I used to drive exclusively V8s for a long time. But EVs give you the same low end torque that allows you to rip through traffic but without the terrible fuel economy.
I wouldn’t be against an electric mustang (not an suv) with a simulated manual gearbox.
I hope one day someone is gonna create such an affordable EV dream 🤞
Toyota has a manual EV in prototyping and it even simulates stalling or lugging gears.
V8s have a great sound, but americans have historically been very bad at getting any kind of fuel mileage out of them.
downsizing would be an idea, you could technically make a 2-3 Liter V8, but then you have the complexity of two equally performing 4-cilynder engines.
and especially ford doesn’t do mechanical complexity very well, look at the 1.0 ecoboost.
Does anyone who buys a mustang care if it gets good MPG?
Certainly not a priority, but Ford still has to meet certain standards that as I understand it keeps getting tougher.
There’s nothing more American than a V8 that churns out a shockingly small amount of power and turns petrol into literally nothing.
7.2L V8 producing 200HP 💪🦅🇱🇷
and gotta have them pushrods in 2024!
Ford haven’t used pushrod mustang engines since the 4.6 from the early 90’s.
Just bring back the design from 60s and 70s and see the sales skyrocket
Except that they wouldn’t be able to sell them today.
