December13
Ford will expand its Mustang lineup to include a sedan and station wagon, according to reports in the latest issues of Autocar and Autoweek. The new models will hit showrooms alongside the sixth-generation Mustang coupe in 2011. The magazines seem to suggest the cars will use the Mustang name, which could prove controversial.
The reports echo a Newsweek story from March that indicated Ford was quietly working on a “rear-wheel-drive family car based on the Mustang that’s coming at the end of the decade.”
The new reports suggest the rear-wheel-drive platform under development by Ford’s Australian branch will be used for the next Mustang, and all its variants. As reported this week, Ford is planning to unveil a Lincoln sedan concept based on the same platform in January. Ford Australia will also use the architecture for its next Falcon. While Ford says the recently-unveiled Mustang Giugiaro concept was intended as a simple design exercise, certain aspects of the design are expected to influence the next-generation ‘Stang.
LMAO… I always thought the V6 mustang was sad… this is just pathetic.
A falcon or fairlane would be nice, but not a msutang wagon. Thats as bad as the 80-82 cougar; sedan, wagon, and coupe.
Um yeah, that is a mistake, but I guess no worse then the sale or their only profitable unit and the bland car designs that they have repeadly put into production, and the sub par engines to go with those cars. GM figured this out why is it taking Ford so long, they want to compete with world class cars with mediocre efforts, it just does not work. If they want to win they would make cars that people want to buy, instead of building cars that people will drive because the price is right, laden with heavy incentives.
stop being assholes at ford and bring the new mondeo and you have a good looking sedan mustang is coupe and nothing else
I’m all for a Ford rwd intermediate, but a Mustang sedan? No. Hell, I’d rather the wagon than a sedan!
It works down under, let it work up here again: Falcon.
This is a joke, right?
Absolute blasphemy! You can just picture the Ford guys sitting around looking at their recent success (Mustang) and deciding to just make more of them, regardless of the legacy. Disheartening, lazy, and a sure loser.
Same with the Fusion. “People must like the three-bar grill so let’s slap it on everything”, like the revised 500. Fusion is doing well due to perceived value wrapped up in a not ugly package, and not because of the razor blade grill.
We get some rays of hope (Mondeo or Focus ST coming here?) and then this Mustang bomb. Getting weary…
Hold on a second guys. Take a look at what is happening and what has already happened. What will play a crucial role in this is marketing. This has already been done at Chrysler. Look at the Magnum, and the Charger. The Magnum is a sporty wagon. Both sell pretty well. Now shed about a half ton in weight, apply some “Mustang” design schemes, and viola. I think if they market this correctly, it will work pretty damn well. This is a bold move. And that’s what it takes in this business. Someone had to be the first to blaze a trail. and if the outcome is a selection of RWD products, no matter what they are called, I’m in. This should be interesting. 2011 is a long ways away, I hope it’s just not too late. And on a side note, remember this day…. when Ford announced they would execute this plan, everyone scoffed, GM will wait to see how well it works, GM comes out with 4 door Camaro in 2013, and everyone here says GM was late to the game again. See how that works?
The 21st century EDSEL.
Don’t dilute the Mustang name with other variants.
Are you so desperate that cannot come up with a new marketable name?
Another reason to fire Mark Fields. When is Ford going to wake up?
I think this is suicide. Ford has one solid gold nameplate left on the shelf, Mustang, and it looks like they’re determined to work it to death. This is just like taking “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and putting it on six nights a week — you destroy a great franchise. I guess a bold move doesn’t have to be a smart move.
Before the 64 1/2 Mustang came out, one plan by Ford was to replace the US Falcon lineup. I have seen photos of a full size prototype of a 64 1/2 Mustang, 4 door hardtop, no “B” piller. If any of you remember there was a 2 door Mustang Wagon featured in one of the automotive publications not long after the mustang came on the market. It looked very good. As I have said before, either know your automotive history - or research it - or keep your mouth shut. Its better than looking ignorant.
We have all just witnessed the dowfall of Ford.
Muhahaha hahahah ahhaha this should be as good as the Mustang 2.
somebody’s feeidn gyou guys all a bunch of stuff…..and some of you are eating it up, like you always do, to be a domestic car basher (you all know who you are). A Mustang wagon will never happen LMFAO. Maybe a car that shares the same platform. Eat it up domestic bashers, then tell us how great the euro cars are!!
I want my 4×4 OFF ROAD SUV MUSTANG! NOWWWW!
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This has got to be a freakin joke.
Oh yeah … I want a Mustang with a thrid row of seating so I can carry 8 kids, too.
Perhaps they wouldn’t have to name it Mustangagon or Musedantang, just some other equestrian name, like Palomino or Trotter or Appaloosa.
It’s not a bad idea. I don’t like American Fords, but Mustangs are kind of cool.
Do a Google search for “mustang shooting brake” (LLN won’t let you post URLs?) and look at the first three hits (particularly the third one). This has been discussed before and apparently the original mustang had a hatch variant, but I dunno. If you make a sedan with Mustang styling cues that’s one thing, but at least change the name.
a station wagon mustang lol ford ur gay
A Ford Mustang Pickup Truck! Yes!!!
yeah there’s no way Ford would be that stupid to have a mustang sedan and wagon…This car is a freakin legacy for their brand and it has always been a RWD 2 door.
THey could make something off the same platform but they’d be idiots to name them mustangs… Call the sedan “the Shire” and call the Wagon “the Clydesdale”…
This is the most BRAINLESS idea yet from Ford.. It sounds like they’re too lazy and cheap to design anything new and original for this so they decide to bastardize the ONLY thing they have left that sells, the Mustang.. and its gonna be short lived too as it won’t sell very well at all as soon as the challenger and the camaro finally come out against it, when that happens the Mustang too will likley get burried..
Ive seen the Sedan and Wagon 64 1/2 Concepts and I felt the Sedan was a bit much. The wagon had a fairly polished look to it and at the time would have been a good car to go with the Mustang. This however is not the time for a Mustang wagon or sedan. In 64 and the preceding years he Mustang was simply designed to be a comuter car; NOT a performance or sport car. The Mustang did not become a true GT car until with Ford backing a few enthusists like and best known Mustang tuner Carol Shelby tuned and primped the cars into true pure blooded pony cars that spit rubber and shoot gasoline. The Mustang then wasn’t a teens speed dream or an adults mid-life crisis car now its the pinacle of what(to me anyways) driving is. Nothing fancy just simple technology that has power you can count on. The wagon/sedan no longer fits the definition of the Mustang or its consumer market. If you make a car that completely violates the public image of a car (especially one that holds such a deep root in the culture of our nation) you complete debase the value and victory of the line. I hate Ford and always will but I love Mustang and I will always have a car with the pony and tri-bar delicately placed on the fender. However if for trucks screw Ford ill buy a Duramax. If Ford does this I know people who will completely disown Ford including myself. This car is deeply rooted into my childhood and teenage memories and I cannot even use the word here that I would use to descirbe the idiots at Ford if they do this. PLUS MUSTANGS AND F-SERIES ARE THE ONLY PROFIT BRINGERS TO FORD!
I could see a return of the Coupe/Convertable/Fastback which I think would give Ford more diversity in the brand that its looking for. I see this path as one failed to start and Mustang lovers everywhere will not buy these bastard children with Mustang Logos slapped on.
My advice to ford would be more engine and suspension options. Offer a Mach I model with the attached shacker induction system and an advanced engine tune and keep it out like the 01-04 Mach I’s. Give the GT different rear end gears and air induction options. I always liked the Idea of the GT500 so I say lighten it up, keep the SuperCharged 5.4L V8; however as a cheaper option make a GT350 with the SVT SuperCharged 4.6L from the 03-04 Cobra. Ford also launched the the new BOSS line of crate motors! BRING BACK THE BOSS! The BOSS 302s an 429s where top sellers in the day. Also since gas is again becoming a problem why not back track to where SVO left of and offer Turbo V4 (don’t like em but better than a sedan)or even a Turbo V6(Carrol Shelby Sells Performance Turbo V6s and manufatures them along side the GT-H). I dunno just my view.
Oh and the MustangII was not a failure they actually set sales records (sales tripled in 74 or the previous year. 73 also bein the last year for a convertable mustang till 83) and originated the evolution of the 302 to the 5.0 all Foxbody and SN95 owners know and love. The size and suspension of the car also led to the developement of the Foxbody platform which had an unchanged frame from 79 - 04. The 05 mustang was the first full redesign of the Mustang since 1979.
RWD Ford sedans and wagons and a couple of Lincolns off the mustang platform: Great idea.
Naming the Ford sedan a Mustang: Not so much.
Hope to god that the report just got “a Ford sedan and wagon based on the Mustang” confused with “it’s going to be badged a Mustang”. I can see a Falcon and a Country Squire from Ford, and then a new Town Car and Mark IX. I’m guessing Ford still has rights to the Falcon seeing how it’s still marketed in Australia. Then they get back a “global brand.”
Somebody photoshop one of these things… make a Shelby wagon, black with gold stripes, hood pins and torque thrust wheels. Ford, do not call these “Mustang”. Don’t ruin the only reputable car you have going for you.
I have always thought a small 4 door, RWD sedan, with V8 power that was based on the Mustang would rock.
No. No it wouldn’t.
Ford doesn’t need a Charger competator till it can make a better four door with out screwing up a classic.
Just relax a bit folks. This is obviously someone just ‘thinking out loud’. But look at all the successful hatches and ’shootingbrakes’ done by european makers. I say wait to see the finished product (if it ever happens) before getting your blood pressure up. This might just be a strategical trial balloon.
Just dont use the name and looks of the mustang and it will all be good. Ford dont look into the past for names come up with something new and exciting to start a new legacy
^^ it would rock.
Anyone ever hear of the Belair? How many variants of the Belair were there? Lest you forget, we are in the middle of a retro design period. So far, the only things that have come out of the retro craze are the iconic whole vehicle designs. The PT Cruiser, Thunderbird, Mustang, Camaro, Challenger (and if I must, the HHR). That’s it. If anyone thinks all the retro tricks have been played, think again. Ford is now turning the next page and pulling out some of the different cues from back in the 50s and 60s like a sport wagon based off the 2dr coupe. And they all retained their original namesake. Unless of course, you would rather have a manufacturer try to lie and market you to death convincing you it’s NOT a Mustang? Give me a break. Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining. Just like GM shouldn’t have imported a rebadged Holden and called it a GTO.
What would any of you prefer, a 4dr sedan or wagon with Mustang styling, or a Ford 500 with scoops, ground effects and a bigger engine. I’ll take the Mustang style and don’t lie to me by giving it a false name.
I can understand them wanting to use the mustang platform to create different vehicles, but I think the idea of using the mustang look and name on vehicles other then a 2 door coupe is retarded, it would be a huge mistake
Yeeeeeehaaaah…I want one of them there Mustang vans! Giddy up now.
No. No matter the performance or the retro craze it is a complete sign of Fords disrespect for the name plate that has been there for 42 years without the need for a four door. And what is retro about a Mustang with four doors? The Mustang has never had four doors in a production model. NEVER. The concepts existed and the inteligent decision makers at the time knew it wouldn’t fly. You want a Belair make a car and name it a Belair. The Mustang is not a Chevelle. THe Chevelle was always a two door or four door car. The Chevelle isnt a Ford but I can’t think of a car off my head that ford had to compete or was as good as the Chevelle.
The Holden Comadore by the way is not the first Aussie car to become a GTO. LOOK IT UP the original GTO was imported from a Holden Design back in the Day.
well this is iffy
This is the WORST idea I’ve heard of from Ford yet. Here I was thinking things were going to get better at Ford with them bringing over some of the fine rest of the world products to North America, and then this turd of an idea floats along. Ford; get your head out of your ass!
Hey what happened to the use of the Mustang plat form to make the Mercury Cougar?
Mini is about to spin off the Clubman and an SUV: the Z4 and TT both have ’shooting brakes’ which are cooler than the convertible and coupe.
Besides, the four door 911 is coming, which is a much more heinous crime if you want to get real whiny.
I want a Mustang with 13000 pounds of towing capacity.
Fine, I just would not call it a Mustang.
Perhaps Ford should fix ford, Mercury and Lincoln before taking on another brand
MItch — yes it would.
I would not call it a Mustang though. Tell us why a small RWD sedan with V8 power would be bad. If it cost under $30K and had the same performance as a Mustang, how coulr that go wrong?
Just don’t call it a Mustang.
Call it a Falcon.
Ford can go ahead and make it as long as they don’t screw up, they change the name, and they don’t just make it a four door mustang with a different name. Bringing the Falcon would be better though.
RELAX, PEOPLE!!! LOOK AT THE CHARGER, MAGNUM, AND SOON COMING ALL NEW CHALLENGER.
CHALLENGER==== MUSTANG
CHARGER====== MUSTANG SEDAN (different name, for sure)
MAGNUM====== MUSTANG WAGON (different name, for sure)
THEY ARE TRYING TO START SOMETHING WITH DIE HARD MUSTANG FANS BY SAYING THAT THEY WILL USE THE MUSTANG NAME, JUST LIKE BACK IN 1980s WHEN THEY WERE THINKING OF MAKING THE MUSTANG AS FWD CAR, BUT NAMED AS PROBE!!!!
RRREEEEEELLLLAAAXXXXXXX!!!!!
Im like I said If its a Belair, Fairlane, Falcon whatever fine call it that. A Mustang is and never should be a sedan or a wagon. All I care about is the legacy and reputaion of the Mustang. Call me A purist or whatever I dont care NOT the Mustang.
i think S60 realized his car couldnt provide any thrills so he got hopped up on cocaine today
DUMB DUMB DUMB , a Mustang wagon? A sedan? Bringing the Charger name to a sedan didn’t work, and the Mustang name is even more revered
Yeah S60 driver always has to flip a **** to support Ford Motor Company. Chill the hell out, Ford isn’t that good.
hey ford. way to ruin every single thing you touch.
Jeez……..they NEVER learn, do they? How do they justify their salaries at Ford when they come up with the most asinine ideas? WHY dilute the Mustang name??
Remember many many years ago when the Oldsmobile Cutlass was the hottest and best selling nameplate for GM? And remember when Oldsmobile started to put the “Cutlass” name on almost every car they produced? And they used that name on some really horrble cars. Needless to say the Cutlass name, hell, the Oldsmobile brand is now history. Sure, let Ford dilute the Mustang name, and we can watch history repeat itself….
I’ve got an idea for the Mustang sedan. It’s called the MONDEO. Bring it here. Now. (’cept it ain’t RWD, but that’s not the point!)
Thats the stupidest thing Ford can do, they better star selling the new Giugiaro concept if they want to increase sales
GO FORD AUSTRALIA!!
Stupid, Just stupid. If they want a decent 4 door, just get the Falcon range over here!
Manster — I remember the Cutlass thing well. Those asshats just put the Cutlass name on everything. They also got paid to do it. Sad.
Screw, the corporate bastads MoFuCo.
Name it something else. The Mustang is Ford’s only good car, besides the GT. V8 on a light RWD car is THE ONLY REASON YOU BUY AN AMERICAN SPORTS CAR.
If they do it like this be my guest…
http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/ford_mustang_shooting_brake.html
hey Tomzy it reminds me of an old pinto. Mustang II dont do it. THey could do the wagon that I just saw but they could put the three bar grill in it.
s-60 u are gay u like men!