5.0 Mustang Is Back!!!

[Parker]

Live rear axles are inexpensive to manufacture. Ford uses them to keep costs down for the most part.

Berserker is right about dealer markup and potential customers being angered by their inability to buy one for close to MSRP. That will only last 6 months though and then the cars will probably be readily available.

To be honest Ford would be smart to modernize the car more. Racers that like the live rear axle are only a small part of the potential market. Adding truly modern running gear, suspensions, interiors and options along with a modern and attractive exterior design would open the car up to more potential customers than the typical muscle car attracts. And Lord knows Ford needs the new customers.

I agree.

[MikeThaMachine]

Once again from my original post

"Slightly detuned from Boss spec, the Hurricane will become the regular GT's engine in 2008, when the Mustang will get a major face-lift. Insiders report every exterior panel is to be changed and updated, with the base cars getting a more aggressive look similar to that of the current Shelby GT500. The GT500, meantime, will become even more extreme looking.
    An all-new Mustang is due 2010, a year after the new Chevrolet Camero and Dodge Challenger launch."

[gtbro1]

 Ford Sucks...










       Hope this helps..

[americanbulldog]

Lose the live rear axle. Shed a few lbs. Then you have a real winner imo. The stang is a good car. I just wish they offered fully independent suspension.

This is part of the apeal of the mustang.  Low bucks, high fun ratio.  Being a diehard GM guy before becoming a Mopar buy, I actually considered buying a fox body about 10 years ago.  Great for going fast in a straight line, and cheap to mod. 

[MikeThaMachine]

Ford Sucks...










       Hope this helps..

Not compared to other American companies otherwise overall yes they do except when it comes to trucks (but I love the Tundra's my family has owned 3 already and plan to get the all new model next year).

[dagoo]

I lease and sell high end cars. I have sold two of the Shelby GT's in the last month. $45,000 MSRP and they both sold for $65,000. I am here to tell you there is no Ford worth $20,000 over sticker (to me)
I have a Z06 I am delivering this week which is worth paying sticker plus. It's performace is compared to cars that are three times its sticker price. Most of my clients that are buying these sticker plus American sports cars already have foreign sports cars in there garages. They just want the latest greatest thing on the market.

[gtbro1]

No car is worth that much money,in my opinion.

[Hugo Chavez]

I lease and sell high end cars. I have sold two of the Shelby GT's in the last month. $45,000 MSRP and they both sold for $65,000. I am here to tell you there is no Ford worth $20,000 over sticker (to me)
I have a Z06 I am delivering this week which is worth paying sticker plus. It's performace is compared to cars that are three times its sticker price. Most of my clients that are buying these sticker plus American sports cars already have foreign sports cars in there garages. They just want the latest greatest thing on the market.

Yea, not worth 20,000 over... Retarded and this is the kind of thing I got lost on in this thread, Ford doing shit like this just pisses off the masses.  Real stupid for a company in trouble.  It's a fucking ford for shit sake, not a Ferrari, meet the demand and fuck the rich idiots wanting to look special.

[ieffinhatecardio]

Yea, not worth 20,000 over... Retarded and this is the kind of thing I got lost on in this thread, Ford doing shit like this just pisses off the masses.  Real stupid for a company in trouble.  It's a fucking ford for shit sake, not a Ferrari, meet the demand and f**k the rich idiots wanting to look special.

The dealers are the ones marking up the cars, for the most part Ford doesn't control the actions of dealers. Once a dealer gets a car from the manufacturer what's to stop them from selling the car for as much as they can?

[Hugo Chavez]

The dealers are the ones marking up the cars, for the most part Ford doesn't control the actions of dealers. Once a dealer gets a car from the manufacturer what's to stop them from selling the car for as much as they can?

That may be true but they can have an effect on the dealer... Like with the GT500, they underproduced for the demand bigtime.  Worse, Ford said they would have a GT500 for every person who had the money to go into the dealer and put money down.  It did not happen or was just bullshit to begin with.  The message boards are filled with people who got screwed out of their car they thought was coming to them.  Some of them with deposts down.  Bad business.  You have a guy thinking he's getting his GT500 at msrp, maybe a little more and bang, the car he thought was his sold to 1 of 6 other people fighting for it at 60,000... oh brother, if they met production demand, that wouldn't happen.

[gtbro1]

 If I pay 65,000 - 100,000 dollars for something it better have a damn toilet and refridgerator in it.

[Hugo Chavez]

If I pay 65,000 - 100,000 dollars for something it better have a damn toilet and refridgerator in it.

yea, and a flux capacitor too