Let's say they decide to invest a billion dollars or whatever into a new platform
What are they going to share the new Mustang platform with?
The Camaro was built alongside the Cadillac sedans (which sell half of what the Camaro did, but are much more expensive vehicles). Other Cadillac models...
Remember when the S500 GT500 curb weight was leaked it was almost 100lbs heavier than actual...
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/2020-shelby-gt500-mustang-leaked-specs-720hp-7500-rpm-650-ft-lbs-4500-rpm-4225lbs-curb-weight.108893/
The 2005 Mustang GT had a curb weight of 3,450lbs. Imagine being that light!
A10 trans is no lightweight, the IRS is heavy, but it's still only 3,740lbs for the base 2025 GT
4100-4300lbs is just nuts
It would be hard to see them doing a whole new platform when they are only selling 40,000 a year, and if that goes down to 30,000....
They'd have to make a $70k base car like the Corvette
What?
It is a (highly) modified version of the street car.
It has the engine from a GT500
Transaxle had to add weight
That rear suspension setup has to add more eight
Has to have more cooling
Beefier brakes wheels etc
It's obvious they are adding to and beefing up what begins life as the...
I mean there's nothing stopping you from sanding it down and trying to touch up the paint
But depending on what wheel it is, you can try to find a used one on eBay or buy a reproduction wheel from a vendor like American Muscle...
It seemed like for a while there people were talking about upgrading just one side (Forget which) to the GT350 axle and thinking that was going to hold