Mustang Hybrid (S650) Announced, Debuts in 2020

[Ebm]

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Manual transmissions are dying a slow death.
Hybrid technology and the desire for increased efficiency would only seem to hasten their demise.

Electric production vehicles that are out now don't have gears to shift. All of them are a single speed (single speed step down transmission in the case of a Tesla Model). So a manual transmission really isn't feasible. Even if it was feasible, an electric vehicle's torque curve would break most traditional transmissions. Hold on to your manual now, I'll give the manual about 10 more years before it's only in a select few supercars.

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[DrGrabster]

The Mustang 2021 will not be a plug in hybrid but like the Prius have a battery and motor. This gives great mpg and additional torque. It will have gears and all the rest of the usual Mustangery. I just hope it has a real V8 rather than "V8 power".

 

[dron_jones]

The Mustang 2021 will not be a plug in hybrid but like the Prius have a battery and motor. This gives great mpg and additional torque. It will have gears and all the rest of the usual Mustangery. I just hope it has a real V8 rather than "V8 power".

There will still be a normal v8 but the hybrid will not be a electric motor in combination with a gas v8

 

[goldengooner]

There will still be a normal v8 but the hybrid will not be a electric motor in combination with a gas v8

Its funny was chatting to a few neighbours and one asked me if he can hear the engine, so fired her up on the RS and carried on chatting, said about a hybrid Stang in 2021, and they said NO WAY, you might as well buy a Prius. They said you will lose the sound, what is the point
Now these are not really car people, but they were 100% def about the hybrid

 

[dron_jones]

Its funny was chatting to a few neighbours and one asked me if he can hear the engine, so fired her up on the RS and carried on chatting, said about a hybrid Stang in 2021, and they said NO WAY, you might as well buy a Prius. They said you will lose the sound, what is the point
Now these are not really car people, but they were 100% def about the hybrid

A comparison of a performance car hybrid system to a prius is just as nonsensical as comparing the V8 Mustang to a Nissan Sentra with a CVT transmission.

 

[Darkane]

I'm shocked at how many people here don't really understand what a hybrid is.

The quickest 0-60 vehicle on earth right now is a hybrid with a NATURALLY ASPIRATED V8.

Go figure.

 

[EcoVert]

The stance is nice, but the front-end is still a jumbled mess of angles to me...

The predator front end styling is getting old.

 

[68fbjjz109]

http://www.autonews.com/article/201...weight-saving-carbon-fiber-subframe-prototype

Wonder if the S650 will see something similar.

 

[ansibe]

This is exciting news, thanks for posting.

I think this will be among the first structural uses of CF in production vehicles - e92 M3 roof, and the GT350r wheels. The Alfa 4C also uses structural CF, in a big way, but in very limited numbers. What else is there, outside Ferrari, koenigsegg, McLaren, and the like.

I think this would be a great addition to the S650, it would take a little weight off the nose. It might also show up on the F150, just because of the massive volume of trucks sold.

 

[68fbjjz109]

The F150 uses a Magnesium radiator module. They might go to it. given the nature of mag pricing at times.

 

[Topnotch]

http://www.autoline.tv/journal/?cat=1513

 

[Sc00ter]

Wake me up when it gets here...

 

[Topnotch]

https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/9067111-s650-driveline-system-engineer

 

[cbrookre]

Manual transmissions are dying a slow death.
Hybrid technology and the desire for increased efficiency would only seem to hasten their demise.

This may be why I never sell my 2015 Mustang...

 

[Twin Turbo]

https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/9067111-s650-driveline-system-engineer

I don't seem to have the qualifications for the job....never mind not being able to legally work in the US.....but that sounds like a job right up my alley

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