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Originally Posted by P@ul
There won't be any dramatic weight loss until Ford comes up with a new V8 engine architecture that is significantly smaller than the Mod motor (including the latest coyote incarnation). The Mod just takes up way too much packaging space; Ford can't shrink the engine bay, and consequently can't make the rest of the car smaller because they need to maintain proportions.
This might not be a better "sports" car, a nebulous area anyway, but it's a better Mustang. I'm amazed at the almost luxury like level of equipment you can get on a Mustang. They get expensive really quick! At the end of the day, only sales matter...
The next gen Camaro has some promise, it's supposed to switch to the Alpha chassis (ATS Chassis) which is considerably smaller than the current Zeta. The latest spy shots seem to back up this chassis change, and a pushrod engine is very efficient for packaging (this is why it swaps into every car under the sun).
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A Coyote is the same length and 2 inches shorter than an LSx. It is, however, 3 inches wider.
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Originally Posted by ZDan
DOHC/multivalve is also ancient! Accomplishing the same thing (producing power while being semi-reasonably efficient) in a smaller package size with fewer parts shouldn't be considered "old-tech". There is an elegance in the simplicity of the OHV V8. And one could argue that DOHC V8 with 4x the camshafts is somewhat Rube-Goldbergian!
I think they'll take the new 3700 lb. Mustang as an excuse to give us another heavyweight Camaro 
It's a vicious cycle: Big/heavy '05 Mustang led GM to make an even more stupidly huge/heavy '10 Camaro. That Camaro let Ford get away with a still-way-oversized-and-even-heavier '15 Mustang. This Mustang, guaranteed, will influence the next Camaro in exactly the bigger/heavier direction |
The Alpha platform is much smaller than the Zeta platform. The Camaro is, underneath, a G8 Coupe. The next generation Camaro is going to be probably a hair bigger than an ATS Coupe. I imagine, with the car physically shrinking a bit, the weight will remain the same.