Hoovey689

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2014 Ford Mustang details leaked, bye-bye Boss 302

It seems that Ford has let slip the official order guides for its 2014 Mustang lineup. The changes for the upcoming model year are fairly minimal, as the car was just recently refreshed for 2013, and is expected to get an entirely new model in 2015.

Sadly, for us and anyone else that has had the pleasure of driving it, the biggest news here is that the Mustang Boss 302 will not be carried over for next year. This news runs according to Ford's stated plan of offering the track-terror for just two seasons, but it pains our enthusiast hearts, nevertheless.

As for the rest of it: there are a couple of new colors (Oxford White and Ruby Red Metallic with Tinted Clearcoat) and three colors that will go away (the Boss 302's School Bus Yellow, High Performance White and Red Candy Metallic). A couple of new exterior appearance packages have been added to the options sheet, as well.

The 2014 Shelby GT500 will now get heated front seats as standard (not with the optional Recaros, however), and will also be available in the two new colors.

2014 Mustang Order Guide:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-...g-order-guide/

2014 GT500 Order Guide:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-...0-order-guide/

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/07/2...-bye-boss-302/

GFerg

Whatever. Bring on the redesigned model.

grabber2

Yea...show us the Aston-Mustang

adamls2

Lol ^^^

New one is arund the corner!!

whoster

The Callum Muston!

mmarshall

Interesting that Ford would drop the Boss Mustang, considering that Chevy is introducing a 1LE package for the Camaro SS specifically designed to compete with it.

Hoovey689

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I'm sure the next Mustang what with IRS and lighter weight will have the chops to be a tarmac star

oldcajun

I suspect that there is little profit for Ford in doing a specialized car like the Boss. Lots of parts changes and limited sales. Until the IRS is available for the next generation, it is difficult to match more advanced cars on the track.
Steve

tmf2004

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holy rear wheel gap lol.... Hey Hoovey nice new Sig...

Hoovey689

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hehe thanks Tony!

LexFather

I almost wish Ford had two models....like Camaro/Vette...bring the Probe back or make a new model to truly fight the vette.

Surely a Lincoln coupe is coming if the Stang gets more refined next round.

Hoovey689

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This has been my thinking for awhile now. Rather than combine muscle/pony with sport, why not just offer a small RWD sport coupe and ecoboost to battle those 370Z, Miata, RX-8, toyobaru triplets etc.. And still offer a muscle car.

There is a model coming out to battle the Vette and Viper... Good ole GT once again!

mmarshall

The present Boss Mustang handles surprisingly well for its essentially 50-year-old live-axle design, although it does suffer some axle-tramp (we used to call it axle-hop back in the 60s) under some high-stress conditions. I suspect that is from the Mustang, overall, being smaller and lighter than Camaros.

Many have accused Ford, on the Mustang, of simple cost-cutting by sticking with the easy-to-produce live-axle (and, in my own auto-reviews, I'm the first to jump on car-companies when I think they are penny-pitchig too much). But, in Ford's case with the Mustang, IMO, I think it goes beyond simple cost-cutting......there seems to be a practical and more rational reason for it. Like it or not, many ordinary Mustang V8 buyers do burnouts.....lots of burnouts. And a live axle, with its relatively simple but solid and rugged construction (note that it is also used on most work-trucks) usually resists damage from abuse more than an IRS with its greater number of U-joints and half-shafts. True, the top-level versions of the Mustang such as SVT/Cobra/Shelby do have IRS, but, in general, those versions tend to be bought by somewhat older, more mature buyers that look at driving as more than just Friday/Saturday-night drag-races.