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.