I personally never screamed at Ford for anything.
I had a 2001 GT. I modded it slightly with a tune, 4.10s and a catback and that was plenty good for me. I had a 7 mile commute to work. I never needed or even wanted more power. I believe that car had 260HP. With the mods, I got somewhere in the area of 16mpg combined. I traded the Mustang in for a Lincoln Aviator several years ago thinking that I wanted a SUV. That was a huge mistake but that's not the point of this thread so I digress. I've been trying to get back into a Mustang ever since.
My commute for work is now 90-120 miles per day. I am currently driving my wife's old 4-banger sedan due to fuel economy. It's time for me to get a new car. When I saw the 2010 Mustang, I instantly fell in love all over again. There wasn't much I could do though because I wouldn't drive a V6 (it's missing 2 cylinders!) and couldn't afford to commute with the V8 every day. Then the 2011 V6 dropped and it solved all of my problems. I could have a car with both the performance that I wanted (more than my previous GT) and fuel economy that I can live with for my commute.
Of course I'd love to have a V8 but it's just not possible in the near future between the cost of the commute plus the fact that I have two 16 year old sons so the insurance would kill me. No offense to anyone driving a V6 prior to 2011 but I think what Ford did was make a FANTASTIC V8 and at the same time made the V6 relevant to a group of people that would have never even considered it before.
