the mass increases.

This is laughable. And completely, and utterly incorrect.

 

[Oakley]

I know exactly what a trans-axel is.

You're the person that thinks by replacing a diff with a trans-axel means NVH will go DOWN, because the mass increases.

This is laughable. And completely, and utterly incorrect.

that isn't what i said but don't let me spoil your delusion.

 

[IPOGT]

Oh, I agree. I think we will continue to have an ICE car for the S750 but it will not be a “new” car from the ground up. It will just be another version on the S550/650.

I may be in the minority, but I think soon, this is the END and there will be NO S750. Mustang most probably will move on, but not as anything I'd want.

 

[dpAtlanta]

I know exactly what a trans-axel is.

axel \ ak-suhl \ n 1. a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.

I won't even touch the "trans" part... it has become way to political.

 

[KingKona]

that isn't what i said but don't let me spoil your delusion.

It's one of the many incorrect things you wrote/posted.

Don't kid yourself.....it's all been quoted.

Sponsored