Well frankly, there isn't much made now that won't blow the doors off classic Shelbys right now so why even mention that?
That's ok. I don't like my tupe blowing off?
Ford is definitely searching for an identity. Scratching for what ties it can to the past for it's direction to the future. It wants to appeal to the mass market yet be exclusive to the exotic crowd. Kind of a conflict if you ask me.
None of those performance numbers on the Machie are bad. Just the Mustang moniker on it has me confused? If they would reconsider on that, I could deal with this better I think. I don't want to be accused of being a never Machie.
Did they poll present and past "Mustang" owners and determine that it's really an SUV that they want/wanted? I often thought that all of the Mustangs would have been a better car if they were hatchbacks. I'm not sure why that was never explored back in '63-4? Perhaps too abstract for the era?
I think the Daytonna Coupe works pretty well as a hatchback? Also, ah-hem, the Corvette as well.