If you want an awd mustang I suggest you are looking at the wrong breed of cars. Awd kills fun. Mustangs are fun. Awd would kill the mustang for a lot of people.
Not from my perspective. It would launch great but you would have to raise the engine to accommodate it which would ruin handling. Also, it would add weight and drivetrain loss. And I find rwd way more entertaining than awd. This is the criticism the gtr gets. It's too safe and too grippy. It would also add thousands of dollars to the cost of every car.
Not from my perspective. It would launch great but you would have to raise the engine to accommodate it which would ruin handling. Also, it would add weight and drivetrain loss. And I find rwd way more entertaining than awd. This is the criticism the gtr gets. It's too safe and too grippy. It would also add thousands of dollars to the cost of every car.
Lol, it would be neat, but I wouldn't want it. To keep low center of gravity, it would be crazy expensive or have a lot of over hang, or need a different engine setup. And I have never launched an awd standard, but hear that launching a standard awd and being GOOD at it are VERY different lol.
I think it would be a waste of RnD, but hey, someone paid 400k for a wagon Quattroporte...so I m sure it exists somewhere.
Can you do donuts in an AWD? Can you drift an AWD? Can you burnout an AWD? I think the fact that Mustangs are meant to be simple beasts means they should only be RWD.
AWD is a crutch and many cars are converted to RWD from AWD in REAL racing.
AND an AWD car would NOT be much faster as Tinman stated. It would be significantly slower.
MORE weight and SIGNIFICANTLY more drivetrain loss.
Example, S197 3V will dyno 255-265 at 300 HP.
At 305 HP an AWD STI will dyno 225-235. Until you're talking big WHEEL HP numbers (when loss is already accounted for), the AWD will ALWAYS be slower. It will just be more practical in all weather and launch with little effort or skill required.
At 305 HP an AWD STI will dyno 225-235. Until you're talking big WHEEL HP numbers (when loss is already accounted for), the AWD will ALWAYS be slower. It will just be more practical in all weather and launch with little effort or skill required.
I don't see what the big deal is. It is just a car name. If they want to offer awd let them, just as long as they keep rwd as well. I think it would be a smart move on fords part to offer awd so it could compete against audis, bmws, and every other car that has it right now.
Sorry, but I don't see or want a Ford (let alone a Mustang) to compete with any luxury brands, outside of stats like how the BOSS LS was better than an M3 around the track. And as for "most" AWD cars starting as RWD, maybe the BMWs and Benzes start as RWD but none of those are known for their AWD performance (quite the opposite actually). Most AWD performers are either engineered for it from the get go (Subaru) or converted from FWD (Audi, Mitsubishi and most others).
In summary, keep the Mustang simple. If people want something AWD and V8 from Ford, then maybe we should dream of a Taurus replacement that is merged with the AU Falcon that could potentially offer it as an option.
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