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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
What is clear is a Pony car = big motor in existing platform which the current Mustang is not.
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TL;DR Mustang is on an early 2000s Lincoln LS platform that has been refreshed to hell and back. I've daily'd one and think it drives worse than the Challenger. Camaro slaps M2 Comp around a track, slaps Mustang even harder.
Perhaps I can clarify with what I've learned from a Ford engineer who works on powertrains.
The Mustang is actually on the early 2000s Lincoln LS chassis that's been updated over the years. The S550's old bones show in the way it drives - I used to daily one. The Mustang drive is nowhere as cohesive than Challenger and Camaro. The next-generation S650 was supposed to go on the CD6 RWD platform (Explorer/Aviator), but the cost targets and engineering on that platform got screwed so it will be another platform refresh...
If you look at C&D Lightning Lap, the Camaros' Alpha platform SLAPS the M2 Comp and Mustang GT.
- Camaro SS 1LE is 5 seconds faster than M2 Comp
- Camaro SS 1LE is 9 seconds faster than Mustang GT
- Camaro V6 1LE is ~1 second faster than Mustang GT
Ford recently released Performance Pack 2 on 305mm Cup 2, chassis braces, torsen diff (that overheats btw) and that's finally a second faster than the '17 SS 1LE.
Yes, the Challenger is heavy but the handling characteristic is predictable and capable.