NegativeMultiplier
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I've been piecing together some bits of information on my own over the last few days, given it some thought, and reached two points that caused me to open this thread.
First and foremost, massive rumors of something wild in development, from what I've seen over the years, usually have some truth to them. Look at the C8 for example. People had been saying for a few years prior to the first spy shots that a mid-engine Corvette was in the works, and those rumors only intensified as the shots began rolling. I don't think that someone would just up and say that there is a mid-engine 'Stang on the way without there being some level of truth to it. Someone else on here mentioned it themselves that Ford has been benchmarking the C8 as of late. For what reason would they need to emulate any of the C8's components?
Secondly, I just finished watching Shmee's video and he mentions a few interesting things - the first of which he notes that the event is taking place in California (TS 1:15). The rumors explicitly stated that the private launch of the mid-engine project took place in Las Vegas, so unless he said that by mistake, I find this detail a bit interesting. The next thing he says towards the end of the video is that there's another Ford "Shmeemobile" coming that he hasn't talked about yet (TS 12:35). I do not see someone of his financial calibre buying a Lincoln and publicly announcing so, and there isn't anything being produced in the near future, that we're aware of at the moment, in Ford's lineup that's a high-performance car. He also already has a GT500, and I doubt he'll replace the one he already has any time soon, assuming there is another one on the way. This statement also by nature crosses out the GTD, as he's actively talking about possibly buying one in the near future earlier. You can watch his video and jump to the above timestamps here:
I'm going to put my tinfoil hat on here and say that Ford, in their incredibly and surprisingly wide internet presence, was aware of the mid-engine Mustang leak, and potentially had someone leak the GTD to take eyes off of whatever mid-engine basement project they have going on. And it sure as hell worked - outside of this forum, every discussion about a mid-engine Mustang has either ceased or is assuming for some reason that the GTD is mid-engine. We're the only ones differentiating the two anymore.
What do you guys think?
First and foremost, massive rumors of something wild in development, from what I've seen over the years, usually have some truth to them. Look at the C8 for example. People had been saying for a few years prior to the first spy shots that a mid-engine Corvette was in the works, and those rumors only intensified as the shots began rolling. I don't think that someone would just up and say that there is a mid-engine 'Stang on the way without there being some level of truth to it. Someone else on here mentioned it themselves that Ford has been benchmarking the C8 as of late. For what reason would they need to emulate any of the C8's components?
Secondly, I just finished watching Shmee's video and he mentions a few interesting things - the first of which he notes that the event is taking place in California (TS 1:15). The rumors explicitly stated that the private launch of the mid-engine project took place in Las Vegas, so unless he said that by mistake, I find this detail a bit interesting. The next thing he says towards the end of the video is that there's another Ford "Shmeemobile" coming that he hasn't talked about yet (TS 12:35). I do not see someone of his financial calibre buying a Lincoln and publicly announcing so, and there isn't anything being produced in the near future, that we're aware of at the moment, in Ford's lineup that's a high-performance car. He also already has a GT500, and I doubt he'll replace the one he already has any time soon, assuming there is another one on the way. This statement also by nature crosses out the GTD, as he's actively talking about possibly buying one in the near future earlier. You can watch his video and jump to the above timestamps here:
I'm going to put my tinfoil hat on here and say that Ford, in their incredibly and surprisingly wide internet presence, was aware of the mid-engine Mustang leak, and potentially had someone leak the GTD to take eyes off of whatever mid-engine basement project they have going on. And it sure as hell worked - outside of this forum, every discussion about a mid-engine Mustang has either ceased or is assuming for some reason that the GTD is mid-engine. We're the only ones differentiating the two anymore.
What do you guys think?
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