DeluxeStang

Correct me if I'm wrong chaps, but with these range extender setups, the engine is never powering the vehicle itself. Power and acceleration isn't impacted by the engine directly, nor is any of the strain of moving the vehicle down the road placed on the engine. So with that in mind, isn't making the range extender a 5.0 a bit overkill? If the engine isn't doing anything other than recharging the batteries, why does it need to be this great big thumping V8. Wouldn't using a smaller, cheaper, and more fuel efficient engine make more sense for this application?

Ford was testing a V8 Ford gt mule a few years ago. Some thought it was the 7.3, but all we know for sure is it was a V8 based on how it sounded. This was close to when Ford was spied benchmarking a c8. https://www.thedrive.com/news/41971/v8-ford-gt-this-test-mule-could-pack-a-twin-turbo-7-3l-engine

I think we're getting off topic here guys. Anyways, on the topic of the GTD, and the mustang in general, I'm excited to see the official 'ring time for this thing. I believe Ford said October, but don't quote me on that. It is a little depressing to see the zr1 take the wind out of the GTD's sails a bit, but I'm sure Ford will find a way to respond. Either by carrying over a lot of this tech into a cheaper Gt500, bumping up the power output on the gtd in later model years, or by offering a mid-engine mustang alongside the s650. Any of those strategies would help ford take the fight to the c8 more directly.

The way I look at it, this think is probably gonna perform better than the street legal versions of the GT, and it's a V8 powered ford supercar people so desperately wanted with the previous gen gt. I'll have to make final judgements about the design in person but people who've seen it up close say it's sexy as hell.

I think the price took people by surprise, but when you consider this thing is literally gonna set a better time around the 'ring than a multi million dollar McLaren p1, all of a sudden, the price doesn't seem so bad. It's two cars in one, a supercar and a muscle car.

One could hope. It's kinda just my luck lol. We ditched a Kia because it was having lots of issues, and the one part that's causing grief on the mavericks is supposedly manufactured by Hyundai of all brands. It's like come on. I would be curious to see what the failure rate is over the life of the vehicle. Be it 5% or 50% who knows but Ford. Maybe it's a fraction of a percent and that's why Ford hasn't done anything yet. But the stories of people replacing the CVs, and then having to replace them against 15-20k miles later are quite concerning.

Interesting, you learn something new every day.

I wonder if we'll see a new GT in the near future. Probably not as it seems like the mustang is Ford new performance halo. But it would be interesting to see a mid engine platform with a lot of this tech applied to it, coupled with maybe a hybrid system or something. It would be insane.

More companies should do this. I don't expect products to be perfect, nothing in life is. I just expect you to rectify your product's mistakes. They advertised how reliable the maverick is, that was one of the main selling points, so stand behind that.

I don't think so. Still learning about the greasy bits of cars, but based on what others more informed than myself have said, these CV boots connect to the transmission, and vary depending on which transmission is used. The e-cvt in the maverick hybrid's case. So the escape hybrid may have had this issue, but I haven't heard about it.

But what about as these things exit the warranty period? Ford should do right by their customers here.

Lots of people are comparing this to the zr1. We'll see how it does.

I could be completely wrong here, but isn't the coyote based on the 4.6? That being said, I don't know if the 5.2 is based on the 5.0 at all.

Ah hell yeah. I'll be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if these numbers are still a little conservative as impressive as they are. This thing is a beast. The 300k price tag was off-putting when it was first revealed, but the more we learn, the cooler this thing looks. We should be getting the official 'ring time in the near future as well.

Yeah, Ford really needs to address this. It's clear at this point that it's some sort of design issue with the CVs. It's one of the only glaring quality issues with the maverick, most of the other issues were software related, and have since been addressed, or are things like the original 12V battery being kinda shit, but apparently dealerships swap them with better batteries for these upcoming recalls. Beyond that, the CV thing is really the only thing that keeps popping up on mavericks, and while it isn't a super expensive repair, it seems like it's in the $700-$900 range between replacing both CVs and labor costs at dealerships. Ford should issue a recall now, addressing this still somewhat early on in the maverick's life cycle. If they wait another 5 years to do something and have to replace a million maverick axles instead of 300k mavericks, they'll be slapping themselves. I'd be curious to hear from anyone within Ford who knows about quality meetings if this is even in their radar. If it was some isolated thing happening to a handful of owners, it would be no big deal. But it's happened to at least a few hundred people on the forums alone.