Mustang HP vs Other Vehicles

lovcom said:

I love my V6 2006 too, but the fact remains that most Japanese V6 cars will smoke our V6 4.0L's. But it gets worse...most import V6's have multi-valves, and variable valve timing too....two great features our V6's don't have.

I bought my Mustang primarily for the looks, and for the price, and I chose the V6 because it provides better gas milage then the more powerful (and fun) V8. And of course it was cheap too.

But it is what it is. Be satisfied with your V6...it is relatively under-powered, lacks refinement, and buzzess too much, but hey, it's beautiful!!!

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I do love my V6 Mustang and the looks was what made me fall in love with it.
Being a teenager in the Muscle Car Era I guess I had a mental state of mind that a car the looks like the new Mustang is just suppose to be one of the "baddest" things on the road. Then watching the auto show Sunday really surprized me as to the power other cars have. Maybe if Ford isn't going to use current technology maybe they should bring back solid lifter cams and four barrels sitting on hi-rise manifolds.

FordFreak said:

As I posted in another thread: all the guys in these forums getting all hot and bothered and wanting to trade their Mustangs in the minute the Camaro and Challenger go on sale make me want to laugh. I don't think they realise just what king of masterful job Ford did designing a car that has the power, the handling, the looks, and the build quality of the new Mustang at that selling price. This doesn't happen every day. Just because a concept car has more HP doesn't mean it's going to be a better car. The other manufacturers have their work cut out for them if they are going to arrive with a final product that is as good as the Mustang and sells for the same price.

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I totally agree with you about the Mustang and I think I didn't do a good job starting this thread. I was a absolute car nut back in the 60s and could tell you who made what and with what options, etc. Also had a couple of pretty fast ones myself. Over the years all cars started to be the same to me other than cost and creature features. Watching the International Auto Show I was amazed to see the HP being produced in other cars and thought why didn't Ford put more HP in the Mustang. Guess I slipped back in time to the HP is everything mentality.

Want to add that the first time I saw the new Mustang was December 2005 at a dealership. I was floored by how great it looked and how it reminded me of the 60s. I could not stop talking about it to my wife and told her I had not had such excited feeling about a car since I was a teenager. So what did she do, bought the one I liked most on the lot without me knowing a thing about it and gave it to me for Christmas.

To end this thread, I hope, YES I LOVE MY MUSTANG !

snogoldi said:

I LOOKED AT THE 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
ITS NOT A MUSTANG!!!
I LOOKED AT THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 GTS
ITS NOT A MUSTANG!!!
I LOOKED AT THE 2006 PONTIAC GTO
ITS NOT A MUSTANG!!!
2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER
ITS NOT A MUSTANG!!!
2006 HONDA ACCORD
ITS NOT A MUSTANG!!!

NONE OF THESE VEHICLES DID ANYTHING FOR ME.
ITS IN THE HEART AND MIND THAT COUNTS

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I think your last line says it best.