Ford drops Boss 302 from 2014 lineup

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Dec 25, 2012 | 01:18 AM

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Re: Ford drops Boss 302 from 2014 lineup

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Originally Posted by King Moose SS

I think reviewers have really "bandwagoned" the SRA issue.

Don't they always, it seems that way at least, and I'm not talking just Mustang - Corvettes will always have cheap interiors, BMWs will always be perfect driving machines and so on.

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However the 1% (

) have really begun to push to for the IRS, and it looks like Ford has folded. While I'm not disappointed in the decision, I just think that Ford (and any motor company) needs to be careful because a lot of those squeaky complainers aren't the target demographic of certain cars, and while there complaints are valid, if they are not a potential customer, why tend to their wants as they still won't buy the vehicle.

Besides possibly exporting the car, including an IRS might have also been a deproliferation/cost cutting manuever as well. Ford seems like they are sticking with the One Ford plan and reducing the number of platforms they have and with the previous generation Mustang utilizing both suspension types with each suffering due to a lack of optimization its would seem prudent to go with an IRS on thier RWD platform (really hope they don't mess things up with a three ton pony car that can be stretched into a full size chassis)