It's already been dubbed the 'sad face Mustang.'
My feelings are, in terms of styling, that it was cool when it went retro like 15 years ago or whenever, and now it has softened and jellybeaned to the point that it looks like a retro version of the '94 Mustang GT:
Which, don't get me wrong, isn't a bad thing. I was 12 in 1994 and wanted that car soooooo, baaaaaad.
As much as I'm a fat old man perennially romanticizing American Graffiti, Vanishing Point and Two-Lane Blacktop, I am a fan of tech and of moving the chains ever forward, both of which the SN95 & the 4th gen F-body accomplished in their day.
So I definitely dig the new design! I dig it mainly because it's yet another step away from the '05 Mustang GT, a design that I do admire but also made the Mustang a LARGE AUTOMOBILE without making the interior significantly roomier than the SN95 so... why did they bother?? #6000sux #meh
(I'm also looking forward to seeing a smaller car in the S650 in 2020.)
Last edited by novicius; January 18th, 2017 at 09:13 AM.
I'm really curious how a 10 speed auto works in practice.
I want to make a graph that would explain how I would make one work in practice, and therefore how I presume they work. How would I do that...
Get that weak shit off my track
And in how many of those ten will the tires spin or chirp under hard acceleration?Originally Posted by Jason
I'll have to do some polish later, the Google Sheets app won't let me make the graph as readable as I'd like.
Get that weak shit off my track
GT500 spotted?
There have been a lot of Easter eggs in the digital dashboard pics for the 2018 Mustang. Some folks think that they're indicating that the Mustang GT will come with 455 HP and that the GT500 will come with 755 HP. For this car to trip the lights at 10.98 @ 126 MPH, that's 700-horse territory. The factory-driven Hellcat time is 11.2 @ 126 MPH (10.8 on drag radials).
If the GT500 is indeed packing twin-turbocharged 4.8L EcoBoost V8 power, it is definitely possible to hit all those metrics...
Last edited by novicius; January 18th, 2017 at 12:22 PM.
I wonder if those two cars are GT500 and GT500R (wing, carbon wheels, etc, just like the 350).
As to the times, don't forget the Hellcat is like 750lb heavier than the Mustang (GT anyway).
Of course -- but the Hellcat is not expected to turn.
A GT500(R) is expected to set a blistering 'Ring time in addition to 10-second quarter-mile passes, all on "street" tires.
I just mean for comparing 1/4 miles times and HP. That's a lot of weight to haul down the strip, so a few tenths might not necessarily mean much more power, if any.
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