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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.

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https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-mustang-gtd-leaks-ahead-of-debut/
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:14:14 AM EST
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Better not be some electric puke ??
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:21:35 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:22:44 AM EST
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Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:26:40 AM EST
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Would they be allowed to call it a mid-ENGINE?  I've always been told EVs run on motors, not engines. That could be totally bogus info though.  Will have to wait and see. Fingers crossed for an ICE.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:35:08 AM EST
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America already had a mid-engine sports car...Pat Coin killed it.

Regular Car Reviews: 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:43:47 AM EST
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A Pontiac engineer designed the DeLorean as well, which was originally designed as a mid-engine
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:44:01 AM EST
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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
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:46:00 AM EST
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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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You should write harlequin romance novels.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:48:25 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:50:14 AM EST
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Corvette is becoming a brand name too
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:50:15 AM EST
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Probably a bunch of MBAs
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:50:43 AM EST
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Corvette is becoming a brand name too
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:51:02 AM EST
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dumb
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:52:22 AM EST
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Always has been though...always has been a lifestyle brand...but I don't see corvette trucks.
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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.


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
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:53:03 AM EST
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Yeah, the dilution of the mustang name by turning it into a brand is really questionable.

A more affordable GT would have been cool.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:53:39 AM EST
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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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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:54:30 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:54:50 AM EST
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Just wait. The Corvette T9 will be a smashed asshole refresh of the El Camino.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:55:11 AM EST
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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?
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:56:32 AM EST
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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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This. But don't let the truth slow down the automotive luddites here.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:59:07 AM EST
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Isn't that what the GT is?
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:59:11 AM EST
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Chevrolet did that, then dealers marked them up and customers started flipped them for double even triple retail ????
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 10:59:40 AM EST
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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".
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:02:32 AM EST
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That was typical GM beancounter B.S.
When they finally got the car right, they killed it.
What kind of nimrod does that?
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:05:21 AM EST
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Yeah, the dilution of the mustang name by turning it into a brand is really questionable.

A more affordable GT would have been cool.
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:05:40 AM EST
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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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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:06:12 AM EST
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Yep.  Whatever it is, it is going to be very expensive and limited in production.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:10:00 AM EST
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What do you consider Affordable?
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:11:48 AM EST
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Well on the list of shit I wasn't expecting this is definitely a top 3.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:14:24 AM EST
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Who is Pat Coin?
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:15:09 AM EST
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Mid engine should make fixing them cam phasers much easier
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:16:40 AM EST
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It's gonna be a hot hatch.............watch.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:20:17 AM EST
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Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:27:08 AM EST
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Ford Mustang and “supercar” shouldn’t be used together.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:29:57 AM EST
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Oh you're quite full of shit on this one Midcap.
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Yeah he’s got zero idea what he’s talking about.  The Voodoo sounds glorious.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:31:04 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:36:39 AM EST
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You know it will have a hybrid form of somekind ...
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:38:21 AM EST
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You should write harlequin romance novels.
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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


You should write harlequin romance novels.


I would have written "peach pits"...stuck rock is decidedly more "romantic".
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:39:57 AM EST
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Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:42:14 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:44:04 AM EST
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Call it Maverick!!  Oh.... wait...already been used already ...  TWICE !!
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:44:06 AM EST
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Mustang is a secretary's car.  Should have just redone the GT40.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:46:04 AM EST
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Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:48:20 AM EST
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What do you consider Affordable?
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Less than a corvette.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:51:07 AM EST
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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.
Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:52:11 AM EST
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Needs a different name unless all of the Mustang lineup is going mid-engine.
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Link Posted: 8/16/2023 11:52:51 AM EST
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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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