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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Mustang GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Anxiously awaiting the day that you can stroll into your nearest <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> dealership, plunk down $30,000 dollars and drive away in a brand-new <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mustang">Mustang</a> with an <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/22/report-s197-ford-mustang-could-have-had-independent-rear-suspen/">independent rear suspension</a>? You've surely got a few more years to save your money, but the boys from <em>Motor Trend</em> are reporting that fully-independent salvation will finally show up for the Mustang's 50th Anniversary Party in 2014.<br />
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MT projects that there are a few ways the Blue Oval could go with its next-gen pony car in order to satisfy the demand for IRS, the most likely of which appears to be a significantly revised version of the current Mustang platform with the recently unveiled <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/2011-ford-mustang-gt-offcially-rolls-with-a-5-0-v8/">5.0-liter V8 engine</a> as the centerpiece. Other less likely options include downsizing the Mustang and powering it with an Ecoboost V6 engine or, least likely of all, taking the car upmarket to compete with cars like the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/gt-r">Nissan GT-R</a>.<br />
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One thing that MT speculates won't happen is the Mustang's next-gen architecture being shared with any other models under Ford's prodigious product umbrella - including the Australian Ford Falcon or a new large rear-wheel drive luxury sedan from <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/lincoln">Lincoln</a>. Whatever happens, it seems that Ford has at least a few more years to mull it over.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/">Review: 2010 Ford Mustang GT</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1001_next_ford_mustang_going_global/index.html">Motor Trend</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/">Report: 2014 Mustang could be based on global platform with IRS</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:26:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1001_next_ford_mustang_going_global/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19324537/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Mustang GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
Anxiously awaiting the day that you can stroll into your nearest <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> dealership, plunk down $30,000 dollars and drive away in a brand-new <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mustang">Mustang</a> with an <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/22/report-s197-ford-mustang-could-have-had-independent-rear-suspen/">independent rear suspension</a>? You've surely got a few more years to save your money, but the boys from <em>Motor Trend</em> are reporting that fully-independent salvation will finally show up for the Mustang's 50th Anniversary Party in 2014.<br />
<br />
MT projects that there are a few ways the Blue Oval could go with its next-gen pony car in order to satisfy the demand for IRS, the most likely of which appears to be a significantly revised version of the current Mustang platform with the recently unveiled <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/2011-ford-mustang-gt-offcially-rolls-with-a-5-0-v8/">5.0-liter V8 engine</a> as the centerpiece. Other less likely options include downsizing the Mustang and powering it with an Ecoboost V6 engine or, least likely of all, taking the car upmarket to compete with cars like the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/gt-r">Nissan GT-R</a>.<br />
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One thing that MT speculates won't happen is the Mustang's next-gen architecture being shared with any other models under Ford's prodigious product umbrella - including the Australian Ford Falcon or a new large rear-wheel drive luxury sedan from <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/lincoln">Lincoln</a>. Whatever happens, it seems that Ford has at least a few more years to mull it over.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/">Review: 2010 Ford Mustang GT</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-mustang-gt/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010mustanggtabg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1001_next_ford_mustang_going_global/index.html">Motor Trend</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/">Report: 2014 Mustang could be based on global platform with IRS</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:26:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1001_next_ford_mustang_going_global/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19324537/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/report-2014-mustang-could-be-based-on-global-platform-with-irs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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