The new 2015 Mustang is dazzling...WHEN WILL MOPAR ANSWER?!?!?

My desire for a new Mustang is gone with this model. Not only did they mess up the looks but the IRS is a deal breaker. That solid rear axle in a car capable of high 12's at 110mph for just over $30,000 WITHOUT breaking the differential like a Challenger of Camaro will running much slower times at much higher cost was the Mustang's biggest advantage. That sissy IRS was not for the people buying Mustangs but for the people selling them and for the magazine writers. The only thing more sissy than the IRS is that the automatics have a steering wheel mounted paddle shifter.

Shelby was screaming for an IRS back in '06. The second gen GT500 was a nose heavy turd and tended to plow into corners. The IRS, in Shelby's engineering, would have lent a better balance and gotten the car to actually corner. But what does Shelby know? :roll:

As for the live axle's advantage, I've seen a lot slower Mustang GT's rated at 300 horse with just a few power add-on's rip the snot out of 8.8's. Rebuilt quite a few of 'em when I was at Ford.