I doubt the mustang would get any more movie gigs if it wouldnt slide easily around corners :)
imagine if someone went to throw an american bit of muscle around a corner and it actually turned in and hugged the road…….

Which is why I think the sooner Detroit should have used the Falcon platform for the 2010 Mustang particularly if it wants/is to compete against the new generation of sports cars from both Europe and Japan that are invading the USA with better handling better performance.

Who knows the decision to delay using the Falcon Platform and Ford Oz RWD expertise could possibly see the end of the iconic American Sports car

as Escort says you can get decent handling out of an old school/basic rear end.
I read a review some years back where the falcon ute was pitched as a better handler than the equivalent commodore ute, and as it still stands, there is nothing in it between the 2.

wheelnut,
The Stang running on the FG Platform.
Ford OZ’s RWD Global platform isnt being used yet, from what i understand it could be 2 years away, unless the stang gets it before the falcon which could be possible. but either way, the FG platform isnt the global platform.

Havent driven the new FG GT but the BA and BF GT I had up till recently in the family drove like a lot of other performance cars Ive and owned and own currently,apart for the grunt I feel they still lack. They handle, brake and are pleasant to drive unlike the Hertz Shelby GT Mustang I drove last year in the States.Very different than current Ozzie Muscle ,did a lot of cornering coming back from San Fran to LA and had a Mini Cooper on our arse for most of the tight corners,it was pretty woeful,although being auto didnt help it .A great looking car and I think with Australian chassis and running gear under it would be a fab car.

The corrosion from all the salt sprinkled over the road to combat snow also plays a part in places like New York.

Escort_Ghia Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
\”ok you got me there wheel nut i would not have this over an Aston Martin but bmw bmw i cant stand the look of or the people that drive them audis i dont mind but for the price of them I’ll take a mustang thanks\”

Are you serious?

if amerian car can’t turn around corners then neather can an old falcon or commodore with out irs going buy Jeremy Clarkson’s logic, as much as i like him.

Yes there old technollagy but gess what there more fun.

the mustang is what it is cheap and fun just what it was ment to be, and it lives up to it ansestores unlike the current GT falcon as good as they as a performance car there not a real GT falcon.

Therefore; it to is nothing new.. as it too looks the same
Which is one of the reasons that it is still so popular – just as the Porsche Carrera Aston Martin and the Golf are

As for having a Mustang over any other car…WTF? Over a Aston Martin; a Konigsiegg; an Audi R8; a BMW M3? Surely you can’t be serious?

Sure they have the POWER – but controlling that power in terms of braking and suspension is where alot of American cars fall short; compared to those from Europe and even Oz.. and power is nothing without control!

at least with a retro design the mustang stands out unlike most new cars which all look the same.

If you believe that; you are obviously Angle Parked in a Parallel universe somewhere

IRS is gives a better ride particularly when driving over uneven or rough surfaces covered with pot holes as only the wheels that hit the pot holes absorb the shock whereas a live axle would transfer the shockwave of the bump through the entire car.

And depending upon the rating of the shock absorbers [which on the Taurus/Probe are very low] could continue long after you have gone over the bump – it would almost feel as though you’re on a boat.