But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of that Honda...



(sorry, couldn't help it )

 

Not a snowballs chance in hell.....

 

No way, love reving it next to a Prius!

 

Sure . . . I'd consider it . . .

 

Hybrid Mustang? No F**king way!

 

umm NO!

 

Maybe, but only if hybrid meant the name "Bobcat". Hopefully someone here can post a link to that motor.

 

$4/ gallon ?? HELL YES !!!!!!!!!!! I went to my local Auto Dealer show this spring after paying over $60 to fill my tank, and the cars I was most impressed with are the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, and the Lexus CTh. I asked Lincoln reps if there could be a Hybrid Mustang in the future, and was told maybe/probably. Ford has emerged as a great car company but to be competitve it must react to the changing world. I like power, but appreciate RELIABILITY and safety too. The near future will bring increased hp as well as gret mpg. Ford keep an eye on Porsche, BMW, Lexus,Volvo,Nissan. PS I have two friends w/ new Mustangs and they asked the dealer about a hybrid when they saw the MKZ.

 

For many drivers, a hybrid Mustang would never pay for it's extra cost in gas savings. Hybrids save a lot in stop-and-go traffic, not so much on long highway trips. A fair number of Mustang owners only drive their car half the year, or don't use it as their daily driver. For those people, they aren't really spending all that much on gas, so how much would it save them? Add in the fact that a fair amount of the driving that is done could be qualified as "spirited", meaning fuel economy is going to be pretty poor during those miles, regardless of powertrain.

A hybrid powertrain in a taxi, a police car, or a limousine makes a lot of sense because these cars spend a lot of time sitting around idling and driving in stop-and-go traffic. Cars for mail carriers, too. I just don't picture a Mustang benefiting enough to justify the higher price tag.

 

Would I mind if a hybrid Mustang were offered? No. Would I want one? Probably not.

 

No way, not for me. To be honest I don't think modern hybrid tech is capable of producing an engine with enough HP/Torque to even be considered a Mustang. Let alone justify the added costs to the baseline equal to gas savings. I would rather see the Mustang move up in price/category (even if I could no longer afford one) then become a car that carried the heritage in name only.

I will only support electric/hybrid sports cars when we can safely produce a 400RWHP engine, you know everyone always equates power with excessive speed, but few have ever driven one of those smart cars or priuses on the highway. To put it bluntly they are death traps, with how crazy everyoe drives and how fast these 18 wheelers move (which is never relative to how quick they can stop or their maneuverability) having the power to get out of the way fast has saved my bacon a number of times, like wise for the rest of my family.

 

I really do not think that what you are talking about is really in line with how most people actually drive their mustangs. Take a look at the mpg threads that are about the 5.0. After watching closely as to how much gas the Mustang uses in even moderate stop and go traffic, I think anyone not using the Mustang for almost eclusive highway use could certainly benefit from a hybrid setup like what might be economical in 5 years or so. Mustang owners might or might not want a hybrid, but for average driving in the city, a hybrid will make ever more economic sense as gas goes up, CAFE gets stricter, and hybrid tech gets cheaper. Individual Mustang owners might or might not hate the idea of a hybrid, but it could make the fuel efficiency far better for any city driving while keeping an amazing amount of performance. As some other high end car brands are starting to show, hybrids can potentially have great performance. The very large amount of gas the Mustang takes at low speeds could make the gains from a hybrid system worth it to a whole lot of drivers if the cost of hybrid systems is lower and the price of gas gets higher. As to how many would want such a thing, who really knows. Price of gas would have to be pretty high to sway a lot of the mustang faithful, even if it did make long term economic sense.

 

absolutely not. never. no way in hell. The mustang logo belongs in front of a rumbling beast of a V8. That's what a mustang should be, not some techno filled computer.

If Ford wants to make a supercar using hybrid tech, work on a new flagship car.

Until V8's are (inevitably) banned from production by the evil environmental goonies, I will never, ever even consider driving a Mustang with a hybrid logo.

 

V8s wont ever be banned as an engine configuration but consumer guilt most certianly will diminish or end them.

As for evil environmental goonies, they'd rather all internal combustion engines disappeared. Already folks like the Sierra Club are pushing pure electrics over hybrids and the like since the immediate air quality is greatly improved and point of source pollution can be more effectively controlled or eliminated with green technology (not IMO, but hey reach for the stars I guess).

 

+1
I don't care about gas mileage.
I am curious enough about it to keep my avg. fuel economy displayed often.
I'm still getting a kick out of what great gas mileage I get out of the GT V8s.
But I was driving an Olds 455cid until 2006.

 

I vote diesel-electric, but a diesel like the Audi P1 Le Mans cars

 

I'll take "What Is #### NO" for a thousand, Alex.

 

How about,



Or when pigs fly out of my ****!

 

I cleaned up the last portion of this thread and would like to remind all to be respectful to other members. (Although this discussion seems rather tame as compared to the thought of the Mustang going Fuel Injected in '86 (5-Speed and AOD). I seem to remember the sky was falling after '85 . . . even as a young lad! )