S650 Mid Cycle Refresh

[DeluxeStang]

Those test mules were the DHSC.

True, but I mean for this upcoming spring/summer season.

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[DeluxeStang]

The car is just now catching on…. We’ve been on the new shit for 3 years, ahead of the normie curve.

let it breathe a few more years, no rush

There's a balance. For a while, Ford released a new mustang design every 5 years or so. We don't need a new design that often, but I also don't want to see Ford going 10 years with s650.

 

[DeluxeStang]

Has Ford said that?

Has Ford said they'll reveal the next mustang for the 125th anniversary? No, that's just a fun idea I have, because we know unless something changes, that's pretty close to when Ford's launching the next gen mustang anyways. So it would just be really neat for Ford's 125th for them to do a bunch of concepts previewing products coming in the near future.

Kinda like how they revealed the 2003 Ford gt concept for Ford's 100th anniversary, and that became the 2005 Ford gt. I could be wrong, but I believe Ford also revealed some mustang concepts for the 100th anniversary.

 

[DeluxeStang]

Has Ford said that?

But again, it depends on if Ford still plans on launching s750 near the end of the 2020s or if it's gonna get pushed further out.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

But again, it depends on if Ford still plans on launching s750 near the end of the 2020s or if it's gonna get pushed further out.

Its not gonna be the S750 lol. They can only revise a platform so many times.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

True, but I mean for this upcoming spring/summer season.

Your post # 157 -

"We're starting to see Ford prototypes running around, so maybe we'll see something soon."

"We're" not seeing any prototypes running around at all. The last ones were the DHSC. If "we" are then please share. Otherwise you are just making this up as you go along.

 

[DeluxeStang]

Your post # 157 -

"We're starting to see Ford prototypes running around, so maybe we'll see something soon."

"We're" not seeing any prototypes running around at all. The last ones were the DHSC. If "we" are then please share. Otherwise you are just making this up as you go along.

Sorry, just to clarify, I'm referring to the Lincoln prototypes that were spied about a week ago because Ford owns Lincoln, and they often start testing their Ford/Lincoln prototypes around the same time.

It's not a case of me seeing a prototype mustang, it's just me seeing Ford/Lincoln mules starting to run around saying that usually means we're about to see a multitude of Ford/Lincoln prototypes in the near future. One of those could be a refreshed s650 if indeed it's planned to release in 26/27.

 

[MAT1955]

Just accepted my new 2024 Premium GT Convertible from my deraler yesterday. They expect some news in 2028 about changes. There was no mention of hybrid technology or even changing the Coyote. there was speculation there might be some bosdy tweaking and possibly including the magnetic dampening and some suspension upgrades, tunable caster/camber was discussed.

 

[NegativeMultiplier]

Just accepted my new 2024 Premium GT Convertible from my deraler yesterday. They expect some news in 2028 about changes. There was no mention of hybrid technology or even changing the Coyote. there was speculation there might be some bosdy tweaking and possibly including the magnetic dampening and some suspension upgrades, tunable caster/camber was discussed.

While this would definitely be exciting, I'd take dealer word about products that far in the future with a grain of salt. Tunable caster/camber sounds pretty wild for anything less than a DHSC, and I'm not sure Ford would include magneride without requiring the performance package, which if their pricing model has been anything to go by, would lead to a price hike. This sounds a bit unreasonable to me, but I wholly invite Ford to prove me wrong. Matter of fact, I will gladly eat my words and trade to a MY28 if this happens.

 

[B229218]

Just cause it’s added doesn’t mean it has value, although the multi function joystick spinner knob hands free display control mechanism isn’t half bad, in fact kinda wish the s650 had something similar.

Edit: added image for clarity.

Nope, there’s something else to break

 

[Zig]

Nope, there’s something else to break

Sure kept the screen smudge free though

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Sure kept the screen smudge free though

And way safer to use while driving.

 

[Nexus]

Its not gonna be the S750 lol. They can only revise a platform so many times.

The program code (S750 or whatever it may be) could still be on the same platform code (D2C) or something new.

We've all seen the rumors and rumblings in the past about hopping to a new platform at some point.

Only Ford knows that answer.

 

[SpeedLu]

My guess is the next platform will be a hybrid V8, a nice improvement over what we currently have. More performance, while still retaining the visceral feel, but doing more to hedge against strict emissions laws.

I don't see mustang staying pure ICE or going full ev as both of those seem like a death sentence. Some purists will oppose a performance hybrid, but there's a lot more acceptance for hybrids now than there was 10 year ago.

We are decades away from making any significant headway in electrical infrastructure or mass EV adoption. They already tried that, with state and federal government's pushing for it and it didn't take. Car manufacturers have already reversed course and are either shelving or scaling back EV production in favor of their ICE models again. We aren't ready. The Mustang will be a straight ICE vehicle for at least the next decade.

 

[MidwayJ]

We are decades away from making any significant headway in electrical infrastructure or mass EV adoption. They already tried that, with state and federal government's pushing for it and it didn't take. Car manufacturers have already reversed course and are either shelving or scaling back EV production in favor of their ICE models again. We aren't ready. The Mustang will be a straight ICE vehicle for at least the next decade.

Automaker decisions to scale back EVs and the lack of EV infrastructure are irrelevant to hybrid vehicles. The Corvette E-ray and ZR1X are impressive performing hybrids.

However, because of the additional cost I doubt the base Mustang GT will be a hybrid. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if Ford introduced hybrids as higher performance models like the E-ray, etc. instead of supercharging the V8.

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