2015 Ford Mustang - General Discussion

[Slash]

I was gonna say I don recall t eer over powering the V8, only matching the numbers. The i4 wasn't exactly light though, so it was a bit pointless.

 

[Badasp5.0]

I was gonna say I don recall t eer over powering the V8, only matching the numbers. The i4 wasn't exactly light though, so it was a bit pointless.

Shows what I know, I stand corrected LOL. I always thought it was up 5hp on the V8.

 

[Slash]

Yeah, no problem. I can see how you can get confused as they were so close.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Just had a look at those spy shots of the convertible.

Those interior buttons reak of 1999 Japanese dashboards. I hope they're changed.

 

[homeforsummer]

Ford's Ecoboost engines have been far from peaky so far; no reason to imagine a slightly enlarged two-point-something four cylinder won't follow that trend.

This. In my experience with modern turbocharged engines, they start pulling strongly from maybe 1300rpm or so and don't really tail off until a few hundred before the red line. Certainly none of the "wait...wait...wait...WOAH" of old turbo engines.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Black render, and a nice write up on some stuff engine related. http://blog.americanmuscle.com/ford...um=social&utm_campaign=fbpost10302013S550news

That's looking very Aston-esque with those internal details:

 

[Blackbird.]

I was afraid when I sold mine it was going to be the last good looking Mustang but each render I see, as it grows on me, looks better and better. That survey even though it's not concrete evidence shows some impressive numbers for a 4 cyl. That creeps up near the HP my S4's S/Ced V6 is putting out!

 

[Omnis]

It's crazy that they can reliably get that much out of a 4 cylinder. But then I remember the Eagle Mk.3.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

That's looking very Aston-esque with those internal details:

That was my first though too in a good way.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

That was my first though too in a good way.

I'm a huge, huge fan of Astons, and it pains me to say this, but I think the grille on the Ford is nicer looking than the one on the Aston.

 

[Sage Ages]

It's crazy that they can reliably get that much out of a 4 cylinder. But then I remember the Eagle Mk.3.

It's been done before.

 

[Omnis]

That was the point of my post...

 

[Slash]

New Mach 1 renders based on the real car.

Starting to look like a Mustang now...

 

[ShobThaBob]

That does not look good.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Someone's let Paul Walker design that.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Thats not the real car. Whole thing is a render.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I know it's a render, but it's hideous. Looks like the ugly child of a GTR and a Fusion.

 

[Slash]

Thats not the real car. Whole thing is a render.

Yeah I even said that. It's interesting how they did it though.

 

[TheCracker]

It's the best looking render i've seen so far. But it's hardly a revolution over what it looks like now, which is a bit of a let-down considering all the talk of it being much more futuristic like the Evos concept which was meant to hint at it.

 

[Blackbird.]

Black render, and a nice write up on some stuff engine related. http://blog.americanmuscle.com/ford...um=social&utm_campaign=fbpost10302013S550news

Still the best render yet.

If the new Mustang looks like that I might just finish out my lease and go back to a Mustang.

 

[JohnBM01]

That is surely the best render of the next Mustang. I saw the cover of the latest Car and Driver Magazine, and that's the same sort of render, only in red instead of black. I think even purists would like this newer Mustang. Serious purists would prefer designs like the '60s Mustangs (which I love) rather than, say... Mustang designs from the '80s or early '90s.

 

[Slash]

That is surely the best render of the next Mustang. I saw the cover of the latest Car and Driver Magazine, and that's the same sort of render, only in red instead of black. I think even purists would like this newer Mustang. Serious purists would prefer designs like the '60s Mustangs (which I love) rather than, say... Mustang designs from the '80s or early '90s.

Which is like me kind of. '60s was the best era of Mustangs with the current gen the second best.

 

[Badasp5.0]

It's the best looking render i've seen so far. But it's hardly a revolution over what it looks like now, which is a bit of a let-down considering all the talk of it being much more futuristic like the Evos concept which was meant to hint at it.

I feel the same way. Honestly I was kinda hoping for a near clean sheet design sorta like the Fox Body compared to the Mustang II. Oh well.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Semi-related: the 2.3L turbo-four has finally shown up, and is landing in the new MKC. It'll be interesting to see what sort of power it'll produce in the Mustang; not that 275hp and 300lb-ft is anything to sneeze at.

 

[YSSMAN]

I'd say that's very related. Interesting how different the power output is to what we had expected. Although I doubt it would be a significant jump for Ford to hit 300 BHP with that, I'd be curious to know what the weight difference would be between the 2.3T and the 3.7L V6.

 

[Slash]

Well the v6 is supposed to be the same with the i4 having more so it will be interesting.

 

[Keef]

I'd say that's very related. Interesting how different the power output is to what we had expected. Although I doubt it would be a significant jump for Ford to hit 300 BHP with that, I'd be curious to know what the weight difference would be between the 2.3T and the 3.7L V6.

I bet the weight difference would be similar to the Genesis. I'd expect a minimal difference of around 100 pounds, and a lot of that will have to do with transmission and structure differences.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

According to this, the 2.0 ecoboost weighs a pretty stout 478 pounds dressed. I can't find any explicit numbers, but this article seems to indicate that the 3.7 V6 weighs somewhere around 375lbs, probably dry weight.

 

[Slash]

That sounds like a pig. Old iron V8s weigh less.

 

[Joey D]

According to this, the 2.0 ecoboost weighs a pretty stout 478 pounds dressed. I can't find any explicit numbers, but this article seems to indicate that the 3.7 V6 weighs somewhere around 375lbs, probably dry weight.

I think that's just referencing the package weight, which I assume probably has 70-100lbs of packing material around it. I've never mail-ordered an engine but I have to imagine it comes in a big wooden crate with the engine saddled in some metal cradle.