2015 Mustang Gains Weight, But It's Not As Bad As Feared
The Internet’s been rife with speculation and navel-gazing of the first order since a blog post from Mustang tuner Steeda claimed that the “S550” platform would gain hundreds of pounds over the already-Grande current model. According to Mustang6G.com, however, a “dealer source book” lists the official curb weights for the new car, and the results are more a DeNiro-in-Raging Bull than a full Carnie Wilson bounce-back.
2015 Ecoboost Manual: 3517 (conv. 3642)
2015 V6 Manual: 3526 (conv. 3644)
2015 GT Manual: 3704 (conv. 3825)
So much for saving weight with the four-cylinder, huh? The biggest weight gains over the current model are posted by GT models, between 52 pounds (automatic convertible) and 86 pounds (manual coupe). V-6 cars will gain 25 pounds or less. Compared to the last four-cylinder turbo Mustangs, which were Fox SVOs and GT Turbos, the Ecoboost models are heavier by approximately the weight of an adult Stegosaurus wearing a fully-loaded diving belt.
It would have been nice to see Ford pursue weight-watching with a Porsche’s worth of effort, but just to put this in perspective, the “lightweight” Camaro Z/28 reviewed by your humble author on the cover of Road&Track this month snaps the triple beam to the tune of 3,876 pounds. We won’t even talk about what the Challenger weighs; if Chrysler wanted to send the Challenger SRT-8 into space they’d need to duct-tape three Saturn Vs together to do it*.
* strictly speaking, this is far from true; the mighty Saturn V could easily send sixty Challengers into low earth orbit, assuming you could scrunch them into the payload bay.
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@ Raph Thanks for the configurator link. My Ecoboost will run just under $30,000 with the Performance pkg. and Recaro's. That is getting pretty close to a base BMW 228i. The BMW optioned the way I want it would run $36,100, but that would include a sunroof that Ford doesn't offer on the Mustang. It would also weigh some 300 pds. less the the Mustang Ecoboost "Ford has the configurator up for the new Mustang and GT fully kitted out is still a sub 50k vehicle. ( http://bp3.ford.com/2015-Ford-Mustang?lang=en#/MakeItYours/Config|Ford|Mustang|2015|1|1.|401A.P8C..HN..88S.COU.91N.67G.44X.~YZKAA.GT.PRE.52S.77R.] )
I'm surprised that nobody's commenting on the photo... 1979 Mustang Cobra, 142 hp 5.0 V8 with a four-speed, if I remember right. We've come a long way.