And that makes no sense considering the current market situation. Also we pretty much know for sure it'll have the 3v 4.6 in it why have it so undertuned. It'd be cheaper for them to leave the 2v heads on the thing if they wanted to put the car out with just 280 hp for the first couple of years.blkgt714 said:
Omegalock said:
Good business dictates you set the precident not follow along with the rest of the sheep. As of this point Ford isn't even doing a good at that. The current market situation dictates Ford has an opportunity to take the market place by the throat that it hasn't had since 1965. A hot fresh new car that has no direct domestic competition. By all accounts that will not last long.blkgt714 said:
And you are seeing a lot of people that would potentially buy a Mustang GT ready to buy those cars. Go and spend a little more time on GM and Mopar boards. Every fan of the RWD V8 American pony car is waiting with baited breath for this car. If it's essentially just as weak as the current Stang none of those people are going to jump ship to Ford. And you mentioned the RX8 and the 305Z you'd be surprised how many import buyers would be swayed by a car with substantially more power for less cost. As it stands now we have Stang people jumping ship for those cars because the cost and performance are comparable with a loaded Stang instead of vice versa. The new Stang NEEDS better performance numbers to get buyers back let alone keep what they currently have. If Chevy or Daimler puts out a pony car in the next few years it'll have an adverse effect on the new Stang(especially if it is able to hand the current Stang it's ass) so they should take the initiative and control the market now and not put out something weak to begin with to have a tenuous hold to begin with.
And when even those hardcore are slowly moving away to another car that will hurt the Stang. Also you are failing to think about the fact Ford has no domestic competition right now for this car. They can have a strangle hold on the market with minimal effort by simply getting Chevy boys to jump ship. You are right the average buyer only cares about the looks and will be buying a V6 however but considering we are debating the merrits of having a more powerful GT that is the key difference. The GT is important and it's not an after thought or else they wouldn't even bother with it.
It makes no sense to detune the things that far. If Ford was going to keep the power output the same or within 20 horses they would just keep the current engine in the car. We already know they are bucking their recent history engine wise by even putting the new 3v in during the first year. It stands to reason that if they are going through the trouble of putting a new engine in the car they would also make use of it's potential. Cost wise it makes no sense to put a new engine in the car then have identical numbers to the previous model giving it no distinction(to the people that would be buying a GT) over the previous car thusly kind of defeating the point and pupose of a new engine entirely.
And that's exactly what Ford NEEDS for this car. Anything less and the whole point of a a new design AND a new engine rapidly loses it's point. Guys that are serious about performance won't buy it and they will loose customers. If Ford honestly does put out a car with 260 or 280 horses I will not be buying one and I know I'm not alone in this. I very likely will look into buying a fast import a new Camaro or maybe even a fast truck. Ford I think knows there are a TON of guys like myself and they aren't going to risk blowing such a large market of potential buyers by putting out a weak Mustang.
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