Size and Weight - still deal breakers?

[SStormtrooPer]

That would have had me immediately. Overhang is a bitch.

I hate overhang -- but I will say, as much as I dislike a lot about this car, Ford really managed the overhang well. The rear on S550, while still huge, looks a ton smaller than the current car in my opinion.

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[Dirk McGurck]

I hate overhang -- but I will say, as much as I dislike a lot about this car, Ford really managed the overhang well. The rear on S550, while still huge, looks a ton smaller than the current car in my opinion.

Oh, it's a great looking car.

And I'm sure they are going to cut some weight. But cutting 200 lbs from the same size car vs cutting 500 lbs from making a smaller chassis?

At this point since everyone is saying them want a Mustang made for kids and golf clubs and cruising, let's make a Colt or Capri or Cougar as a RWD two-seater 75% the size of the Mustang. EcoBoost 4 or the V6, maybe the FPC V8? I would be parted with my money very quickly.

 

[aardvark]

At this point since everyone is saying them want a Mustang made for kids and golf clubs and cruising...

I don't doubt a lot of the 'base,' as well as non-Mustang people in focus groups, etc., do indeed tell Ford that they want a Mustang made for kids and golf clubs and cruising.

Nonetheless, part of me wonders 'what if'... i.e., what if Ford had basically given the middle finger to practicality and delivered an uncompromisingly sporty mustang. Would that be insane... or brilliant? Yes, you lose some buyers with that approach. But maybe you gain some others? Perhaps you'd win back some of the younger, single buyers who were the lifeblood of the Mustang during its first few generations? We'll never know. Ford chose the status quo.

People talk about not wanting to go down to the size of the Subaru/Scion twins, and I get that. As JesseFourOh points out, there's a big 22" space between those cars and the new Mustang. Something midway would have been a bolder move. Yes, I'm talking about something on the order of the original '65 or even the Fox or even a bit smaller than that.

Sure, we can knock the Subaru/Scion if we want. Others know more than me about the virtues and vices of those cars. However, I see a lot of 'em on the road here in the Bay Area lately, and you know who are mostly driving them? Young guys who, a generation or two ago, might have been buying Mustangs.

 

[Dirk McGurck]

I would own a Scibaru tomorrow, if there was any power. That's the only thing holding me back. And there's nothing else small and practical and sporty.

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