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Originally Posted by fielderLS3
The Mustangs SRA has been a detriment to both the Mustang and Ford in general. It's been reported that the Mustang's SRA, due to limited part sharing, has actually cost Ford more per car than using an IRS would have. It is also a big reason why any notion of other RWD Ford cars being sold in the US market have fallen through.
There is a reason why the Mustang is the ONLY SRA car sold in the US that isn't a truck. If these cars are going to be successful in the marketplace they are going to have to be built for mass appeal, and sold to people who occasionally drive off a dragstrip around such road challenges as corners, and worse, over road hazards known as bumps. I understand why some want to keep it old school for drag racing and modding purposes, but at the same time, you have to realize that if these cars don't keep up with the rest of the automotive world technology wise, they may end up going out of production all together, just like the 4th gen Camaro did.
So what would you rather have, IRS and DOHC cars in prodction, or SRA and pushrod cars out of production?
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Do you really think having an IRS under the Mustang is going to translate to any significant difference in sales versus the SRA it already has? I mean, to the vast majority of everyday buyers, the Mustang rides and handles just as well, if not better, than any of the vehicles it competes with. If you are suggesting that somehow the Mustang will fade away into the sunset unless it gets IRS as the standard suspension, I would disagree. It seems to me differences between IRS vs SRA is much more of a debate on paper/the internet than it is in the "real" world.