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Old 03-26-2010, 02:10 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AeroModder View Post
The Mustang is first and foremost a sports car. It's also an American icon. They nearly killed the name in the 70's and 80's with the Mustang IIs.

My stepsister has an '86 Mustang with the 2.3L 4-cylinder. It's gutless, and not nearly as efficient as it should be.
Yeah, but the V6 Ecoboost (in the Taurus SHO) puts out 65 HP MORE than the 3.7L V6 in the 'base' Mustang.

Of course, then they'd have to worry about cannibalizing sales of the V8.
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