Posted on 04/16/2014 9:33:22 PM PDT by FreeReign
It's been 50 years since Ford built the world-renowned 1965 Mustang and placed it high above Manhattan on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Last night, Ford came back with a bigger, yellower, all around more complicated car from 2015 and decided to recreate the famous stunt as a 50-year homage—only this time, they did it in the snow and over the course of just 5 hours.
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I imagine a UAW timeclaim has been filed asking for compensation for this publicity stunt.
“We live in a world where they put ~four~ doors on a Hemi Charger.”
The originals were so cheap high school kids could buy them. Insurance was cheap or not legally required, depending on where you lived. Last year the AVERAGE price of a car was $32,000. Not a lot of people can have two cars these days. I stopped driving my 2003 Mercury Marauder because it costs .50 per mile. Since I have it licensed I have minimum insurance which still costs $500. So, if they expect to sell enough cars to keep a line open those cars must have a higher degree of utility than a mere two doors. If they were just two doors they’d probably not sell enough to keep the model going.
Incidentally, government, one of the prime price drivers, has decreed all cars sold in 2018 must have backup cameras because each year a few people run over their kids. (What do you want to bet cameras don’t change that statistic by even one child?)
They should call it the “Mock One”.
let me know if you have the definitive facts on the 2015 cuda of fable and lore.
“6.4L Hemi V8 making a healthy and very symmetrical 470 HP and 470 kb-ft of twisties”
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2015 Mustang will be 500hp ,, and not just the “special” models ..
The have had that 6.4L engine option since the 2011 model year, actually. It replaced the 6.1L engine.
I’m betting on ~450hp for the regular Mustang GT at launch in late 2014.
We will have the 3.7L, the 2.3T, and the 5.0 as the engine lineup.
Later on they will revise the engine lineup and then the GT will get the big power bump.
I’m most interested in the ~305hp/~310tq 2.3T though. I can see tuners salivating over that engine.
I think late in 2015 we will have the 2.3T, the 3.5T, and the 5.0 as the three engines. The 3.7L will be gone.
It’s interesting that they required a $59 harbor Freight floor jack to do it:
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-ton-compact-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-69252.html
I know, I know, it says $89. I currently have a $59 coupon, and I have bought two of them for $59. There weren’t any of those available in 1964, and floor jacks of that vintage would have been almost as heavy as the engine.
7 years ago I got to buy my dream car......a black Jag. I’ll never, repeat NEVER own another black car!!!!! When clean it is gorgeous, all black and chrome with black tinted windows. Man it is hard to keep clean and when it’s dirty it really looks bad.
Ford rusttang march the first 1972 model restoration excursion/ordeal... 5 hours?
Quite an accomplishment in 5 hrs on a cold dark night.
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