I’m really glad to hear that Ford is doing some great things with that car…it was long overdue. The Mustangs of my youth were crap, just lame coupes with the badge of a legendary but long dead muscle car. The “new” Mustang of…what was it…2005? That was the first mustang since this one
to catch my eye. The new ones, in my opinion, are even sleeker (than the ’05, not the GT500…oh no…). To hear that Ford is doing the remarkably un-American and making more horsepower with less displacement and better fuel economy is wonderful. I was seriously worried that American cars would be a thing of the past. Maybe they’ll stick around after all.
I was reading about it a bit, and it seems that Ford did a similar job with the Mustang engine that Audi did with their S4 that I got to drive a few months back. Previous models ran with V8 engines, but the 2011, like the new Mustang, is back to a V6, but one that puts out just as much power:
2011 Mustang:
-Displacement: 3.7L
-Power: 305hp
-Torque: 280 lb-ft
2011 S4:
-Displacement: 3.0L
-Power: 333hp
-Torque: 325 lb-ft