the problem is we DO like mustangs. like them so much that we still buy them even though they are an inferior car compared to its compeditors.
i think ford should step up their game a bit in the v6 department. a lot of people won't like my idea's but here i go. the imports are turning ouy 300+hp v6's. ford has the ability to do so also.
i think if ford were to make 2 v6 models it will let them cover more ground and save budget. haveing the bread and butter cheap cheap v6 mustang ford has turned out since 94, and a v6 that is more powerful AND more effecient would help out a lot. maybe using that sweet duretec v6 they do nothing with. a powerful, yet sparingly equipped "cheap" v6 model will let ford keep the bread and butter running strong and give the v8 more leg room. if ford doesn't sell v6's, they don't sell v8's. a more powerfull v6 will also be a good thing for those who want like the GT the way it is, but don't want to pay v8 prices for it. a strong v6 helps out in those 2 area's. lots of sales, decent performance. cheaper than the current GT's.
this would give Ford more leg room with the base GT model. maybe 375-400hp.
base v6- 250ish hp cheap cheap.
premium v6- 300hp cheap
GT- 375-400hp compedatively priced in its segment.
Cobra/shelbyG500- flagship, expensive, and brutally powerful.
having high performance low cost 6cylinder counter parts have been extremely successfull down under in Aussie. As much as Ford denies it, the American public have much in commen with the Aussie's in our taste for performance cars.
Ford won't do that, because what 08 GT owner wants to lose to an 09 v6?