By Jamil Mizirawi.
IN case you have been living under a early 2000’s Chevy truck (sing it with me “Like a Rock…”), you have no doubt heard about the new 2015 Ford Mustang. The new sculpted body is pure candy to the eye and the fit and finish is bound to be able to wow our European petrolheads, knowing the quality for is currently putting into their interiors. So what why on earth would someone make the audacious comment that the smallest motor to grace a modern mustang be the best? For three reasons, size, tuning, and desirability.
size. In Europe, and honestly, other countries that are not the U.S. of A. the notion of taxing heavily is not completely dead. The thought is if you can afford a car, with more than a certain amount of liters of displacement with its equal amount of “not a care” given to Johnny polar bear and his stupid icecaps, then you can afford more taxes, Ye Jerk. The healthy 420 hp 5 liter is spitting boldly at the displacement tax and in Johnny polar bears eye according to the EU emissions testing cycle. Even the not to shabby 300-ish hp 3.7 liter v6 is still just too big for Europe to the point where ford has not even considered it as an option for there. That leaves one glorious engine for mass Europeans to enjoy.
IN case you have been living under a early 2000’s Chevy truck (sing it with me “Like a Rock…”), you have no doubt heard about the new 2015 Ford Mustang. The new sculpted body is pure candy to the eye and the fit and finish is bound to be able to wow our European petrolheads, knowing the quality for is currently putting into their interiors. So what why on earth would someone make the audacious comment that the smallest motor to grace a modern mustang be the best? For three reasons, size, tuning, and desirability.
size. In Europe, and honestly, other countries that are not the U.S. of A. the notion of taxing heavily is not completely dead. The thought is if you can afford a car, with more than a certain amount of liters of displacement with its equal amount of “not a care” given to Johnny polar bear and his stupid icecaps, then you can afford more taxes, Ye Jerk. The healthy 420 hp 5 liter is spitting boldly at the displacement tax and in Johnny polar bears eye according to the EU emissions testing cycle. Even the not to shabby 300-ish hp 3.7 liter v6 is still just too big for Europe to the point where ford has not even considered it as an option for there. That leaves one glorious engine for mass Europeans to enjoy.
2.3 Liters makes about 300 hp in turbocharged and direct injected form and can make itself presentable for the bording school test that include EU emissions testing. Once it is past the test, having nestled itself in a very stiff V8 hardened chassis with, what is bound to be, a brilliant independent rear suspension. Think about that. What other RWD sportscar is evryone raving about? That’s right, the toyobaru twins. What is everyones biggest complaint about those cars? Ding ding ding! Power. This is a big “you’re welcome” from the big blue oval.
Tuning. Have you ever heard of a couple of companies called Mountune? Cobb? SCT? You see these companies go into the computer and talk nicely to it. They say sweet things to these computers to make them scream. So imagine a 350 hp Ford Mustang with independent rear suspension. Did you think of the sn95 based Terminator? Yep. You did.
Tuning. Have you ever heard of a couple of companies called Mountune? Cobb? SCT? You see these companies go into the computer and talk nicely to it. They say sweet things to these computers to make them scream. So imagine a 350 hp Ford Mustang with independent rear suspension. Did you think of the sn95 based Terminator? Yep. You did.
Now imagine it didn’t drink gas, you can run it on ethanol, it will rev past 7000 rpm, and DAT TURBO WHISTLE… mmmm, tasty. Canyon carving will be easy, drifting will be fun and challenging, road course newbies will be able to go to pro-am skill levels, and autocrossers will rejoyce as this sniper rifal can be wielded with the proverbial ease of a shotgun. That leads us to our next point.
Desirability. The buff books, as they call them, will always have their ability to wax poetically about the way a car does so many things right, or bombast a car that fails to meet their expectations. I do not doubt that some will be put off by this little turbo four but given how most are taken to the charms of the focus st and fiesta st, never faulting their powerplant choices and the liveability of the previous generation V6 mustang, the praise will be haeped on. Some will herald it as a monstrosity at first but, I know that soon, with the charasmatic hips and confident grin, the new mustang will rev it’s way into the hearts of many around the globe, and will become, to many, more than the sum of it’s turbo charged parts.
Desirability. The buff books, as they call them, will always have their ability to wax poetically about the way a car does so many things right, or bombast a car that fails to meet their expectations. I do not doubt that some will be put off by this little turbo four but given how most are taken to the charms of the focus st and fiesta st, never faulting their powerplant choices and the liveability of the previous generation V6 mustang, the praise will be haeped on. Some will herald it as a monstrosity at first but, I know that soon, with the charasmatic hips and confident grin, the new mustang will rev it’s way into the hearts of many around the globe, and will become, to many, more than the sum of it’s turbo charged parts.
My name is Jamil and I occasionally like to write, always love to drive, and most times love to wrench. Expect more cool and helpful stuff from MiziMoto.