New Mustang

et-configs

I can't find the very updated picture. I was reading my auto-week magazine and there is yet another mustang coming.

I don't support ford much because of their repair record, but this current mustang on the market seems to be doing good and not breaking down.

ocalhoun

Sharpe

I do like the look of that car. Orange fits my nationality too. 8)

But I can't afford it and it probably is a gasguzzler too.

tomahawk19

The new mustangs are nice, but there are better cars for the same price. However if I had enough money to just spend on the new Shelby GT500 I would, but they run about 75k USD.

There are several of them already in my town, and it makes me sick because I know the owners of both, and neither of them will let me drive them. I hate it cus every night when I come home from work, I see them parking their nice new GT500.

Gagnar The Unruly

It's hard for me to get too excited about a modern sports car with a live rear axle, even if it has 500 hp or whatever.

ocalhoun

^And what exactly is so wrong with a live rear axle?

Gagnar The Unruly

Live rear axles change camber over bumps and they have a much higher unsprung weight than independent axles, because the differential and driveshafts are unsprung. It translates to poor handling and feel on sports cars and a lot of axle hop on uneven surfaces. The only reason Ford put a live rear axle on the Mustang is because they were too cheap to spring for modern technology (is that a pun?). To me it's an example of the slow decline of the American auto industry.

A live axle is OK for trucks and things that do a lot of towing, but it's lame on a sports car.

Arnie

All the new Mustangs are ugly. None match the original. They should just stop trying.

DarcSystems

I think they look good. Even if they weren't reminiscent of their past, they would still be a good looking car.

tomahawk19

Andrew426

Gagnar The Unruly

$15000 seems like a lot of money for a fake old mustang Shocked

ocalhoun

Gagnar The Unruly

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too. I wonder who that would be for?

Andrew426

chris20

The new mustangs look all right, but too many people drive them. Whenever I go out I see at least 20 new mustangs on the road. And only occasionally do I see one of the older ones.

Erst

beautifu... Shocked

this is baby!.

xAntoIn3x

i like the hood and the front bumper but that tall wing has to go

Srs2388

i don't like the fact that they are everywhere too many people have the same thing... i would want something different but i like the new mustang...

alyer

Nice car! But oficially it doesnt sell in Russia Sad

Andrew426

It seems the pony car wars are on again. First we get the new mustang, and now CM and Chrysler are following along with a 2008 challenger and 2009(?) camaro.

Its a shame we wont be seeing a new barracuda till much later on - if ever, the first true pony car will be the last to come to the party this time around.

Although it makes me wonder; The camaro started production in '66 (i think) and went through to '03. The mustang started in '64 and has been in non stop production almost 45 years now. But the barracuda only lasted ten years ('64-'74) and the challenger only 4 ('70-'74). Which of the new models will last longer this time? will any of them slowly get fatter and slipperier to keep up with mainstream trends - as we saw with the 'stang and camaro, or will the manufacturers simply retire the models as the market for big RWD retro cars dies down, or change the designs to go with the market?

Gagnar The Unruly

I think Ford will hang onto the Mustang since it's been their bright spot for 35 years and it's never really felt sales competition from the GM and Chrysler cars (at least not lately). Word on the street is that the Ford V8 is doomed by new US CAFE standards. Ford is looking at twin-turbo V6's for their entire V8 line, even large trucks. I think it'll be interesting when Mustangs switch over.

In my opinion the new Camaro is like an ugly girl that comes late to the party -- there's only a few good years before GM has to redesign to meet CAFE standards and who would buy a next-gen Camaro over a Challenger? MotorTrend thinks the next iteration (if there is one) will wind up on the GM alpha platform (smaller midsize RWD) developed by Holden.

To me, the Challenger seems like a niche purchase, and I imagine it'll primarily attract mid-life crisis types. I think the idea of a 4100 lb car with a thirsty V8, slab sides and limited usefulness (245 width tires on 20" wheels??) is anachronistic. I'll be amazed if the current Challenger goes on much more than 4 years, also. It's almost prophetic that it's arriving now, when emission regs are about to choke-hold the auto industry. When the Challenger came out in '70 it was basically a harbinger of the gas crisis and it had no heritage and so couldn't survive.

I predict that the Mustang will press on for at least another 35 years. Good ole' boys have to have an option when it comes to sporty transport. I think the Camaro will have a weak start and a slow, painful death in its second or third generation, and I think the Challenger is a one-model-year-wonder for Chrysler (if that company even exists in its present form in 4 years). I think the best odds for GM are to find a way to integrate Holden and Pontiac in the 'States. Stealing tuner-car credibility from the Japanese may be impossible, but they have to find a way to recruit new young performance-minded buyers, since their current sporty cars are only selling to 45 year old men.