snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
True, but that game can go on forever. A mod here, a mod there...
What you just said is why I don't think the Charger competes with the Mustang. To generalize, the guy buying the Charger has a family, needs ample room for at least 4, but still wants that kick when he hits the gas. The guy buying the Mustang GT is younger, and doesn't care all that much about transporting 3 more people around in it.
I'm not being hard on Ford for selling Mustangs; I love Mustangs and they are great cars. I'm dissing Ford because they have a tendency to yap about stuff that never materializes, and they keep switching gears as to what they're doing.
See above.
The 4.6 is a damn good motor. I just think Ford needs something more at this point. They've got the potential, all they need to do is follow through.
Above all, I think the Challenger will perform. Sure, there's the mandate to mass-produce a car that looks like the concept, but I think DC is well aware that the car has to perform or it will die quickly.
One can only hope. But there's nothing definite, so who really knows? Speaking of the truck side, Ford needs to get something happening quickly. This is where DC excelled - the Hemi runs everything from station wagons to trucks with no problems at all. And arguably, the Cummins TD pretty much rules the serious truck market.
I still love my LX, but like you I'm not brand loyal. Ford's got the low-end hipo market with the Mustang GT and DC has the higher-end with the 300C and the SRT cars. I just think that when the Mustang GT sees competition in a year or two, it had better have a bigger, more powerful engine ready to roll.
LOL!
To play devil's advocate, has any maker done any production car perfectly? Maybe Honda... ;)
Too much yapping and not enough product. They're always saying this, then saying that, then changing again. I don't know what to believe from those guys. Bad analogy, but it was the only thing I could think of at the time.
I take "out there now" to mean what's on the showroom floor now. Unfortunately, most of the cars you mentioned above are not made anymore. And some have not been made yet.
Agreed. It's a good time to be a horsepower enthusiast!
Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC