This from Brads' Mustang site:

I was at the Chicago Auto Show last Friday. During the presentation of the Mustang a few new facts came out....I also talked with him after. Remember this info is coming from the guy up on stage so take it as you will......
-- GT : 0-60 in 5.2 sec. and 1/4 mile in 13.9 sec. Top speed between 140-150.
-- the GT will start at $25,000 and top out around $28,000 full loaded.
-- The Cobra name is gone to the show car. The next SVT edition will be a GT350 in 2006.
-- As of now, the stripes will not be avalible on the GT. But he said a lot of people have been asking about them so maybe they will become an option. The GT350 will have the stripes but they will be wider apart than they are on the silver GT.
-- The 18" wheels should be avalible at launch. Ford said late availiblity because they weren't sure if they were going with that design. But what you see is what you are getting.

The were people in the area with Palm Pilots taking info....she said I should see Mustang info in the mail about 6 weeks from now. Maybe I'll get some freebies (shirts, posters, etc.) like I did when the Cougar came out.

 

Does the 350 in GT350 = 350HP?

 

The performance of the GT sounds about what I expected.

So this means that there will be no more Mustang Cobra?

 

Yeah, the 0-60 time might be a little low but the other numbers sound about right....top speed is impressive for what looks on the surface like a pretty un-aerodynamic design.

 

i must admit, 'mustang' and 'cobra' did sound pretty strange together....they just should've called it the SVT Mustang...GT350, 450, 500, etc., sound fine

 

Hehehehhe...

And yet another generation of Mustang GT's is cannon fodder for the Z28...

... the last generation Z28, that is.

 

Don't know...but I'd say probably not.

When the '06 Cobra was going to be called Cobra...J Mays, John Coletti and others were dropping hints, like a ton'o bricks to your head, that it would have some version of the 500 horse Ford GT motor.

If the GT350 IS the Cobra replacement...it will get a version of the Ford GT motor. But there are whispers of a GT500 floating around.

If a Mach1 returns...and there are lots of indications that it will....that one is slated for around 350 hp.

At any rate, I can't see SVT doing a Mustang with less than 400 hp anymore.

 

GT350 = 350HP 5.4L 3v
GT500 = 500HP supercharged 5.4L DOHC

just my guesses

 

i also read this car will have a governor on it (145 mph i think?) is that due to high-speed instability or lift due to less-than-ideal aero??

 

First, IF the GT350 replaces the Cobra, it'll have 400+ hp.

Second, I'd bet the farm that the Mustang GT will do much better than 13.9 sec in the quarter.

It will have quite a bit more torque down low than the Mach 1 and weight the same. We don't know the gearing but the rear end will have a 3.55:1 same as the Mach. Peak hp and torque are almost identical to the Mach 1.

The Mach 1 runs low 13's. Expect the GT to run mid 13's or better IMHO.

Remember Ford said that their goal was for the GT to be as quick as the F-bodies.

Races should be close. It'll be fun.

 

I just don't expect to see the words Mustang, SVT and 350 hp in the same sentence anymore.

The genie is already out of the bottle. No SVT Mustang will EVER have less than 390hp (rated, ), again.

 

never say never. if the rumors are correct that there are two versions, GT350 and GT500, then its not all that unlikely.

then again, the 350 could mean a bump in displacement. there was that rumor of the 5.7L V10...

 

If it happens, it won't be by choice. It would require some sort of doomsday scenerio.....like $4 per gallon gas, or much higher CAFE.

 

i don't know about chicagoland but here in LA gas is already $2/gallon as we speak. that's for 87.

 

I was reading this and remembered, isn't Ford suppose to be making a Boss along with the Mach and Bullit they already made? I remember that the Boss was suppose to come out with the new body.