Sounds like Ford is getting more and more desparate with their leaking information. Could it be the Camero and Challenger competition or the fact that they are down about 100,000 Mustangs in 2008, or a combination of both?

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Don't get me wrong, I do like the Mustang and think its a great retro car, but I also like the Camero and Challenger and would probably go that way with my money.

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I love them all but I have a soft spot for Camaro. It was a sad day when production ended but happy days will be here again. As far as the Challenger goes, I really, really love it. If I could only pick one it would be Challenger.

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@ Dave,

If GM goes bankrupt and Chrysler goes under, does it really matter? I love the Camaro, but I think there are more pressing things to worry about than whether Ford is "desperate" leaking information. You should worry about whether the Challenger and Camaro have some kind of longevity. The Challenger, based on every review I've seen thus far, appears to be an update muscle car...lots of straightline, not so much when the curves come. The Camaro seems to have been a more thought out vehicle, a muscle car masking as a genuinely sporty vehicle, thus I'd expect more from GM than Chrysler...IF any of these cars make it.

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Dave
The proper way to spell chevrolet's pony car is not Camero its Camaro. n for those that want more power from the mustang v8, the reality is that not that manny people care if its slower than a camaro or challenger, all they want is a v8 mustang. plus the v8 mustang is just as fast as the v8 challenger RT according to motortrend the mustang is just .1 seconds slower, so pretty much this is a drivers race.

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The Boss was cool wasn't it? I bet this with a 5.0 in grabber blue done up with a boss 302 paint job would be pretty darn cool.

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I think the Boss edition Mustang is the only one they HAVEN'T done, so I wouldn't doubt that once the new Boss motors go into the car, they'll drop a 5.0L version, or possibly a 5.8L, and do that up with Grabber Blue. Boss 302 or 351, anyone?

Where do I sign?

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I bet it will have no less than 330hp. Hopefully it will have 350+

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I have a feeling they will tune it up a bit kind of like how they tuned the 5.4 Triton

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I've heard 320hp/330tq for the GT, but you have to remember that it weighs about 400 lbs less than the Camaro V6 and has about 60 more ft-lb of tq (if those numbers are right).

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yes they already have it...

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well, I am almost positive they had it, remember the top gear video where they reviewed the Mustang, it had it in there....

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I think by "interior trunk release" they meant a little latch by the driver's seat-- not the glow-in-the-dark handle in the trunk itself that allows trussed-up bandits to escape.

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just to clarify:

There is an emergency release handle in the trunk.

What they are referring to is a trunk release on the inside of the car, either a lever on the floor, or button in the glovebox. 05-08 models, including mine, do not have this feature.

While I recognized it as a cost savings, I always had the remote key fob with me, and I never really saw it as an issue. Just press the button on the key fob, trunk is open. (saves weight, reduces cost.... good things, right?)

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the 05-09 dont have them, it is annoying, but i read someplace that they didnt have them because if you left the top down in the convert, someone could pop the truck and take anything in there. now, why couldnt none convert's have them? probably the cost of only doing it to one style was to expensive?

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I see that it is semi useless if you have keyless entry. But I just see it as a simple security measure. I mean what if your key remote broke, and the key hole on the trunk (if there is one) was broken for some reason. Unlikely, yes, impossible, no. There has to be a reason to have it, otherwise they would have just left it out on the new model.

As far as weight savings, I doubt you would even notice. It just sounds like to me that someone just wasn't thinking about it.

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