if they make it call ita lincoln
make it the new mark
don't call it mustang

 

It's not ever going to happen ! The Mustang has always been and will always remain the original 2+2 Pony Car..

Before you know it, we'll also be hearing rumors of a 4 door Camaro being in the works next.. Heck, might as well throw in the Challenger or future Cuda while we're at it too

 

I sure hope it's just a rendering. Although it looks better as a sedan than the re-design of the Mustang itself.

 

They did have a 4DR Camaro it was called a G8 ( well that's the egg before the chicken but anything zeta based with four doors is a Camaro sibling ) and the 4DR version of the Challenger is called the Charger.

While just a render I wouldn't mind seeing the platform shared a bit to help defray costs and keep the plant busy.

Mustang riding on a unique platform puts it in a precarious position. The only real advantage to be gained from a bespoke platform is weight savings but that goes out the window when your top car might have 650+ HP at some point down the road.

 

The G8 came before the Camaro and as you posted, it was a sibling with 4 doors and although both were on the Zeta platform, they're entirely 2 different cars and look nothing alike..

As for the current Challenger is concerned ? yes ! it's most definitely based off the current Charger platform only shortened, in which to this day is a huge joke as far as I'm concerned..

IMO, Daimler Benz ruined the Charger when they resurrected that car into a 4 door sedan and should've brought it back as either a 2 door coupe in which it was originally designed for in the first place.. Or just put a different name plate on it altogether..


As for the Mustang being in a precarious position goes ? I really wouldn't be too concerned as I'm sure it's new platform will end up being shared and more than likely we'll see it on a new Lincoln RWD/AWD sedan along with hopefully a 2 door coupe to go with it.. As Lincoln really needs to step up to the plate and offer a 2 door sports coupe in order to compete with Cadillac and it's European competitors head to head..

 

Just take this Falcon and slap a 5.0 in it and be done.

 

True enough, Camaro is more like ZETA II but ZETA was the starting point for Camaro, albeit a heavy one since ZETA was engineered for something bigger than a Camaro is supposed to be. It did allow GM to save a fair bit of scratch though.



That would be cool, I'd like to see the chassis proliferate in some fashion (to bad SUV/CUVs are so popular, a RWD wagon would be awesome).

 

Exactly ! Just as Chrysler based the current Challenger off the LX/Charger platform and although the Challenger and Camaro are both over sized behemoth's.. GM and Chrysler really didn't have much choice but to base them off their larger/sedan platforms in order to stay within their budgets..



I don't see why not ! As the new Mustang platform is both sophisticated and refined enough with the new IRS to support either a RWD or AWD Lincoln sports coupe at the very least

 

This will never happen to the "mustang" but I can see Ford giving it to LMC (I'd be all over it pending what it looks like, of course).

 

I drove the new Chevy SS yesterday. GREAT CAR, it clearly has me thinking about the need for a 4 door car.

 

Test drive a Taurus SHO first before you decide.

 

^ i test drove it, feels good but that car s way to heavy n bulkyyy

 

Which one, the SS or Taurus?

 

If they made one I'd buy it in a second.. of course they'd have to call it something else, Torino maybe? (which already came in a 4dr)



Dodge has a 2 & 4dr, Chevy does now, Mercedes, BMW, Honda....
Ford always had in the past.

I needed a 4dr last year and had to go buy a Charger cause I'm not driving some FWD 4 cyl piece of crap & not about to spend $45k on a Chevy SS as a daily driver









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The Charger is not a bad ride, as I just mentioned in another thread. I love my buddy's 2013 R/T. But if much rather have a Ford Interceptor or Torino, with the same options and for the same price!

 

Exactly love the R/T but I'd trade it for a Ford any day.. come on Ford build one and take my $

 

I know that 5-6 years from now I'm gonna have to get rid of the mustang and get something with 4 doors. I would prefer it to be a ford, RWD and have a V8.

But I doubt it'll be around.

You're play ford!

 

Really? Smh

 

I have driven a sho, it was a couple of years ago, I think it was a 2012. Fundamentally the same car, though I understand there has been some upgrading. Personally, and I recognize this is only my opinion, the SS was a far more satisfying car. It has also received positive reviews in magazines recently. Felt strong, V8 sang a nice song, interior was above and beyond. Impressed the hell out of me. The wife tells me I can't be happy with 4 doors. Maybe she's right.

That said, I've NEVER owned a GM product but right now they have this SS, the CTS Vsport & Corvette. All are excellent performance bargins. The CTS-V will be out soon and I am wondering that beast will bring.

I am not listing the Camaro, because I have driven it and it did me the tremendous favor of convincing me I needed a 2011 Mustang. Thanks Camaro.

 

I had a 95 and a 96 Impalla SS. Those were big wonderful cars. If the caprice would have survived another couple years to get the LS motors in them, I would probably own another one. Can't wait to get a good look at the SS in person. I've been seeing the police edition Caprices lately and I'm really digging what I see.