Do you think in the coming generations the mustang gt will be able to do 0-60 in the 3 second range?

[Zent]

We made a ton of progress In the past couple generations. Wondering if we can get to the 3 seconds. What do you think it would take?

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[GrabberBargeCaptain]

AWD mustang? ehhhh no thx. These cars have gotten to be fat enough pigs as it is.

 

[_zOmbIE_]

Some soul-less electric monstrosity.

 

[Brokestang]

Mid engine & lose weight

 

[junits15]

They don’t build mustangs to appease people who already have them.

they build them based on what the research says people will buy. Hence why most of them are 4 cylinder cars. I don’t think we will see a 3 sec gasoline mustang that isn’t some very high trim level ever.

I think it’s likely to go hybrid and then full ev before we see a GT level mustang that accelerates that hard.

 

[CrackedHorn]

Possibly with hybrid/EV.

But the 0-60 metric is way overrated and means about nothing

 

[Balr14]

If you compare the performance of the BMW M3 base model/manual trans, the M3 Competition and the M3 Competition Xdrive, you get a very good idea of the configuration needed for best performance. You don't have to like BMW, but it's hard to find this kind of direct comparison.

 

[loucas-2021]

I think it would have to be AWD and weigh less than 3800 lbs. The M3 Competition XDrive can do it. Why not the 'Stang?

Edit: just for reference, the M3 Competition XDrive is AWD and weighs 3900 lbs with 503 HP.

 

[MACHtobers Very Own]

Yes. A wise man once said

"you wanna see what will be in your car in 10 years? Look at the new Mercedes s class"

I think the same thing with sports cars. The general progression of horsepower, build materials, aerodynamics, technology etc will trickle down. Whatever is in a Porsche/mclaren/ferrari today I suspect we'll see a bit of it in a mustang eventually and the numbers by default will improve as long as the market supports it.

 

[tdstuart]

Are we asking if the car will run a 3.0 or be in the 3.0-3.99 range?

Because if so I'm pretty sure a stock 10 speed mustang with the 3.55 diff could do it with some decent tires.

I have a 6r80 car with 3.15 diff and stock converter and am hitting 4.0-4.1 and the 10 speed has a way more aggressive 1st gear than my car.

According to Motortrend in testing the convertible 24 gt ran a 3.9 and the darkhorse ran a 3.7.

 

[Dave2013M3]

Not to many manual transmission, rear drive cars are in the 3 second range. The base M4 MT hit 3.8-3.9 seconds and the new G87 M2 in the Car and Driver and Motor Trend test did it in 3.8 seconds.

 

[Hack]

If Ford decides to build a Mustang GT that is a "GTD lite", it would launch better than the current Mustangs (depending on the car's actual weight and power, of course). Having the weight of the transaxle at the rear of the car improves traction and acceleration.

 

[hlfbkd420]

Possibly with hybrid/EV.

But the 0-60 metric is way overrated and means about nothing

Actually, the 0-60' metric is a great indicator of a good run at the dragstrip. It actually correlates to the 0-60mph metric as well. Drop one's time and the rest drop too.

 

[markayash]

Think about this. I am 62 and remember when a 9 second car was a fully caged car with 15" slicks and a massive motor on NOS.
Now factory stock cars with " small slicks" are running in the high 7's and would go faster if NHRA would stop worrying about making GM win and let them have at it.
So who knows what technology will do in 5 or 10 years.

 

[CrackedHorn]

Actually, the 0-60' metric is a great indicator of a good run at the dragstrip. It actually correlates to the 0-60mph metric as well. Drop one's time and the rest drop too.

Tires, conditions, and electronic aids at the strip are very different than what you read in Motortrend.


Those published 0-60 times also don't include forward movement before the clock starts ticking. This skews things even more.



I get what you're saying here, but a published 0-60 time used to sell a new car isnt apples to apples with a Test and Tune at the strip when a guy is dialing in his car. The 2 aren't compatible.

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