Ready for a twin-turbo V6? Ford Mustang powertrains for 2010

I hear you man.

Hey...It always great to see that Ford is yet again focusing on its fleet vehicles instead of its american customers. It's what has made Ford #1 er #2 er um...one of the auto companies, that sells vehicles in the world.

How many people wanna bet this mustang will have a solid rear axle as well...cause its cheap to produce and good for fleet numbers.

A turbo V6 would be nice combined with a competent chassis and transmition. And if Ford actually produced the Italian design Mustang... that would be nice as well. Our luck, Ford will continue its retro-futuristic build and give us the modern version of the Mustang II.

^^Couldnt have said it better myself. Ford is so worried about cutting costs now that they wont try very hard to make the Mustang a better car when they are still selling the current style at a decent pace. Im thinking the 2010 model will just be more of a cosmetic change

P.S. Mustang II is easily on my worst cars of all time

Why won't Ford just die already?

LOL

Oh yeah! Off the subject of this article. I've been hearing that turbo are more fuel efficient. But I have always been told that the more air flow the more fuel needed to burn.

Can someone explain?

Turbos only produce boost when the engine is running above a certain rpm, typically something like 3000rpm. So since most of the time the engine is running below that point, most of the time you get the gas milage of a regular v6. Of course, if you have a lead-foot, your milage may vary.

The look of the Mustang is what Ford concludes what the Americans want. Before the last Mustang model I was invited to go to a private car showing by Ford and they had several prototypes on display one of which was identical to the last model Mustang. They asked participants which version they preferred. Other Auto makers do this as well.

Ford def gets some concensus before producing cars as popular as the Mustang and continue that success.

If Ford can put the Freestar engine into my 2004 Mustang V6, and mate it to a 5spd manual, I see no reason why they're not capable of putting the Taurus engine into the latest models.

That 4.0 is probably ultra cheap to produce. So think about it. When you don't use a solid rear axle and cheap engine it means the cost to produce this car must be minimal. The Durutec would be my engine of choice as well but Ford wants to keep the base price under 20 grand for the V6.

Twin Turbos is the best way to go. One turbo for low RPM range and the other for high RPM range to reduce "turbo lag". It all depends on the size of splines in the turbo. I see turbos being used much more in the future to produce the same power in small blocks as their larger block counterparts to increase the ever so important MPG ratings.

It will be big news if Fords drops the big stick in the rear! The advantages of IRS out-weigh the straight axle. IRS offers far better handling and straight axle is better for straight line acceleration.

The Mustang is the working Mans Sports car thus is not expensive per say and straight axle is a cheaper compromise. Mustang should offer IRS in its top end Mustangs or as an option. We'll see...

i don't like the mustang

The mustang is an american legend never badmouth it!