[QUOTE=rhumb;6731492]I might hope that Ford would not dip so relentlessly into the retro bucket with this fresh new, more forward looking 2015, but perhaps Ford figures they still need to keep the misty-eyed Baby Boomers contented, so perhaps a drag-oriented Mach I model would be the perfect piece of meat to toss them.

Other than the axle, I don't remember the current Mustang having any of those other "Boomer" features. Don't be so quick to lump all of us "Boomers" into one idiotic category. "Boomers" buy a hell of a lot more new BMW's (and similar) than Mustangs. There goes your misty-eyed retro theory !! Scott

 

Obviously I'm taking a bit of poetic license in my description of boomers, but there is a contingent of nostalgists who seem to view the Mustang solely in terms of its past and bemoan anything that deviates or looks away/forward from that past. Design DNA and heritage, sure, I get and agree with that - to a point - but not so much that it becomes an impediment from keeping the Mustang a fully modern interpretation of that DNA.

Ford ought to capitalize on today's victories (Grand Am) and perhaps on capitalizing tomorrow's victories (direct factory motorsports support). Ford does have their motorsports operations, which is great and ought to be lauded, but that seems more indirect - selling performance parts - than direct. SVT has been a varying effort in that direction (remember the Cobra R?) but a wavering one over the years.

 

I'll agree with that. So far I love the new car, of course I'll have to wait see & drive the real thing. If it's what I think it will be, I'll wait until the GT 5.0 (hopefully by 2016) hits around 500hp. I'll then be an owner !! You hurt my feelings with all of those "Boomer" slams LOL. Scott

 

I'm a trailing edge ('62) boomer myself, but its less the years and more the attitude that matter most.