ay1820
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Maybe I am missing your point, but you are also missing mine. Ford will only invest if they can see a clear way to make a profit. There is no way to make a profit developing a new ICE platform for a very, very narrow market segment. You would need 10 times the current Mustang sales volumes to make that worthwhile.you completely missed the point.
The Mustang is not currently a liability. But it’s being treated as if that’s inevitable. It’s not.
A product is like a garden. You get out of it what you put into it. Give it just enough to survive and that’s what it will do. But cultivate it and tend it like a precious thing snd it will thrive.
it’s being treated like a hot potato right now. Hopefully some actual modern car guys get traction in the boardroom again. Whether that means electric, etc., that’s fine. That part IS inevitable. But leave Fox behind. It’s done. Been done for a while. Sure the original car was not a new platform, but the Fox was. It’s time to do thst all over again. And it would have been right to do so by now.
some of you guys who call yourselves old timers might be fine with it but some of us who have a way to go would like more.
The Mustang brand may live on as a marketing tool for the Ford portfolio, but do not expect a unique platform to be developed solely for that one brand unless that platform can have mass appeal across a very broad market segment (then it won't be the performance oriented car you are asking for). In short, you are never going to get a Ford GT style program at Mustang level pricing.
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