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<blockquote data-quote="Formula51" data-source="post: 7646393" data-attributes="member: 19833"><p>I hope you are right. I really do. BUT, I have some serious concerns about this actually happening. A 12.4 @ 114 would mean a complete departure from the the Mustang GTs current amazing recipe for selling cars. </p><p></p><p>For the car to accomplish this, it would need to change in many ways. It would need to stay light, which is expensive. It would need to gain power and gearing, presumably the 5.0L at 400hp and a 6-speed, which is expensive. It would need to increase traction, likely by better weight distribution and wider tires, which we have never seen on the GT. All of those things would mean a departure from the "budget minded" performance car that the Mustang GT has always been. This puts Ford in unfamiliar territory with the GT, which is not something I would think they want to do given the cars success.</p><p></p><p>To me, a high $20k performance car like the 2010 GT is a great feat in this world of expensive cars. I personally would like to see them stick with the success of the Mustang GT and work on improving the gas mileage while keeping the price down. I think that would be a good direction with CAFE standards and high gas prices sure to return. Perhaps they could add DI to the 4.6L and mate it with a 6-speed. That would help gas mileage and power. </p><p></p><p>The 400hp 5.0L, lightweight, 3.55 or 3.73 geared, wide tires, Camaro-kickin Mustang has always seamed like more of an SE Mustang to me costing in the $30 to $32k range. I just think it is going to be hard for Ford to convince the dads of teenagers and college kids to buy them a Mustang GT when it cost $30k+ and has 400hp. I say that not to poke fun, but because that has always been the difference to me between the sales. Your late 20's to the 40 something year old is going to buy Mustangs or Camaros, but the Mustang has always been more popular with the young crowd. I have attributed this to lower cost and lower power. The 2011 GT could change that and then its anybodies game. I just don't understand why Ford would want to take that risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Formula51, post: 7646393, member: 19833"] I hope you are right. I really do. BUT, I have some serious concerns about this actually happening. A 12.4 @ 114 would mean a complete departure from the the Mustang GTs current amazing recipe for selling cars. For the car to accomplish this, it would need to change in many ways. It would need to stay light, which is expensive. It would need to gain power and gearing, presumably the 5.0L at 400hp and a 6-speed, which is expensive. It would need to increase traction, likely by better weight distribution and wider tires, which we have never seen on the GT. All of those things would mean a departure from the "budget minded" performance car that the Mustang GT has always been. This puts Ford in unfamiliar territory with the GT, which is not something I would think they want to do given the cars success. To me, a high $20k performance car like the 2010 GT is a great feat in this world of expensive cars. I personally would like to see them stick with the success of the Mustang GT and work on improving the gas mileage while keeping the price down. I think that would be a good direction with CAFE standards and high gas prices sure to return. Perhaps they could add DI to the 4.6L and mate it with a 6-speed. That would help gas mileage and power. The 400hp 5.0L, lightweight, 3.55 or 3.73 geared, wide tires, Camaro-kickin Mustang has always seamed like more of an SE Mustang to me costing in the $30 to $32k range. I just think it is going to be hard for Ford to convince the dads of teenagers and college kids to buy them a Mustang GT when it cost $30k+ and has 400hp. I say that not to poke fun, but because that has always been the difference to me between the sales. Your late 20's to the 40 something year old is going to buy Mustangs or Camaros, but the Mustang has always been more popular with the young crowd. I have attributed this to lower cost and lower power. The 2011 GT could change that and then its anybodies game. I just don't understand why Ford would want to take that risk. [/QUOTE]
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