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Originally Posted by Congoman775
you display both the negligence of hard facts and the willingness to selectively read which makes me believe you are unable to continue this conversation. I hope you guessed right, for the sake of the mustang. However, i hope your on this site because you recognize support the Camaro. The same car which will be dusting the streets with mustangs and challengers for years to come.
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Like I said, you can believe it or not....
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Originally Posted by camaro5
I've said it many times...When designing the 2005 Mustang, the beancounters had arguments for a long time: Do it right, or do it cheap. They chose cheap.
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Actually, I think Ford would argue that they chose both and that S197 was the right car for the time. I think the long term proves this out at least somewhat, since Ford North America's ability to bring the D2C platform the Mustang rides on in under budget and the Mustang's success in the market has changed the way Ford looks at rwd cars in every respect. Arguably Mustang is the only reason Ford is developing the upcoming GRWD platform at all, and the Mustang's overall success is the reason Dearborn got the job with GRWD and no Australia.
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Originally Posted by camaro5
They have a platform now, that can't even be upgraded like when they added IRS to the previous FOX (Fairmont) Mustang platform. That was part of the argument, that if they stayed with solid rear axle, there would be no upgrades this time.
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An IRS exists for the D2C platform already, and Ford can adapt the platform to IRS anytime they choose. In fact, GRWD appears likely to be a heavily revised version of D2C, and we know that GRWD is using an IRS setup. Their hand wasn't forced, Ford chose not to us IRS in the S197 update.
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Originally Posted by camaro5
As far as horsepower to weight ratios...We gotcha now Ford and Dodge. Thanks for showing us your cards about 2012. Chevy will be BACK with an answer.
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And that is what makes this whole thing interesting to begin with.
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Originally Posted by camaro5
Unless everyone puts 4's and 6's in everything
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You will see a lot more four and six pot motors, but the affordable V8 will never die.