Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
05-10-2010 | 10:53 AM
#201
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
People race many different cars on the track, but that does not make them true sports cars. Thousands of people also race Mustangs on road courses, so they must be sports cars as well.
05-10-2010 | 10:57 AM
#202
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
05-10-2010 | 11:02 AM
#203
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
I don't think anyone in Detroit should be dumping cash into sports car development until their stocks are up to a safe level. I mean Ford is doing a lot better, but $11 a share is still nothing to be ecstatic about. But my opinion may mean jack. After all, my old company is great at making bad decisions in the market (like marrying Chrysler).
05-10-2010 | 11:06 AM
#204
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
However, to say that an s2000, a mustang and such are not sports cars is not true. They may not be the fastest things, and may not look the best, but they are indeed, sports cars. They arn't practical, they have a sports car heritage (especially the mustang) and they are designed with power/suspension/performance in mind, unlike the compact cars you discuss.
Sports car carrys a pretty broad definition, in fact the word "sport" in general does.
BTW I am typically a mustang hater, but I still consider the gt and up to be a "sports" car, especially the newer ones.
05-10-2010 | 11:06 AM
#205
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
I don't think anyone in Detroit should be dumping cash into sports car development until their stocks are up to a safe level. I mean Ford is doing a lot better, but $11 a share is still nothing to be ecstatic about. But my opinion may mean jack. After all, my old company is great at making bad decisions in the market (like marrying Chrysler).
but i do feel if ford could create something with the same performance platform as say..the zr1, it would be interesting to see how it plays out.
05-10-2010 | 11:08 AM
#206
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
Nah.... Mustang isn't a sports car.... it's a pony car aka psuedo muscle car.
05-10-2010 | 11:10 AM
#207
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
Stupid ponys.
05-10-2010 | 11:18 AM
#208
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
LOL @ S2000. The S2000 is not a sports car. Nor is the miata a sports car. They are Sport Compacts. Yes, the Vette and the Viper are sports cars, but they are far from being affordable to 90% of the population. Porsche? They are borderline exotic. Most people in America are not going to buy a sports car, so companies like Ford are better off using their resources for building smaller, safer, and more fuel efficient cars. The recession is far from over, so dumping development money into a sports car is just not a safe plan. Sure, we the car loving people of this country will be sad about it. But in the end, it will keep the company making money. It isn't about what we want, it is about what will sell the best.
I'm curious; do you have any facts to support your claims?
05-10-2010 | 11:20 AM
#209
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
Let's not derail this Mustang thread too much by talking about sports cars (which a Mustang isn't btw) 
05-10-2010 | 11:32 AM
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Re: Finally 2011 Mustang will bring back 5.0
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