Posted on 04/28/2025 9:01:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
I was on the team(during Covid) that extended the Wheel base 9”.
I think it looks great.
I’m biased of course.😉
When Shelby died my friend had a PO for 50 of the Code Red Mustangs he designed and built. He built the first 2 in chatsworth at his shop, I was there and they were awesome. When he changed the boost to 20 pounds it put out 2500 HP. Frikking machine. I go by Toms shop on a regular basis, he makes some awesome stuff.
https://www.shelby.com/eblasts/082022-SAI/082022-SAI.html
Looks like a sort of souped up Tesla Model 3.
IMHO, Ford shouldn't have marketed it with the crossover shape. Nor should they have presented it like it saves mother 'erf from our carbon sins or whatever. They should have presented it like a second option of a Mustang sports car if you want the zippy acceleration of an EV (zippier than the gas version).
Pee Wee Herman dresses
Up as Batman.
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That’s It.
Last I heard there was about an 18 month supply in dealers floorplans.
“ IMHO, Ford shouldn’t have marketed it with the crossover shape”
Families cannot afford an extra two door car for dad anymore, so they weren’t selling.
White collar people with disposable income buy Porsches or the equivalent.
Single men buy a pickups or skip the mustang stage and get the corvette.
I agree it’s a travesty, but the economy has crushed the former buyers of mustangs.
I saw a powder blue one in Omaha the other day. Didn’t catch Shelby on it but I was like, what the hey.
They should have called it the Escape Lightning, Galaxie, Falcon XE or something like that.
I don’t think GM is even dumb enough to make a 4-door/crossover/SUV thing and brand it as a Corvette.
As long as it’s a low-slung, sleek, fast 2-seater that looks good, they can put whatever drivetrain in it they want and people would still accept it as a Corvette.
Nice read and spot on. I just wish he’d used “retarded” as may times as “gay” in the article. I love being able to say both those words again. ;)
Huh.
Honesty would’ve named it a Fairmont, or a Granada.
You vill buy elektric cars undt you vill like them. Heil Darwin!
Don’t be so sure. They made the Northstar engine didn’t they? The Vega? Never underestimate GM’s ability to eff things up.
They need to add a fake exhaust smell too. I’ve always liked the smell of a slightly rich V8 loping at idle.
True, kind of what Obama said about Biden LOL.
I bought five GM vehicles from 1989-2010. The last one was in the shop more than any vehicle I ever had. The rear tailgate chrome strip came loose after about three weeks of ownership and it was downhill from there.
Maintained it religiously but still needed a new engine (thank God it was replaced under warranty) at 31,000 miles.
The computer module for the infotainment system failed about a month after the bumper-to-bumper warranty expired.
Started using quarts of oil every 1,000 miles or so around 89K so I got rid of it and will never buy from them again.
Not as bad as the Pinto engine powered mustangs of the mid 70’s.
It’s still seems very stupid to waste the mustang badge on it though.
they also made the small block v8, the 4.3 v6 version of it, and the 3800 6-cyl ... some of the finest engines ever made.
Think Ford is going after Subaru buyers. IYKYK
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