2015 Ford Mustang / Shelby GT350 Official - 5.2L FPC with 500+hp/400+ lb-ft

[Atropine]

Here is a list...

low power to high power

Miata, BRZ, 370Z, Mustang

Low Weight to high weight

Miata, BRZ, 370Z, Mustang

Steering feel best to worst

Miata, BRZ, 370Z, Mustang

AutoX time (best to worst)

Miata, BRZ, 370Z, Mustang

track times (worst to best)

Miata, BRZ, 370Z, Mustang

Anyone seeing a pattern?

Pick the styling you want...

Pick the car you want...

None are the "wrong answer".

I don't get the Mustang hate...its a great car especially for the money.

Is it a pig? Yes. It is a big fast pig.

[GreenMonster]

Originally Posted by Davey

The old V6 was still 3500 lbs, if the car gains 2 - 300 lbs that would make it... More than 3,000 lbs.

Probably closer to 3800

[GreenMonster]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Close to 4000lbs, not 3000lbs. Ford has seen the Camaro's success and is trying to copy it. Fuckers. I'll be sticking to the FR-S for the foreseeable future.

Well, I guess I'll just have to get a brz then

[OrangeJuleas]

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the new changes appearance-wise but I can understand if they are trying to make it "sleeker".

Weight issues aside, the reason I decided to get my FR-S instead of the V8 Mustang/Challenger I wanted was not that they weren't fast, but that I might as well have been driving my old Lumina (when it was a little fresher) or my neighbor's Eldorado. I didn't feel comfortable taking it to higher speeds because I felt so disconnected from the road. Those were, of course, test drives so it's not exactly an indicator of how it would be to own one and eventually get comfortable enough to drive at the speed I would have liked, but that's just my two cents. Not to mention that the power delivery, at least for me, was not that thrilling. Not that the FR-S even felt more powerful, but it felt like a race every time I got in and that was a feeling that appealed to me.

When I saw my FR-S, it was kind of an instantaneous love. As bad as I had wanted a Mustang for the last year leading up to my purchase (and had the means to get one), I never felt that same way. I would have rather driven my '66 Mustang every day as it felt lighter and more entertaining.

Most of the debate here seems to revolve around weight, but I'm hoping that even with its extra weight, it will have a more exciting "drive" to it than the last models.

[n2oinferno]

So if what I'm reading is correct, Steeda doesn't actually have a car, but they're claiming they've weighed it?

Not saying it's unbelievable. But I'll wait until official numbers are posted.

[n2oinferno]

As a follow up to my post yesterday...

Tuner Didn't Actually Weigh '15 Mustang, Has No Idea If Gained Weight

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

As a follow up to my post yesterday...

Tuner Didn't Actually Weigh '15 Mustang, Has No Idea If Gained Weight

Interesting. Kind of misleading when the original blog post showed this picture, which would seem to indicate they had their hands on a pre-production model. Of course, now they've taken down that picture from their blog. Very shady, if not outright deceptive.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

As a follow up to my post yesterday...

Tuner Didn't Actually Weigh '15 Mustang, Has No Idea If Gained Weight

Goddamn Mustang people and their cluelessness about IRS. Still.

'Well the old Cobra that had to adapt IRS to a stick axle chassis and needed additional mounting brackets/subframe mods because of it got heavier, so this engineered-from-the-beginning to be IRS and more fuel efficient will be definitely heavier.'

[n2oinferno]

Here's the numbers you guys wanted. It did gain weight over the 2014.



With that said, here are the weight gains over the 2014 model:
Hardtop
V6 Manual - 26lbs
V6 Auto - 6lbs
V8 Manual - 86lbs
V8 Auto - 52lbs

Convertible
V6 Manual - 14lbs
V6 Auto - 2lbs
V8 Manual - 90lbs
V8 Auto - 60lbs

[funwheeldrive]

So it gained about 200lbs? I'm wondering what the difference is between a base ecoboost versus a fully loaded model.

[juliog]

Ecoboost and the v6 weigh about the same as an M235i then..


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[Davey]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

Here's the numbers you guys wanted. It did gain weight over the 2014.



With that said, here are the weight gains over the 2014 model:
Hardtop
V6 Manual - 26lbs
V6 Auto - 6lbs
V8 Manual - 86lbs
V8 Auto - 52lbs

Convertible
V6 Manual - 14lbs
V6 Auto - 2lbs
V8 Manual - 90lbs
V8 Auto - 60lbs

Doesn't really add up to me...

Why did the V8 manual gain 34 lbs more than the auto? Not that it's impossible (if they changed the transmission, for example) but that and a few other of the weights (Ecoboost is heavier with a manual?) just don't really add up.

Color me skeptical these are real numbers.

[DarkSunrise]

The weight gain isn't too bad relative to the outgoing model. Less than +100 lbs. for all trims. It's not nearly the -400 lbs. that was originally promised by Ford, but I guess it's not awful.

This is going to be a big car though.

Wheelbase: 107.1"
Length: 188.3"
Height: 54.4"
Width: 75.4"
Weight (GT manual): 3704 lbs.

As compared against an FR-S:

Wheelbase: 101.2" [-5.9"]
Length: 166.7" [-21.6"]
Height: 50.6" [-3.8"]
Width: 69.9" [-5.5"]
Weight (base manual): 2758 lbs. [-946 lbs.]

[vh_supra26]

Thanks for sharing @DarkSunrise and @n2oinferno