oatmeal

So with all the reviews and praise from owners (including myself), how is the Mustang doing? Is it the turnaround car for Ford that everyone was saying? What about the SEMA show? I know Ford sponsored it, but how did the tuner crowd receive the car? What about the drifting crowd?

Are there any sales figures out? I love the new 500, and I think it fits a really nice market. Are these new cars (freestyle too) going to put Ford at the top?

holderca1

I doubt it, Ford had a lot of catching up to do. With GM having so many different lines its hard to catch up.

From Fortune magazine...

Each entry includes rank, name of company, headquarters, last year's rank and 2003 revenue in billions of dollars

1. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., 1, $258.681
2. Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving, Texas, 3, $213.199
3. General Motors Corp., Detroit, 2, $195.645
4. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., 4, $164.496
5. General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn., 5, $134.187

conv_stang

we might be behind GM, but still 4 isnt half bad

WBstangGT

Forbes article on 05 Mustang GT

This should be a pretty good estimate, on how well the Mustang and Ford in general is doing

jcopin

entry-level Mustang as a "slug" with "a 4.0-liter V-6 that wheezes out a pathetic 210 hp."


why do people hate ford soo much??

nobody says crap about toyotas underpowered overpriceds crap

CELICA GTS "action" package...oo im scared now
180 hp @ 7,600 rpm

anyone trashing it?!??!?!?!
TOTAL MSRP FOR THIS CRAP FULLY "loaded"
Total MSRP:*** $28,303

jcopin

dont forget about the 25K MR2 Spyder!! with its awe insipring
138 hp @ 6400 rpm
125 lb.-ft. @ 4400 rpm

check out all that torque
!!!!
what would 1 mortal being do with it all?!?!

holderca1

Well, did you take into account the car only weighs 2,215 lbs.

lodom

Driving it around and probably enjoying it until they see a new Mustang. Then they'd realize they could have had a lot better-looking car, and start to feel cheated.

jcopin

ive driven one..nothing too impressive about it besides the ease of death during impact

jcopin

Well, did you take into account the car only weighs 2,215 lbs. [/b][/quote]
ok its 2250 lbs,

jcopin

i love that glove compartment the MR2 has to protect you from the engine

Kluski

a rear spoiler (an aerodynamic device)

I am glad they explained what the spoiler was. When I first saw that word, I wasn't sure what it meant.

Paris MkVI

ease of death during impact!!!!!





Jay, every now and then you just kill me, man.

captin kapla

The MR2 is a completely different car than the Mustang. More of a sports car than the Mustang.

jcopin

sports car?

i guess if your sport is golf.. more like a fast golf cart with barely room for the ball

jcopin

so i get half the metal and half the power with half the seats and half the room for more money?? where do i sign up?!??!

PaulF

You know, it kills me when people compare the V-6 Mustang to the 400-hp Corvette.....let alone the fact that the Vette has 190 more hp, but the fact that it's about $25K more in price. Call me crazy but, somehow I don't think the people that are shopping for a Vette are the same people that are shopping for a V-6 Mustang.

Freakin' Mustang haters....This is what I'd like to do to all of them....



then...

WBstangGT

you know what I love, is when everyone comes up to me wherever I'm at, and ask me how much I've paid for my 05. So far, I've had two people ask me if I paid over 40k for it :scratch: . I had to explain to them the different models of mustangs, and that you might pay that much for a cobra, if you're not good at negotiating, but a baseline GT stays under 30k. I think I made Ford a few new sales in the end. B)

Falchion

Good point NewPony05, plus you can't beat the style of the V6 for 20 Grand!

swingle007

agreed on the style of the v6 stang for around 21k....i spoke with a number of people at the Autorama in Houston this past weekend who were shocked you could pick up a 5 speed GT nicley outfitted for around 27k....they'll sell a TON of these in the next 6 months.....