A Mustang wagon?!? Say it ain't so
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A Mustang wagon?!? Say it ain't so
A Mustang wagon?!? Say it ain't so
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/14/...ons/index.html
Sounds like that wagon dodge has.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Would Mustang Sally drive a station wagon? Maybe she'll get the chance.
The next generation of the Ford Mustang could include some previously unthinkable variants including a four-door sedan and a station wagon, according to a report in the magazine AutoWeek.
"To a Mustang purist, this is blasphemy," said Bob Gritzinger, AutoWeek's senior editor for news.
Mustang has become a strong brand name, perhaps even stronger than Ford's famous Blue Oval, the magazine story says.
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You can measure that by price. Introduced for the 2005 model year, the current version of the Mustang still sells for close to full sticker price, according to Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com Website.
AutoWeek attributes its story to a "prominent automotive industry consultant familiar with the Ford plan."
"It's a case of reaching out to the men or women who keenly identify with the Mustang, but for various reasons - whether it be family, recreational or other - need a more versatile car than a coupe," the source is quoted as saying.
The planned 4-door Mustang may be foreshadowed by a Lincoln sedan to be shown at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show.
The 4-door Lincoln uses much of the current Mustang's engineering, according to the magazine. The Lincoln car will have independent rear suspension originally developed for the Mustang but scrapped as too expensive.
The current Mustang has a solid rear axle. But Ford plans for the next-generation Mustang to have a sophisticated independent rear suspension.
The next-generation Mustang is due to come 2011, according to AutoWeek. It could come out as early as 2009, however, Gritzinger said in an interview.
That would allow the Mustang to compete more effectively against the new Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger coupes, expected to arrive in late 2008 as 2009 models.
"It's going to be muscle car heaven in 2008," said Gritzinger.
The story, including illustrations of what the Mustang sedan might look like, is in the Dec. 18 issue of AutoWeek and on-line at AutoWeek.com.
Ford executives were not available for comment on the report.
Other performance coupes have successfully spun off four-door variants despite fans' protests.
Most recently, the Dodge division of DaimlerChrysler reintroduced the Charger name on a four-door sedan in 2005. Despite grumbling from fans of the original 1960s and '70s muscle car, the Charger sedan has sold well.
The next generation of General Motors' Chevrolet Impala sedan will share its engineering and some design cues with the new Chevrolet Camaro, various industry news media have reported. That would allow the Impala to benefit from the "family relationship" without actually taking the Camaro name.
In this case, the two-door coupe and convertible Mustang would continue to be produced, according to the report.
Brad Bowling, a Mustang expert who has written several books on the car including the Standard Catalog of Mustang, told CNNMoney.com he was not particularly bothered by the idea.
"For years people have occasionally made their own custom Mustang wagons and that sort of thing," he said.
Bowling himself recently parted with one of his Mustangs, a 2001 model, because he needed something with more room, he said. He bought a Hemi-powered Dodge Magnum wagon.
He recognized that not everyone would share his attitude toward the idea of four-door Mustangs.
"There are going to be two really strong-minded schools of thought on this," Bowling said.
In the past, attempts to fundamentally alter the Mustang, an iconic American performance car, have been blocked because of outrage by Mustang owners.
In the 1980s, a plan to bring out a front-wheel-drive Mustang met with so much resistance that the company instead introduced the car as the Ford Probe while keeping the Mustang rear-wheel-drive.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/14/...ons/index.html
Sounds like that wagon dodge has.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Would Mustang Sally drive a station wagon? Maybe she'll get the chance.
The next generation of the Ford Mustang could include some previously unthinkable variants including a four-door sedan and a station wagon, according to a report in the magazine AutoWeek.
"To a Mustang purist, this is blasphemy," said Bob Gritzinger, AutoWeek's senior editor for news.
Mustang has become a strong brand name, perhaps even stronger than Ford's famous Blue Oval, the magazine story says.
Key Fords of the future
You can measure that by price. Introduced for the 2005 model year, the current version of the Mustang still sells for close to full sticker price, according to Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com Website.
AutoWeek attributes its story to a "prominent automotive industry consultant familiar with the Ford plan."
"It's a case of reaching out to the men or women who keenly identify with the Mustang, but for various reasons - whether it be family, recreational or other - need a more versatile car than a coupe," the source is quoted as saying.
The planned 4-door Mustang may be foreshadowed by a Lincoln sedan to be shown at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show.
The 4-door Lincoln uses much of the current Mustang's engineering, according to the magazine. The Lincoln car will have independent rear suspension originally developed for the Mustang but scrapped as too expensive.
The current Mustang has a solid rear axle. But Ford plans for the next-generation Mustang to have a sophisticated independent rear suspension.
The next-generation Mustang is due to come 2011, according to AutoWeek. It could come out as early as 2009, however, Gritzinger said in an interview.
That would allow the Mustang to compete more effectively against the new Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger coupes, expected to arrive in late 2008 as 2009 models.
"It's going to be muscle car heaven in 2008," said Gritzinger.
The story, including illustrations of what the Mustang sedan might look like, is in the Dec. 18 issue of AutoWeek and on-line at AutoWeek.com.
Ford executives were not available for comment on the report.
Other performance coupes have successfully spun off four-door variants despite fans' protests.
Most recently, the Dodge division of DaimlerChrysler reintroduced the Charger name on a four-door sedan in 2005. Despite grumbling from fans of the original 1960s and '70s muscle car, the Charger sedan has sold well.
The next generation of General Motors' Chevrolet Impala sedan will share its engineering and some design cues with the new Chevrolet Camaro, various industry news media have reported. That would allow the Impala to benefit from the "family relationship" without actually taking the Camaro name.
In this case, the two-door coupe and convertible Mustang would continue to be produced, according to the report.
Brad Bowling, a Mustang expert who has written several books on the car including the Standard Catalog of Mustang, told CNNMoney.com he was not particularly bothered by the idea.
"For years people have occasionally made their own custom Mustang wagons and that sort of thing," he said.
Bowling himself recently parted with one of his Mustangs, a 2001 model, because he needed something with more room, he said. He bought a Hemi-powered Dodge Magnum wagon.
He recognized that not everyone would share his attitude toward the idea of four-door Mustangs.
"There are going to be two really strong-minded schools of thought on this," Bowling said.
In the past, attempts to fundamentally alter the Mustang, an iconic American performance car, have been blocked because of outrage by Mustang owners.
In the 1980s, a plan to bring out a front-wheel-drive Mustang met with so much resistance that the company instead introduced the car as the Ford Probe while keeping the Mustang rear-wheel-drive.
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
first a 4-door dodge charger...now this...i think the next corvette will 4cyl front wheel drive. then a camaro minivan. and a mazda miata suv!
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
first a 4-door dodge charger...now this...i think the next corvette will 4cyl front wheel drive. then a camaro minivan. and a mazda miata suv!
This will no doubt sell some cars, but it will completely and totally alienate an entire generation of Ford buyers, and cause a ginormous divide between the enthusiasts. Another symptom of short-term thinking.
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thats awsome i'd can't wait to see it in real life!!!
http://cwwcardesign.com/cars/dodge_c...ger_sedan.html
http://cwwcardesign.com/cars/dodge_c...ion_wagon.html
70- "74?" dodge challenger station wagon
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http://cwwcardesign.com/cars/dodge_c...ion_wagon.html
70- "74?" dodge challenger station wagon
that mustang stationwagon is a crime against humanity. to even fathom such an abomination should be illegal. the same goes for the challenger stationwagon. ugh i feel like turning something over. however that challenger sedan isnt that bad.
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I don't mind if someone wants to take a mustang II and turn it into what ever they want, but to mass produce such a vehicle kills any charm that in MIGHT have had as a one-off.
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no comment.....lets just say that 2/3 of the cars that have died on me, I was driving at the time, were Ford, both were less than 10 years old at the time. the other was a '91 VW Fox, 1/19/06.
