Never going to happen. It costs more money to reconfigure a car and remove those features, and Ford is not going to bother for something that will sell a couple hundred units.

 

Why would you dilute your resources to both? You still have to tune both on the new chassis, and that takes time. I don't see that as a viable solution, especially in the "One Ford" strategy.

 

That's what this is for

 

Interchangeable IRS <-> SRA:

Possible? Yes.
Plausible? Maybe.
Probable? Hardly.

The design, engineering, testing, certification and all the other varied and sundry expenses with something like this makes it highly improbable, certainly on a production model. Better, I think, to devote those resources to making the IRS suitable for strip as well as street and track duties. Given today's engineering and technology, should be readily doable as is amply evidenced by a vast array of very strip capable IRS cars today.

Other stuff (manaul windows):

Again, given the complexities of doing even manual windows would be prohibitive for what would be a very niche model. Modern cars are such integrated systems nowadays that it gets very difficult to so something niche. Perhaps as a non-street certified version.

 

modern power windows aren't any heavier than manual windows anyway. Don't know why you would want them.

 

This. In fact I read an article a long time ago that the only reason the Dodge Viper had power windows is the weight savings over crank windows.

 

Any latest news or rumors on the powerplant? Seems awfully quiet lately.

 

Here ya go.

 

Which powerplant? Nano? EB4? Coyote? Shelby?

 

So, the 2015 will have one horsepower.

Seriously though, is that an actual blurred out 2015 in the background of that image? Or at least a future Mustang "Concept" car?

I would imagine the engine lineup not to be too much different than today's, with the exception of a turbo 4 either supplanting or supplementing the 3.7 V6 (hopefully the latter, I like a lot of cylinders).

 

It's a 2005.

 

It was such a successful design...due to popular demand, they are bringin it back :P

 

Redline starts at 6000 rpm... Hmmm

 

I wouldn't worry too much about the crude mock up interior.

 

Exactly, why would Ford go to all the trouble to design their run of the mill V8 performance engine with a 7,000 rpm capable valve train only to roll back the revs and cut power on the next generation car.

When your talking naturally aspirated horsepower there are two ways of making it - either displacement or rpm.

 

Absolutely needs IRS. It's time the Mustang suspension moved into modern times. Next gen Camaro supposed to be on smaller, lighter, better handling platform so the Mustang has to bring its A game.. which calls for IRS.

DI I could do without.

 

+1 no way that happens. The interior pics so far are good for some giggles and not much else IMO.

 

Ford tried a two-seater Vette killer. Anybody remember the price on that one? Not close to Vette money. The GT500 has the straight-line Vette speed with seating for 4. Just needs a little / lot of tweaking to be anything more.

Maybe the new GT350 will take the best of the BOSS LS & the GT500 to be that car of which you speak.

 

I'm thinking the Ford developed GT350 will be squarely a Boss successor and (hopefully) the GT500 will remain the sweet homage to the muscle cars of yesteryear that it is - albeit with the benefit of a new and better handling chassis.

 

Huh? Do you mean the GT? That was only a Vette-killer in the minds of "Corvette is the center of the universe" GM fans. GT was a Ferrari-killer, always was. It was Chevy which then had to make a special-edition of their 2-seater to compete.