Ford to revive rear-wheel drive in U.S.

[LeadFoot81]

AUs design is coherent, but polarizing.

[IDT]

"sources familiar with Ford plans" blah blah blah

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Nikked

But these are the reasons why Ford Aust is helping with the global platform, so they have a cheap IRS and a platform to build a better car on...it not that hard to comprehend. :

Interesting quote from Wheels, which is only just an opinion, but interesting.

"Can any replacement Mustang afford the new rear drive platform, when the best selling V6 version starts at less than US$20k."

That's the sort of thing that makes me so cynical about the new RWD platform, because it will need to be very cheap to manufacture to be able to be used in Mustang. To be able to be cheaply manufactured then means they will have to cut corners on design and materials to make it cheap and easy to make, so no aluminium suspension bits like the FG has. If the platform was solely to be used in Lincolns and Crown Vic as well as Falcon it wouldn't bother me so much, but a cut price budget platform isn't what the Falcon needs. Or maybe they will have 2 versions just like they did for the DEW98 platform, where the Jag S type had all the expensive alloy bits while the Lincoln LS and Thunderbird had a cheaper version.

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by Nikked

The Australian Designed AU can't be too bad, after all the Merc CLS has a AU Boot and Lights...

...Au was ahead of its time.

Gotta love those T3's toughest looking car from that era...

I once read a quote from Mercedes Benz engineer he wrote the same words the AU Falcon shape was ahead of its time.

[LeadFoot81]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Interesting quote from Wheels, which is only just an opinion, but interesting.

"Can any replacement Mustang afford the new rear drive platform, when the best selling V6 version starts at less than US$20k."

That's the sort of thing that makes me so cynical about the new RWD platform, because it will need to be very cheap to manufacture to be able to be used in Mustang. To be able to be cheaply manufactured then means they will have to cut corners on design and materials to make it cheap and easy to make, so no aluminium suspension bits like the FG has. If the platform was solely to be used in Lincolns and Crown Vic as well as Falcon it wouldn't bother me so much, but a cut price budget platform isn't what the Falcon needs. Or maybe they will have 2 versions just like they did for the DEW98 platform, where the Jag S type had all the expensive alloy bits while the Lincoln LS and Thunderbird had a cheaper version.

2 versions makes sense, entry level, and premium versions (just like they do with the V6)