About the only time my car sees below 2000 RPM is when I'm sitting at a stoplight or during a steady cruise (barely). And that's with very casual driving.
The F-Series outsold the Mustang literally 10:1 last year. It's a far more lucrative product and thanks to economies of scale, they can afford to invest in aluminum-intensive architecture. The price hit to do the same for the Mustang wouldn't even be in the same reality.
Yep I understand that, but IMO, this Mustang is going to really help bridge the gap that Ford had from a sports/pony/muscle car to a more European sports car like the Audi A5. (which the C&D review says it feels like). The new 2015 definitely has a Mustang met Audi/BMW and had a baby. It's just that most people don't want a Mustang like the previous models because of the look/stigma of a Mustang/Camaro (and we know it exists).
I remember reading something along these lines by you before. It hurt me to read this then and it hurts me now.
Well I think it's optimistic thinking and it never hurts to have that mindset, but I don't see it happening within this generation, at least not on a large scale. Realistically, the high-po variants might get some aluminum bits (or other lightweight materials) in select areas, but nothing to the extent of the F150.
Everybody needs to remember this is the plain GT we are talking about, and the Hellcat cost $60K. I'm thinking that when we see special versions of the Mustang, they are likely to stack up a little better to the others' special versions, and will likely be priced more at that level, too!
Will be interesting to see how people shed it (if they can at all).
That is easy, look where you live.
This is really true. I take C/D and MT. Those guys are jaded beyond any normal person's reality. The fastest car I have owned was my 320-HP '99 Cobra, which was probably good for high-13-second 1/4 miles. About what the EB is going to do, with a little more trap speed. My reaction at the time was I didn't need any more power than that.
I don't see mustang matching up or bridging that much a gap to the F series however going global might actually make that a possibilty since the F series is not necessarily on a global market... but when they say f series don't they mean F150, F250, 350, 450 as a whole? What is the mustang sales figures compared to just the F150 sales?
The quite exhaust is getting annoying. With he Boss and GT500 they offer a great sounding factory exhaust. It's not like the material costs are more. No reason why they can't offer that on the whole lineup. It's like they do it on purpose to throw a bone to the aftermarket. :tsk: