That makes no sense.  Does the Mustang GTD make an ecoboost Mustang less desirable?  No way.

Based on your description of the survey, maybe those plans became the Mach E Ralle?     Who'd have thought they'd put Porsche branding on a Porsche?  Having a brand design language isn't the same as naming everything "911 _____"     I like that concept - never seen it before (I'm guessing it's just a rendering).  Funny, I've drawn something very similar to it in the past...    

Hogwash.  Interest rates were low before the pandemic.  Prices were raised because shipping and manufacturing slowdowns limited production which naturally raised prices due to high demand and low supply.  Rising fuel prices thanks to Biden drove inflation even higher for everything.  Interest rates were raised to stave off inflation.

I am so confused lol. Farley says he doesn't see an off-road mustang happen, then we hear about a dealer meeting where it was shown to people a few months later, now you're saying that car didn't clinic well and probably won't be moving forward. What are we doing man?!   Lol. Ford's plans are all over the place. 

Ford is honouring a promise to keep the Mustang coupe around for as long as buyers want it. Of course, that commitment was made a few years back and sales are edging lower….  

I was discussing with someone how part of the issue with the s650 isn't that it's a bad car, it's just that it's not a huge leap forward in terms of design, platform, or tech, yet it's being priced like it is. The current mustang 2 + 2 is compromised, it has a backseat, but it's not practical for most people, it's not ideal if you need to take 3 or more people with you. But that backseat has also compromised it as a sports car.    With Ford offering multiple mustang body styles, why not offer a V8 mustang sedan, something with an actually usable backseat to appeal to the crowd that wants a more practical muscle car, and then make the normal coupe a 2 seater, longer hood, lower, more exotic, maybe by stretching the hood, you'll be able to package it as a Front-mid engine car.   Now you have a kickass sedan, and a kickass sports coupe, and you can distribute those develop costs for the platform across 2-3 models, not just 1, which should help to keep the prices in check. People keep wanting Ford to bring the mustang price back down, as sad as it is, the days of the 30 grand V8 are over. The goal shouldn't be to offer a 30 grand V8, it should be to made buying a 50 or 60 grand car feel like a bargain, and to do that requires making the mustang look and feel more exotic. Something like this Corvette rendering, if that was 50 or 60 grand, it would almost be a no brainer. 

All depends on what you consider affordable-there is lots of sticker shock when it comes to looking at new vehicles or other products, but people are still buying them and bitching about it, but I'm also assuming that if your still working, you should have gotten raises or Cost of living increases at the job you work at also. 

No but they "slap on" the Porsche branding and more importantly, 911 styling cues. 

Let me explain, The original survey involved basically a jacked ICE Coupe that didn’t go well with feedback. After that, Ford started asking how about a modified Mach E, that’s when the changed reception happened.   As you both have pointed out, there’s a vast difference in perceptions and opinions between ICE Mustang buyers and BEV Mustang buyers. The big question I have is now that GE and GE2 are becoming “dead end” electric platforms, switching  Mach E and any variant  to CE1 would seem a better result.    I think you can work out what’s happening here with priorities… Since Farley started talking about CE1 vehicles, any talk of details about that jacked up Mustang stopped……..   Maybe RS Mach E thing was all Ford was prepared to do for now…

Not much better.  You can't compare a 2-door coupe to 5 5-door CUV.