Interesting info and speculation about the new body, new engines and chassis from an August article in "The Mustang News". Most remarkable: "the Hurricane engine program is going to sprout two new engines said to be 5.8 and 6.2 liters" and "the new 265hp 3.5 liter V6 will indeed be coming to the Mustang".

http://www.themustangnews.com/carnew...6_2009mst2.htm


EDIT: the attached photo is NOT the future Mustang.

 

cool stuff...lets just hope it comes true.

 

That clay model photo being paired with the article is misleading. That is not a Mustang.

 

yeah i didn't think it was the mustang either.. thanks for confirming that.

 

I think you're right, Brad. The photo comes from the article, but I think it could be the Lincoln Coupé.
I edited the first post.

 

Interesting.

I think the 3.5 V6 would be a fairly obvious add in -- putting their best performing V6 in their prime performance car...uh, duhhhhh.

Spinning off further models from the D2C Stang platform would be a good thing too. Mercury desperately needs some fresh blood in their grizzled model line and a fleet-footed coupe would be perfect for the Mercury, named for the fleet-footed messenger of the gods, division. Such infusion of development $ into the platform and sharing of costs might bring ancillary benefits to the Stang too.

One of these might be the long desired, among many if not all, IRS. There is a very interesting and informative tech write up on the excellent Australian "Control Blade" IRS that many were expecting in the S-197 but was dropped by the bean counters. With the upcoming Camaro and Challenger challengers having IRS and a desire to be taken more seriously by potential import cross-over buyers, Ford may well bite the bullet and finally offer the IRS.

Apparently Dana Corp., maker of the Control Blade, is doing a major tool-up of their IRS plant in anticipation of upcoming Ford models. Would Ford reserve their best performance suspension only for their sedans rather than their premier production performance car...?

 

Speak for yourself, I'll take thne ox cart axle myself. Would be nice if its an option though.

 

+1, solid for me too.

 

That clay model looks a lot like the Messenger concept in front. And, it looks to have proportions suitable to a revived Cougar. That said it will no doubt turn out to be a Lincoln concept now that I've mentioned the above.

Also, while I think the current Mustang has taken far too much guff for its SRA given the exeptional deal it represents and the very good dynamic package that it is.....so long as pricing is not butchered a well executed IRS could only serve to make it even better. In fact, the simple additions of a Control Blade IRS system, the GT500's superb steering, and the upcoming 5.8L Boss V-8 on even a slightly revised version of the already superb S197 chassis could possibly give us genuine 3-Series level dynamics in a seriously fast and proper Mustang for about what we are paying now IMO. So long as the platforms costs are spread across a larger lineup of vehicles that is.

Yeah, I'll take one.