[danmar]

The new upcoming Hyundai Genesis coupe is going to be interesting - it’s going to have a V6 that makes the same power as the V8 in the Mustang GT, for the same price as the Mustang GT.

Hyundai is still a Hyundai no matter how much of a lipstick you are using, heritage still counts.

On top of that, it is *rear* wheel drive and it includes an independent rear suspension, which the Mustang doesn't’t have.

I did not know that Ford started making front wheel drive Mustangs.

[Spktyr]

Ah, that elusive “heritage”.

Can you think of any American car that was saved by its “heritage” from falling sales and people defecting to other marques?

“Heritage” isn’t helping the Taurus. Or the F-150.

Ford doesn’t make FWD Mustangs, but they dropped the IRS from the Mustang in 05. Said that people wouldn’t pay the extra $300 it cost to make. The Mustang is RWD with a primitive stick axle that tends to upset the chassis if it hits medium surface irregularities - which is why a lot of Mustang GTs wind up wrapped around trees.