EcoVert
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Ask your insurance agentI always looked at sports cars like this.
If you drive a jeep the Mustang is a sports car.
If you drive a Lambo not so much.
I consider my car a sports car.
Mileage will vary.
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Ask your insurance agentI always looked at sports cars like this.
If you drive a jeep the Mustang is a sports car.
If you drive a Lambo not so much.
I consider my car a sports car.
Mileage will vary.
We already know the next platform will be shared one that pretty much HAS to increase size and weight....so adding AWD/HYBRID/LARGER GAS TANK will just add on top of that.I don't think so, mild hybrids are not that heavy and just starting with an aluminum frame would weigh considerably less.
Yeah I just washed the car this morning. I am astounded by the amount of little chips in the hood. Probably doing ppf when the front gets repainted.Paint that doesnât chip when you look at it
Is your car white?Paint that doesnât chip when you look at it
Yeah I just washed the car this morning. I am astounded by the amount of little chips in the hood. Probably doing ppf when the front gets repainted.
With all of the problems Ford has had with aluminum hoods, I'm suprised people want Ford to use more aluminum.
Nope - Ruby RedIs your car white?
Ive got more rockchips on this car around the windshield frame and hood than my Yellow 2016 ever had even after putting it through 2 winters and 40k miles on it.
Canât believe no one responded here. It shouldnât even be a question.If the direction was more power and weight or less power and weight, what would you prefer?
Current: 460hp - 3,800lbs
Option 1: 500hp - 4,000lbs
Option 2: 440hp - 3,500lbs
I would love to see that also but with 3/4 of the American population overweight thatâs not going to happen.Canât believe no one responded here. It shouldnât even be a question.
All day option 2.
Reasons: same acceleration and performance with less power AND
The last point is especially important so that we can continue seeing performance cars like this. Otherwise we wonât have the option.
- Better braking
- Better handling
- Better heat dissipation and control
- And importantly emissions, mpg.
Now that all said, once you start with a lighter platform THEN add all the go fast bits for a special edition. The performance payback will be greater.
I wish theyâd make the mustang 15/16 size for the next generation. Donât make an aluminum unibody, but allow more high strength steel for thinner crash impact zones to allow the same âfeelâ of inside space with physically smaller dimensions outside. Similar to whatâs Honda does.
If a GT weighs 3800lbs, a 15/16 version would weigh 3563 without the use of any different materials. Add some HSS and youâre down to 3500.
I donât understand that either. I think it goes back to the Lazy American thing. Walk all the way around the car? Do I look like a marathon runner? I see people get out of there car to check their mail, then drive up 20 feet. Funny as hell because it takes more energy to climb in and out of a car vs walking 20 ft.Gas tank on passenger side of car.
If I was in Britain, no problem, but here itâs a pain to open the huge doors that are on the same side as the pump, posts, and trash cans at the gas station.
Camaro is not exactly smaller. They proportioned it differently. Itâs hard to explain, it sits big people fine. Itâs hard to see from is the issue.I would love to see that also but with 3/4 of the American population overweight thatâs not going to happen.
I just hope it stays the same size but gets lighter. Camaro tried the smaller thing and smaller sales where the result.
Good god NO!!! Then you get to open that big door out into a lane where some texting fool will remove it for you. I can drive well enough to allow for the door swing when positioning for fuel.Gas tank on passenger side of car.
If I was in Britain, no problem, but here itâs a pain to open the huge doors that are on the same side as the pump, posts, and trash cans at the gas station.
Camaro is not exactly smaller. They proportioned it differently. Itâs hard to explain, it sits big people fine. Itâs hard to see from is the issue.
The Camaro's wheelbase is almost 4â longer than the mustang. Not shrinking but lightening costs more than a small, and I mean tiny reduction (15/16 = 6% difference). Ford can handle that easily with smaller overhangs front and back to start, and a tiny reduction of height. Track width would likely remain the same. In that same breath, low profile seat rails for that 3/8â of height chopped with the raise lever still in place. Add thinner A-Pillars made of HSS and an aluminum roof.
I strongly feel ford will not allocate the resources to engineering for the S650 with the current management. Theyâll have an evolution design (modified S550 platform) instead of an all new 15/16 scale version that we love - but weighs too much.