Ford Benchmarked The Porsche 911 And BMW M3 For The 2015 Mustang
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Ford Benchmarked The Porsche 911 And BMW M3 For The 2015 Mustang
http://jalopnik.com/ford-benchmarked...201-1477141274
Rather than looking at the Camaro as always, Ford used the BMW M3 and Porsche 911 as the standard. Because the Mustang will be sold in Europe for the first time, engineers looked for "world-class" handling. In other words, they wanted to build an American car that Europeans would be used to.P
The Mustang's front track increases 15 millimeters and 70 millimeters in the rear. It's 38 millimeters lower to the ground. Davis didn't say if the Mustang lost any weight, but some pounds were shed: It adds an aluminum hood, aluminum fenders and aluminum rear knuckles on the IRS. We couldn't squeeze out any other weight details.
The Mustang's front track increases 15 millimeters and 70 millimeters in the rear. It's 38 millimeters lower to the ground. Davis didn't say if the Mustang lost any weight, but some pounds were shed: It adds an aluminum hood, aluminum fenders and aluminum rear knuckles on the IRS. We couldn't squeeze out any other weight details.
Excellent, I've always thought the Stang had to potential to be a truly world class, yet affordable, sport coupe. Seems Ford shed their older "good enough" attitude that seemed to guide the S197 development and aimed much higher with the S550.
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M3 benchmark for the GT, 911 for the SVT?
Seeing how they set out to top the M3 with the Boss (and did it), it's hard to not get excited about their aspirations for the future of the stang. It's definitely a direction I can get behind. If they can get just remotely close to those performance benchmarks at a sheer fraction of the price... how awesome is that?
...having said that, I am a little worried about how big a fraction of the price it'll ultimately be. I really want to be able to make the jump from a GT to an SVT trim.
Seeing how they set out to top the M3 with the Boss (and did it), it's hard to not get excited about their aspirations for the future of the stang. It's definitely a direction I can get behind. If they can get just remotely close to those performance benchmarks at a sheer fraction of the price... how awesome is that?
...having said that, I am a little worried about how big a fraction of the price it'll ultimately be. I really want to be able to make the jump from a GT to an SVT trim.
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