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Posted: 8/16/2023 10:11:08 AM EST
The Ford Mustang lineup has never been stronger, as the recent motorsports push through special variants like the Mustang Dark Horse R has demonstrated. Additionally, The Blue Oval clearly intends to push boundaries as to what the Mustang brand represents in the modern era, with the upcoming Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally serving as evidence that the company won’t let its treasured nameplate stagnate in one particular lane. Later this week, the company is planning on essentially doubling down on that ethos with plans to debut the first-ever mid-engine Mustang, according to sources familiar with the matter.
More at link, but no pics yet. https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-to-debut-mid-engine-mustang-this-thursday-exclusive/amp/ Update: Leaked pics appear to be legit. Apparently it is being dubbed "GTD". Updated with leaked pics. It is supposed to debut at Pebble Beach today (Aug 17) "between 5pm and 7pm". I'm assuming that is Pacific time. Attached File Attached File https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-mustang-gtd-leaks-ahead-of-debut/ |
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I've wanted an affordable mid-engine for a while now. I hoped it would come from Toyota, but it'd be nice if this was affordable and not electric.
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America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it.
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Quoted: America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4pvsoZ35k View Quote A Pontiac engineer designed the DeLorean as well, which was originally designed as a mid-engine |
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Oh god...Ford is going to royally fuck this up without questions.
Remember that last cool thing Ford did? The 5.2L voodoo flat plane....well the retards at ford managed to make a flat plane v8 sound like a bag of smashed ass holes screaming for help. A flat plane is supposed to sound like a symphony of dead dinosaur juice exploding under pressure and FIRE! Instead they made a nasty sounding engine that sounds like a hoarse coyote is shitting out a stuck rock |
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Quoted: Oh god...Ford is going to royally fuck this up without questions. Remember that last cool thing Ford did? The 5.2L voodoo flat plane....well the retards at ford managed to make a flat plane v8 sound like a bag of smashed ass holes screaming for help. A flat plane is supposed to sound like a symphony of dead dinosaur juice exploding under pressure and FIRE! Instead they made a nasty sounding engine that sounds like a hoarse coyote is shitting out a stuck rock View Quote You should write harlequin romance novels. |
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Mid-engine is cool. Mid-engine Mustang is gay.
They literally couldn't think of another name? Everything is a Mustang these days. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Mid-engine is cool. Mid-engine Mustang is gay. They literally couldn't think of another name? Everything is a Mustang these days. Corvette is becoming a brand name too Always has been though...always has been a lifestyle brand...but I don't see corvette trucks. |
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Quoted: Always has been though...always has been a lifestyle brand...but I don't see corvette trucks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Mid-engine is cool. Mid-engine Mustang is gay. They literally couldn't think of another name? Everything is a Mustang these days. Corvette is becoming a brand name too Always has been though...always has been a lifestyle brand...but I don't see corvette trucks. 4 door in 2025. Launched as its own brand, not sure how far they'll take it. ETA I guess they announced a corvette SUV too |
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Quoted: 4 door in 2025. Launched as its own brand, not sure how far they'll take it. ETA I guess they announced a corvette SUV too View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Mid-engine is cool. Mid-engine Mustang is gay. They literally couldn't think of another name? Everything is a Mustang these days. Corvette is becoming a brand name too Always has been though...always has been a lifestyle brand...but I don't see corvette trucks. 4 door in 2025. Launched as its own brand, not sure how far they'll take it. ETA I guess they announced a corvette SUV too I stand corrected...wow...American companies have gone full retard. That should have been called a Chevelle or somthing else. |
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It's a hand-built supercar designed to let the Mustang compete in something.... Multimatic is making it, not Ford. Us peasants won't be able to afford/own it anyways.
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Ford really ought to fire the folks who are handling the nameplates. Why not come up with a new name for a mid engine performance car?
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Quoted: Better not be some electric puke ?? View Quote That wouldn't qualify as "mid-engine", now would it? AFAIK, no EV has ever been described as "mid-engine", regardless of where the motors are. And electric motors are pretty much exclusively labeled as "motors", and not "engines", while internal combustion engines are sometimes called "motors". |
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Quoted: America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4pvsoZ35k View Quote That was typical GM beancounter B.S. When they finally got the car right, they killed it. What kind of nimrod does that? |
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Quoted: Yeah, the dilution of the mustang name by turning it into a brand is really questionable. A more affordable GT would have been cool. View Quote This. Imagine a factory stripped Mustang GT with no rear seats, no A/C, no power window/locks/seats, but still with all the power and braking of the GT? That would be badass. |
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Quoted: Oh god...Ford is going to royally fuck this up without questions. Remember that last cool thing Ford did? The 5.2L voodoo flat plane....well the retards at ford managed to make a flat plane v8 sound like a bag of smashed ass holes screaming for help. A flat plane is supposed to sound like a symphony of dead dinosaur juice exploding under pressure and FIRE! Instead they made a nasty sounding engine that sounds like a hoarse coyote is shitting out a stuck rock View Quote Oh you're quite full of shit on this one Midcap. As an owner of a couple of these, I have never heard anyone say the Voodoo sounds like shit. |
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Well on the list of shit I wasn't expecting this is definitely a top 3.
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Quoted: That was typical GM beancounter B.S. When they finally got the car right, they killed it. What kind of nimrod does that? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4pvsoZ35k That was typical GM beancounter B.S. When they finally got the car right, they killed it. What kind of nimrod does that? Came down to threatening Corvette sales, truth or perception, didn't matter. It's too bad the Fiero grows rust like it's rare. I worked with a Fiero enthusiast that owned 8 or 10 at the time, and almost sucked me in. There's a large club in the region from Chicago to Alton Illinois. |
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Quoted: America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4pvsoZ35k View Quote Who is Pat Coin? |
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They need to fuck off.
Call it a GT or something else. This ruining things that have tradition and meaning to appease the have nothing youngsters pisses me off to no end. The DEI inclusion crossover "mustang" is a fucking joke. The Bruce Jenner of the automotive world insisting people call it something it is not, the crossover for cross dressers, the TranE. Those that do not seem to get why I hate it so much. Try going to craigslist while shopping for an actual Mustang. Results get polluted with bullshit returns because little timmy the retarded window licking helmet wearing crossover now slips through the filters. Fuck off. |
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Quoted: You should write harlequin romance novels. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Oh god...Ford is going to royally fuck this up without questions. Remember that last cool thing Ford did? The 5.2L voodoo flat plane....well the retards at ford managed to make a flat plane v8 sound like a bag of smashed ass holes screaming for help. A flat plane is supposed to sound like a symphony of dead dinosaur juice exploding under pressure and FIRE! Instead they made a nasty sounding engine that sounds like a hoarse coyote is shitting out a stuck rock You should write harlequin romance novels. I would have written "peach pits"...stuck rock is decidedly more "romantic". |
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I know it's probably unlikely, but if it's a Corvette competitor, I'm absolutely ordering one first day they open up. My current 16 GT is my favorite car I've ever owned, and was planning on adding a C8 to the stable next.
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Quoted: Quoted: I've wanted an affordable mid-engine for a while now. I hoped it would come from Toyota, but it'd be nice if this was affordable and not electric. What do you consider Affordable? Less than a corvette. |
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I think this may be the new model the company I work for is supplying a part for. Very low volume: 650 EAU.
I heard they have this one then another special model coming out that will be higher volume. They will be the last gasp of the ICE Mustang. |
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Needs a different name unless all of the Mustang lineup is going mid-engine.
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So now the Mustang is a 'brand' and not a model?
They're doing their best to stretch the Mustang nameplate into oblivion, which is something usually reserved for GM. |
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