i disagree with all of you. the mustang needs variety. you should have the V6, and an option of a blower. you should have to get the GT to get the 4.6L SOHC, but you should have options as to what other amanities it gets to keep the price down. the Cobra should have IRS, 4.6L DOHC etc. the Cobra R should be just as it is. and they should throw around some 5.4L DOHC's somewhere too. and a six speed as a regular option. i think it's great. yeah, they should have some super fast production cars, but they shouldn't be regular production. they should be made in small batches, just for the hell of it. a regular production 12 second car just isn't practical, especially with gas prices going the way they are!
as far as pricing goes, they should have the cheap base GT for 18-19k, kinda like it is now, just w/the V8 and no other options. IRS should be an option for it (with some stronger halfshafts and the option of a higher gear ratio). the top-of-the-line cobra R (or Mach 1, whatever) shouldn't be too expensve (it shouldn't break 50k). but it should be rare.
and you should get what you pay for in interior amenities, with the option of deleting them and knocking some money off the sticker price. exclusivity like that isn't a bad thing. it gives us something to wish for. the Cobra R would get old if it stickered for 20K and we saw one every day.
I agree that some crazy fast cars should be made. ut they should not be commonplace. they should be made in small batches of 2000-5000, and they shouldn't be cheap. they should offer the 5.4 SOHC as an option on the GT, and that could be the cheap high-po stang. but 12 second specialties? no. make them? yes. but everyone should have one? no.
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