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Old 11-16-2011, 10:46 AM   #121 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lemers View Post
See now that's the problem (and why ford almost stopped making the mustang several times). No matter what car ford puts on the road people will say its still a mustang.

Ford could built a 2 seat, midengined, twin turboed, AWD, 800 HP, "true sports car"; but as soon as the galloping pony goes on the car someones gonna say "Meh, it's still a mustang".

All I know is that Meh mustang is kicking the crap out of my Z for equal or less money.
But the reason Ford produced crappy Mustangs for years on end is because the name would sell, so they could throw out complete and utter crap, and people would still scoop it up because "meh it's a mustang".

It's a double edged sword.

Also, there will always be a faster car. If you go buy a Mustang now, there will be a faster car for decent money past that. Keeping up with the performance Joneses is a zero sum game.
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