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Originally Posted by Number 3
Ok, let me just end this discussion right now.
Ford is NOT doing this with the Mustang because it's an advantage, or because it makes the car more focused or because it makes the car unique or even because they want to.
They are doing it because THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
Ford wishes upon every star in the sky that is wishable that they had more than one single car with only 100,000 units at best to share the development costs with the Mustang. Other than an old Fox based sedan in Australia, they have no RWD cars other than the Mustang. Not even a Lincoln.
For this reason alone, the Gen6, if off of Alpha, will have the advantage of a better parts bin simply because the development work has been done and many of those parts tooled up. It would be down to tuning and specific execution. Tuning and execution, it should be noted, are still huge costs specific to a model, but much less when the foundation is shared.................and even better when that foundation is results in cars considered better than a BMW 3/4/5 Series.
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That makes a lot of sense. When it comes to a modern platform like the Alpha, how much can they change stuff like suspension geometry, wheel base and wheel/brake size? I would imagine a 4 cylinder ATS and something like a Z/28 would have significantly different suspension set ups.