Just read the AutoGuide.com report about the 2015 Mustang offering a 2.3L Ecoboost 4 cyl with a little over 300 HP. Really? Just what I want, a Pony car that sounds like a chain saw. Is it time to kill the brand?

 

Yeah.

Sure is! Make sure you tell all your friends and family!

 

Ford is putting the Ecoboost into everything, nothing wrong with it. 4-banger in the Mustang is nothing new, though this one will be far more advanced.

I also own a 2.0L Turbo Audi, and I love it. The one in the Mustang will probably marketed above the base 3.7L V6, the 5.0L will still be the option to have. Just more choices.

My real concern will be the styling. If it looks like a 2-door Fusion, I will have an issue with it.

 

Does your Audi have pretty good grunt on the lower rpm range as if it were a bigger engine?

 

You're not the type that would buy the non V8 mustang anyways. They're not targeting you at all with this push. It's the V6 crowd they're after. And 99% of those who do get the V6 aren't going to care that it'll be a 4cyl in a few years. In fact, this is nothing but good news at it opens the Stang to two aftermarkets, the V8 and Tuner crowds.

 

Yes, which surprised me when I first test drove it.

The VW/Audi 2.0L turbo is so smooth and torquey, its such a sweet engine.

I have plenty of confidence that Ford can make an even better motor, especially one installed in a rear wheel drive platform.

Though I will take the 5.0 option, assuming it doesn't look like a Fusion when it comes out.

 

The only reason people get upset is they will be getting dusted by 2.3L Mustangs with their 5.0s

Get over it, seriously. The 5.0L will still have its place and fan base. Ford is just, like someone said, expanding the market to the tuner crowd. My GB gets a lot of compliments from the Tune crowd, and if FORD goes this way, less imports on the road and more American badging, which is how it should be.

Embrace it boys... sooner or later Ford will price out the 5.0L to the point of extinction much like Chevy did with the Camaro in 2000-2002. Already the premiums go for $40,000+ with great options, and while I make a very comfortable living, $40,000 is my limit as to what I will spend on a new car.

 

Given the grossly unequal weight distribution in the V8s, a lightweight four banger up front will probably be a plus for a lot of racers.

 

I find it funny that folks are all up in arms about a four cylinder in a Mustang. Really?

Do none of you know the history of the Mustang? The Mustang came with a four cylinder and sold exceptionally well for nearly 20 years. This also isn't the first time the Mustang came with a turbo four either.

Get up in arms, act angry and look like a total tool, it is all good. Ford knows what they are doing, and they have been doing it for a long time. The Ecoboost Mustang won't sell as well as the V6 with similar power and a higher price. The V8 will still be the power choice.

At the end of the day, the base model outsells the performance model every day.

Getting upset about it just makes you look silly, especially when it is a formula that is proven to work.

 

I think a four banger would be fantastic! Perfect fun DD