Ron,
I suspect Ford has just tryed to offer the market something so similar in numbers to one of the best seller of the last 10 yrs, the M5 by BMW.
Look at the numbers...they are honestly too similar (similar weight..for similar horse power).
Bmw has dramatically increased sales in US and even they decided to change also the design of all the 3 main series to satisfy the "american taste" (Chris Bangle's disasters are considered in Europe only done to satisfy that market).
Being Ford the bigger producer of the world will be obvious they wanted to do something (proudly american)at the level of the only real muscle car made in Germany.
...and at a quarter of the price...
Unless BMW made the E60 series..featuring 507 hp,but thats another story..
Think this is probably the real reason to produce such (nice 4 me anyway) Mustang.
Real sportscar as all we wellknow are only the mix between weight and RIGHT power...if they become pigs..they never will be able to make a turn in safety (and really hope the Pig shelby will never have the same ugly brake problems the e39 m5 had...)
Paolo
