Mustang Shooting Break - Yay or Nay?

"Fred (FreddsterExprs)" (freddsterexprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

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Maybe that's how Ford can make the 'Stang popular in Europe.

Viggen > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:45

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Yay!

jkm7680 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:46

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Possibly.

MultiplaOrgasms > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:47

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If they want a car to be successful in 'Yurup it needs a Diesel engine. Lexus learned that. Cadillac should have learned that by now.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:47

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So weird...

I want to like it, but I can't. I also don't hate it. It just making my brain do circles.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:47

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It's... better. I'll say that much.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > MultiplaOrgasms 12/23/2014 at 12:50

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Not necessarily. You need that Diesel for high volume sellers and for the classic company car, but the Mustang could do very well with gas engines only. People buy quite a few Golf GTIs and Rs and Mini Cooper S and Audi TTs with petrol turbo engines.

T5Killer > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:50

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As a rabid Mustang fan I love it. Finally a Mustang that you can put stuff in the back for everyday life and on the weekends have enough room for a spare set of wheels with Drag slicks, some tools, a ice chest for a weekend of 1/4 mile fun. I loved the fox hatches for being so useable with that hatch.

Manuél Ferrari > Snuze: Needs another Swede 12/23/2014 at 12:50

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I think it would look better as a wagon. The front end is too long-looking for a shooting brake

HammerheadFistpunch > Snuze: Needs another Swede 12/23/2014 at 12:52

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Ditto, Can't love it...don't hate it.

HammerheadFistpunch > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:52

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exactly, the 2.3 EB is the Euro Special engine.

My hovercraft is full of eels > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 12:57

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The same guy did a shooting break render of the Charger Hellcat. I prefer that one.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > My hovercraft is full of eels 12/23/2014 at 12:59

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Not enough "break" for me, but I like where this is going.

Dr_Watson > My hovercraft is full of eels 12/23/2014 at 13:08

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eeeew... the rear end looks too Gremlin; nothing good should remind me of a Gremlin.

doodon2whls > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 13:08

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Nay... Ow, my eyes...

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 13:09

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The rear haunches remind me of a Bentley.

MultiplaOrgasms > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 13:24

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As well as the Camaro has done with petrol engines only in the past few years? Oh wait...

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > MultiplaOrgasms 12/23/2014 at 13:41

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Because the Camaro received no attention PR wise, because it didn't have a small turbo.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > My hovercraft is full of eels 12/23/2014 at 14:23

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Wow. I love that. I would buy the crap out of that.

MultiplaOrgasms > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 14:48

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The small turbo engine probably won't help massively. When le Mustang arrives in the old world, it'll go straight against the 4-series and A5. 60% of 4-series and A5s sold in europe are diesels, mostly the 2.0 liter ones with ~ 180hp. Will a Mustang with a 300hp petrol engine be successful in comparison? Doubt it. It could do fairly well against the top of the range 4-series and A5, but these only make up a comparatively small margin of the overall sales figures. Let's face it, fuel in 'yurup is expensive, diesels get good MPG and the fuel is relatively cheap, which is why diesels sell so well over here. I'd say the Mustang will stay a niche product in europe. I may be completely wrong and we may drown in Mustangs, but ultimately we have to wait until next year to be 100% sure.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > MultiplaOrgasms 12/23/2014 at 15:06

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Oh, it will be a niche product for sure, and my guess is that it's being imported to just take over the business that is going to grey market dealers and to polish up the rather boring Ford image (Like the 'Stang? Well how about that Mondeo Wagon?).

And I don't see it going against the 4-series and A5s. It's somewhere in between the GTI and the 6-cylinder 4 series. Also, A5s and 4-series are super popular company cars in Germany for example, so no wonder people buy them with diesel engines. Anyone I know who bought something for fun though opted for the two liter petrol TT.

MultiplaOrgasms > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 15:44

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I don't think Ford's image over here needs polishing, since they have established a solid reputation for cars that are overall very good allrounders, if a bit chinese looking at times. And given how similar the 4-series and Mustang are, a comparison between the two seems adequate. Did I mention that even those hatchback based semi-sports cars like the TT are increasingly bought with diesel engines?

trey0four > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 12/23/2014 at 17:31

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Meh.