Next Mustang To Get SVO Treatment Via UK RS?

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

An article from British rag AutoExpress may have inadvertently shed some light on the base powertrain for the next Ford Mustang.

While reporting on the next Focus RS, AE discussed the 2.3L Ecoboost that would be used in the hot hatch, reporting that it was destined for the 2015 Mustang. The 2.3L motor, based on the 2.0L Ecoboost used in the Fusion and Focus ST, would put out 330 horsepower.

AE tends to get things right on the “new car speculation” front, and if the new Mustang is going to be a global vehicle, than a small displacement 4-cylinder rather than a 3.7L V6, will be necessary to help avoid the hefty displacement taxes present in many world markets. And it will silence the incessant chatter about the Mustang V6 and its current status as the market’s top performance bargain. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room for an Ecoboost V6 though…

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  • Felix Hoenikker Felix Hoenikker on Jun 18, 2012

    If the four banger can deliver 50 mpg at 65-70 mpg, I will place an order as soon as it is announced.

  • DenverMike DenverMike on Jun 18, 2012

    Current Mustang engines won't be heading to Europe because the don't meet tough new 'Euro 5' emissions. They're far too "dirty" to ever comply. This is also why the M3's dirty pig 4.0 V8 is going away. Ever notice how European OEMs are dragging their feet and hanging on to their old engines? Existing engines remain 'grandfathered', but new engines must meet Euro 5 or 6 emissions.

  • Charliej Charliej on Jun 18, 2012

    I read all the doom and gloom here about the end of performance cars and I think deja vu. The same nonsense was being written in the early seventies. Performance cars were going away and would never be seen again. Now, front drive family sedans will outrun muscle cars from the "golden age" of speed. Don't ever think that there won't be fast cars. People like them and where there is a demand, there will be a supply. In the seventies,the government did not demand an end to fast cars, the manufacturers drug their feet about complying with emission standards and went for the cheapest fixes available. GM proclaimed that meeting the standards was impossible. Honda said they could meet the standards with a GM car. GM shipped a Vega to Honda and got back a fully compliant car. Honda did not even pull the engine, they manufactured a cylinder head that worked and installed it on the Vega block. The big three did in the performance car.

  • Eggsalad Eggsalad on Jun 19, 2012

    Just for giggles, I want that engine stuffed in a Transit Connect!

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