V8 Mustang prototype spied (video)....but what is it?

[jake_zx2]

If a Shelby badge goes on this, then I'll be severely disappointed

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[Petroleum Jesus]

I find it highly unlikely that this car has anything other than a 5.0L Coyote in it. If there was a new powertrain in there, the car would be frankensteined with the usual sensor arrays and data acquisition systems.

The new splitter, flared fenders, and spoiler could suggest a new PP, but I find that the inclusion of a new hood indicates that they are looking to distinguish this model from a GT.

Whether Euro market or US, I am confident this is a special edition that will slot in between the GT and the GT350.

 

[Twin Turbo]

Ever heard the phrase “win on Sunday, sell on Monday”? It wasn’t written about ford when they raced the lotus cortina, Dfv, escort bda etc.

The gt4 mustang just took fastest lap in class at Oulton Park this weekend. They are doing well in gt4 world wide. Which I’m sure helps sales of its road going sibling the gt350 in the USA and Middle East. Bmw sell loads of m cars and Merc sell loads of amg cars world wide because of their race programmes. If only ford could cash in too .... ford urgently needs a halo track model that looks like a road car punters can actually buy. Hence the 350 is long over due a make over. Now the 500 is here, this is possible. The Mach and boss badges mean nothing in the wider world. The Shelby badge still counts for something

Yep, the "Total Performance" years were epic on both sides of the pond and indeed, winning on Sunday did mean selling on Monday.

You may be right that the Mach 1 and Boss names may mean nothing in the wider world, but the Boss 302 and Shelby GT350 were instrumental in making the Mustangs a legend in the racing world. Perhaps the wider world needs to read a Mustang history book (and, yeah, I'm English too!)

You're also correct that the GT4 is doing great.........and that car uses a cross plane crank, normally aspirated 5.2........

 

[jake_zx2]

I guess the thing that seems odd, is a wider __front__ fender treatment on a drag focused car[?] I guess they could be doing that just for some visual difference, but that seems more "all around performance" type design. It's neat that there may finally be a wider S550.2 since all the special models (GT350, GT500) have used the first gen front end.

Maybe the GT350 (in the form we now know it) is getting dropped for MY20, and this is a 5.2CPC replacement car, a PP3 so to speak, wider fenders, big wing, S550.2 based, cheaper to make, distributes some 5.2 cost across a less limited product.

Asked a friend about this, just got told I'm looking too far into it...

 

[v8hgt]

Agreed it wouldn’t hurt for us all to read more. But sadly car makers aren’t in the education business. It’s hard enough to sell cars at the moment regardless. Manufacturers need to milk every asset they have at the moment to survive the next 5 years. In some ways ford are in a good position. They have a stranglehold on the large truck market in the USA. They have some of the better cheap small cars in the rest of the world to off set the fleet emissions. They can focus on electric for the longer term at a global level. The mustang S550 can be milked for 4 more years with mild make overs for little cost, and they have a rich heritage of performance names to badge it with to appeal to different markets. I can see a future when they badge almost identical performance models Boss 302 in North America, RS 500 in Europe, Falcon in Australia etc to appeal to the hearts of the local market by cashing in on their respectively histories.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

I find it highly unlikely that this car has anything other than a 5.0L Coyote in it.

YOU SHUT YOUR DIRTY MOUTH!






Hahaha, seriously, that's not a bad assertion, especially if the GT350 continues another couple of years. Though Ford is getting a little convoluted with models/options/packages ...

 

[MaskedRacerX]

re: Lots of Mustangs ...

The configurator will have 4 primary models: EB, GT, GT350, GT500, the EB and GT have both a base and premium flavor, the EB has a PP and now a HiPo variant, both EB and GT have convertible options, GT has PP1, PP2 (SEs like Cali Edition, Bullitt), the GT350 has "regular" and R, there's the GT500 with it's own 3 packages.

 

[badhac]

Maybe an updated PP2 GT?

 

[2017Mach1]

This is very interesting. I already beat ford to the punch on badging my 2017 a Mach 1. I think they missed the mark big time with not marketing the s550 as a Mach 1. The Mach E is also supposed to be a Mustang "inspired" hybrid. I don't think this would be the platform for that...?

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Maybe an updated PP2 GT?

I almost wrote that above. Even if it stays a 5.0, take the existing PP2 running gear, add some coolers, unique bodywork (305s would tuck in nicely in front), maybe the Bullitt tuning/GT_350 intake[?]

... but then doesn't that encroach on the GT350 performance territory? Which is one of the theories behind the PP2 being slightly gimped.

 

[Twin Turbo]

Asked a friend about this, just got told I'm looking too far into it...

Is your friend "in the know" then?

 

[Twin Turbo]

I almost wrote that above. Even if it stays a 5.0, take the existing PP2 running gear, add some coolers, unique bodywork (305s would tuck in nicely in front), maybe the Bullitt tuning/GT_350 intake[?]

... but then doesn't that encroach on the GT350 performance territory? Which is one of the theories behind the PP2 being slightly gimped.

It wouldn't encroach on the GT350 if it's offered with the option of the 10-speed auto.....

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Is your friend "in the know" then?

His friend is a sock puppet .. don't say anything, just go with it

 

[MaskedRacerX]

It wouldn't encroach on the GT350 if it's offered with the option of the 10-speed auto.....

Oh, I like! DCT? Too much??

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