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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NVH" data-source="post: 607210" data-attributes="member: 10651">I finally got around to reading Mustang 2005: A New Breed of Pony Car. Now I'm reading Camaro: A Legend Reborn, which is about the new Camaro. Man, what a contrast!It's just amazing the stupid things Chevy did with that car. It's no wonder GM is bankrupt. As I read the book, I'm constantly thinking, "What?!" when it talks about some compromise or out-of-the-way thing they had to do to make the car. First of all, the engineering was done in Michigan and Australia, so they had all sorts of time zone problems. They built the concept as a pure concept with no real plans for production (conversely, Ford designed the new Mustang and then built the concept as an afterthought). It was built on the Cadillac Sigma chassis.Once they decided to go to production, the Sigma chassis was deemed too costly, so they went with the Holden chassis. They wanted to keep the proportions of the concept car, so they had to do all kinds of ridiculous mods to the Holden chassis. They moved the front axle 2 inches forward, and the rear axle 7 inches forward! They wanted to offer 20-inch wheels (2 or 3 inches bigger than the biggest Holden wheels) and have a low hood, so they had to do a complete redesign on the front suspension, and move the steering rack in front of the axle. Once again they have a car with ridiculously long doors (wanna bet they'll sag afer a few years?).They were also dead set on keeping the "reverse Mohawk" indentation in the roof, but they wanted a sunroof option as well, so they had to design another flat roof just for the sunroof option.And the car doesn't even offer a spare tire!Here's a funny quote from J. Mays in the Mustang book, talking about why they didn't put a side scoop on the car and just left that chiseled indentation:</blockquote>