Dave Pericak speaks a bit about the Mustang's future

[ClayAce]

Or buy a Ford Focus if you really want to Focus on European buyers

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[FreePenguin]

They just Uber around everywhere* messed up my text

 

[shogun32]

They just Uber around everywhere* messed up my text

Car payment: $600/mo (assume high spec EB, low-spec GT, 5 years)
Insurance: $150/mo
Gas: $100mo (WAG and probably low)
$850/mo for transport. Buys you say 70 uber rides at $12 each.

Who's the dummy now?
You can pry the keys from my cold dead hands, though.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Whatever is offered will be a Mustang and live up to the Mustang expectation."

Yep that’s confirmed by Pericak’s quote from the article... EVERYTHING coming out of Ford will be renamed a “Mustang”....

 

[zackmd1]

Car payment: $600/mo (assume high spec EB, low-spec GT, 5 years)
Insurance: $150/mo
Gas: $100mo (WAG and probably low)
$850/mo for transport. Buys you say 70 uber rides at $12 each.

Who's the dummy now?
You can pry the keys from my cold dead hands, though.

Try more like $200-300 for insurance for anyone under 25 and $200-300 for gas per month....

 

[FreePenguin]

So you’re saying it’s cheaper to use Uber? I wouldn’t of thought

That’s it, selling my cars

 

[Hack]

I like Pericak, but I don't see how it's possible for Ford to build something that I will enjoy and that the evil overlords in Europe will allow. The last changes to the engine (DI) and MT-82 (revised gearing) I already don't love.

I hope he succeeds, though. I've owned so many Mustangs I'm definitely emotionally invested in the future of the product and I don't want it to go away.

 

[Ace]

How are they going to engage with the vehicle in a way they can feel the acceleration and power?

That's why people should care more about torque numbers. Horsepower and 0-60 wars are nice, but torque is the thing that pushes you in the seat.

But overall the whole statement sounds a bit like justifying that the real life performance might be worse in future models but they will sell it as a performance-feeling car like the Mach-E (which is by no means a sportscar, even though electric cars with AWD can accelerate fast)

 

[shogun32]

That's why people should care more about torque numbers.

My guess they'll have 3-5 seconds of ultra-capacitor "boost" mode. Might put up sub-4 second 0-60mph but once the banks are empty, you're back to whatever the engine+generator can produce. Far and away cars just hold steady speed and any flogging on public roads is only good for 3 seconds before you're into Go to Jail speeds for conditions and environment. You don't need a big battery pack for dual-mode operation where the engine is primarily spinning a generator and only under sustained, heavy demand kicks into driving the wheels.

 

[nastang87xx]

Car payment: $600/mo (assume high spec EB, low-spec GT, 5 years)
Insurance: $150/mo
Gas: $100mo (WAG and probably low)
$850/mo for transport. Buys you say 70 uber rides at $12 each.

Who's the dummy now?
You can pry the keys from my cold dead hands, though.

600 a month for an EB/base GT??!?!!?!

 

[shogun32]

600 a month for an EB/base GT??!?!!?!

33K OTD, 5 years, 3.5%.

 

[IPOGT]

This generation, if it isn’t vegan, vaping, or hanging out at Starbucks wearing hipster clothes then they don’t want it.

At college, I met grown adults who don’t have drivers license or any aspiration to own cars. They just over around and shit.
Blows my mind.

People just seem to care less about this stuff. I can’t imagine Cali etc those cities where this is probably amplified 100 over

When I grew up, people saw Mustangs as cool cars and many still do. Now there are many recent immigrants who don't care about cars, never grew up with a car culture and may have had more existential concerns than to be interested in cars..plus, im beginning to see a LOT of Americans that seem look at muscle cars, generally with disdain.. Different world for sure.

 

[Zinc03svt]

Running 11’s in a heavy n/a 302 ten speed automatic feels pretty good to me. Lol...

 

[ORRadtech]

33K OTD, 5 years, 3.5%.

For comparison
My '18 EB convertible, moderately equipped had a $39k+ window sticker. Not the base model but far from as optioned as it could be. I paid slightly more than half that in mid '19 and have a $340 ish monthly payment.

 

[shogun32]

I paid slightly more than half that in mid '19 and have a $340 ish monthly payment.

I had to pick a number for illustrative purposes. Maybe $450/mo is closer to the median. Doesn't really change the calculus by too much. @martinjlm would know better what average selling price is for sedans across the industry.

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