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2020+ Shelby GT500 Mustang
Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 16070358" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>Get rid of the boatload of luxury options. It's not a luxury car. It doesn't need and shouldn't have luxury options. Ditch the luxury bloat, make manually adjustable seats standard, use more lightweight body panels, integrate the carbon composite k-member they've been working on, use more aluminum in the suspension bits, etc. Ford could have <em>easily</em> gotten the weight down. If they didn't, it's purely because of lazy engineering and/or stingy bean counters. Amortized over thousands of vehicles, the cost impact wouldn't be that much to the customer. And let's face it, the people spending big bucks for a top end Mustang would <strong>gladly</strong> pay a bit more for a better engineered car. I'm not buying the excuses for the weight. If it comes in at 4200 lbs, I'm not buying <em>the car</em>. If I "have" to buy a land barge, it might as well be a luxury sport sedan. (Hello, M5/E63 S/S6! (Don't like the RS7.))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 16070358, member: 121775"] Get rid of the boatload of luxury options. It's not a luxury car. It doesn't need and shouldn't have luxury options. Ditch the luxury bloat, make manually adjustable seats standard, use more lightweight body panels, integrate the carbon composite k-member they've been working on, use more aluminum in the suspension bits, etc. Ford could have [i]easily[/i] gotten the weight down. If they didn't, it's purely because of lazy engineering and/or stingy bean counters. Amortized over thousands of vehicles, the cost impact wouldn't be that much to the customer. And let's face it, the people spending big bucks for a top end Mustang would [b]gladly[/b] pay a bit more for a better engineered car. I'm not buying the excuses for the weight. If it comes in at 4200 lbs, I'm not buying [i]the car[/i]. If I "have" to buy a land barge, it might as well be a luxury sport sedan. (Hello, M5/E63 S/S6! (Don't like the RS7.)) [/QUOTE]
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