Re: 2015 Mustang
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The picture in the article is not what the car will look like. That's just a slightly re-touched Evos rendering that was released by a third party over a year ago. Besides, a little Euro styling won't hurt it any. Make it light,fast and, most importantly,affordable, and the styling becomes a secondary concern. For all the hype over the 05-present "retro" car, it's been a failure in terms of sales. Decade-over-decade, 80-89 was the last time the Mustang came close to maintaining its historical sales rate. 90-99 saw the start of a decline and 2000-2009 was a disaster. 2010-forward is shaping up to be even worse.
It seems to be trendy these days to fret over the state of young people and cars. You want to know why kids aren't interested? Money. The number of young people under 30 who have the cash (and the willingness) to shell out 35 large for a new Mustang GT or Camaro SS these days probably couldn't fill the average soccer stadium. $50K+ Shelby's and ZL1's aren't even in the equation. They can make these things look like any older model they want, glue anybody's name to the dash they want, it won't matter. Kids aren't walking into showrooms because almost nobody makes anything remotely interesting that they can afford. Ford was almost on the right track with the Focus ST, but I haven't found one yet wearing a sticker under $25,000. 25 grand for a Focus? Thanks, but no thanks.
Light, cheap, fast. Get those three right, and looks suddenly become a lot less important. Ford had the youth market locked down in the 80's and early 90's, and then they just walked away from it. They need it back, and the high-priced niche cars they're building now aren't going to get it done. </div></div>
The average auto-worker (UAW) makes just over $54/hr (avg wages = ~$40/hr plus approximately $15/hr in accumulated bennies)......... Add in retiree pensions/bennies and that cost goes up to around $70/hr. Good luck bringing the price down.
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