2015 mustang interior spied

[NUTCASE]

some of you make me LOL. that is definatly not a whole car. it is common to take a current platform and upgrade it with some of the next gen shit to see how it works before the rest of the chassis is ready for testing. yes that is a base 2013 with some shit bolted on it. thats what they do.

also, I know the finished product will look much better but if that is the trend I am not feeling it style wise.

also I feel IRS has been inevitable for some time now and the few enthousiast that want SRA have been all that have held it back since 2005. 95% wanting SRA is simply wrong. its more like 5% want SRA if you total every mustang owner.

and honestly I think it is a great move and should of happened in 2005 like ford had origonally planned. if you like drag racing all you really need to do is change your technique. there are GTOs, CTSVs, challengers, chargers, camaros, 240sx's, swapped RX7s, you name it all cutting 60's quicker than 1.5, some pulling the wheels, and all doing it on IRS.

don't resist change, embrace it.

so long as its not a mustang II like change, then fuck that LOL.

 

[r.barn]

Ford has said for some time that the 2015 was getting an IRS.

Grigg's Racing has shown over and over that for the extra weight of an IRS vs. a solid axle with a proper 3 link torque arm and watts link, that the live axle is lighter, stronger and handles just as well.

There will quickly be kits available to ditch the IRS. Just ask all the 03/04 Cobra guys what they think of IRS system and a car that makes some real power.

 

[Five Oh Brian]

Tachometer needs to be on the right! Come on, Ford, quit swapping sides every generation!

 

[foolio2k4]

yes yes yes yes yes IRS.

good day.

 

[Whiskey11]

Ford has said for some time that the 2015 was getting an IRS.

Grigg's Racing has shown over and over that for the extra weight of an IRS vs. a solid axle with a proper 3 link torque arm and watts link, that the live axle is lighter, stronger and handles just as well.

There will quickly be kits available to ditch the IRS. Just ask all the 03/04 Cobra guys what they think of IRS system and a car that makes some real power.

I don't think any of us here are saying a live axle car can't handle. If anything there are a number of us who have proved that it can over and over again. A live axle is over all less weight but weight is there is all unsprung weight which slows suspension reaction to pretty much everything which does present itself on a racetrack. Mustangs have always required a different driving technique on certain circuits to drive around that and drivers have to take advantage of all that capability to put power down coming out of the corner.

You can't compare that compromised abomination of an IRS in the Cobras to this unit. No one knows anything about it yet other than it is an IRS. For all we know the geometry could be coming from the Ford GT supercar. The Cobra IRS was a massive boat load of compromise that made it inferior and not work correctly. This will hopefully not be like that.

 

[Allez Rouge]

IMO anytime the spy shots show up it's an official leak to get real feedback.

Many many years ago, I read an article or interview in which some Factory Insider made an offhand reference to "calibrated leaks."

The reporter/writer was like, "Uh, what? Calibrated leaks? What's that?"

To which the Factory Insider replied, "Oh, that's what you guys in the press call 'spy shots.'"

 

[Bill220]

I wouldn't mind the IRS but the solid axle works just fine for me.

The radio in those pictures looks like the one in the Focus I drove a couple of months ago. Too many buttons for me. And that's one ugly steering wheel and instrument cluster.

 

[jayman33]

I don't beleive anything until I see it on the showroom floor.

 

[Swarzkopf]

I'd predict a lot of exhaust to axle clunking with the way the exhaust is routed on those pics. LOL

 

[08 Vapor]

How quickly we all forget how every new platform of Mustang has been SLAMMED on enthusiast forums since forums existed. It happened in 1994 (on 56k modems AHH), it happened in 1999, it happened in 2005, and it happened in 2010. Do you guys remember the outrage over the change from a pushrod to a modular engine design? I clearly remember about a million guys all over the internet pissing and moaning about the rear of the 2010 and about how ugly it still is on the 2013. In 5 years, half the dudes on here bashing them will have one in their sig and a build thread going. As stated earlier, embrace change. You know damn well the aftermarket will rise up to meet the needs of pretty much whatever changes we demand as enthusiasts-- appearance, performance, handling, or otherwise.

 

[brent_G]

Fords not gonna give you the best car right off the bat. They gotta keep you wanting whats next. This step happens to be the irs. Possibly the eco boost.

Eventually long term i see a v8 ecoboost direct injected with all the bells and whistles. Going to be a long time.

Fucking magnets are coming ...i know it.

the camaro will start with the smaller displacement variable valve timing. They are just flipped right now.

 

[JeremyH]

Fuck IRS, that is all.

 

[claudermilk]

And you would be who I am talking about not understanding Fords future plans. Ford knows the domestic market is largely indifferent to the rear drive train layout. Who isn't is the rest of the Global market whom Ford is hoping will buy into a global Mustang. They won't and never will accept a live axle. Ford would be committing sales suicide by releasing a global Mustang with a live axle.

I also think you are confusing Mustang owners with enthusiasts. I think the overwhelming majority of enthusiasts don't mind or like the live axle. The average driver doesn't know much other than their Mustang rides like a pickup and not like their ex-blandandfwdeconobox.

Me personally I couldn't give two shits what it came with. The IRS will help with the weight distribution which helps handling but it isn't a magic bullet for good handling that Top Gear makes it out to be. I much prefer the simplicity of the live axle and its ability to put down power out of a corner to a more complex IRS. What I care about is the front suspension. Struts are fine are econocars and drag racers but working around their deficiencies in handling is tiresome. A proper short and long arm front suspension would go a long way to giving better front end tire grip and tire longevity.

Edit: I think we need to wait and see the interior renderings before judging. Ford has already said they want MyFord in every car and truck. It is quite possible this is a hardware test only and will eventually the look and feel will be changed when the interior design is finalized. This is after all a 2015 Mustang test mule made out of a 2013 chassis....

Well said. I personally would prefer a well-done IRS to the axle, but so long as it handles well how it gets there doesn't matter too much. But then, I won't be in the market for the next generation having just bought my '13.

Those spy shots to me are pretty obviously just current pieces pasted together to make the car work. It's not Fiesta or Focus parts, but I assume from something else current. I also assume the final interior will look nothing like that mess--it is a test mule running a '13 body after all. Seems to me the important bits are the undercarriage parts as that (and possibly the engine) are what is being tested. Just MHO on it.

 

[Whiskey11]

Fords not gonna give you the best car right off the bat. They gotta keep you wanting whats next. This step happens to be the irs. Possibly the eco boost.

Eventually long term i see a v8 ecoboost direct injected with all the bells and whistles. Going to be a long time.

Fucking magnets are coming ...i know it.

the camaro will start with the smaller displacement variable valve timing. They are just flipped right now.

I don't see an ecoboost V8 in any Mustang other than the top of the top model like a GT500. I see an Ecoboost V6 as the top "GT" equal long before an eco 8. I don't see that happening until way later though. The 5.0L will stay for another 5 years at least as it isn't even taxed or maxed out yet.

Ford's recent partnering (again IIRC) with Bilstein gives me hope for non shitty shocks in a more track oriented Mustang. I doubt magnets will ever be controlling Ford shocks. Maybe Lincolns but not Ford. What the Mustang needs is a diet down to 3100lbs in the base and a hair over 3200 in the top model. Dropping 300 is a start and should put us around 3300 but I fear that will be the base model and not the GT...

 

[Redfire_WNL]

I bet that is the 14 because they will more then likely change the interior and exterior completely in the 15.

 

[101fng]

1974-78 Mustang II

wtf is a car phone doing there?? lol

 

[NUTCASE]

saw that also

car phone for realz LOL

 

[Allez Rouge]

some of you make me LOL. that is definatly not a whole car.

Eggxactly. It's not a PROTOTYPE. It's a TEST MULE. Huge difference between the two.

 

[Sharad]

Looks like we are going to have to start planning on releasing a SRA Swap package....

May as well throw a Torque Arm and Watts link in the mix....

SEMA 2012!

If you didn't see the live axle going away you are pretty ignorant to both Fords future plans and the demands of the every day driver. There is a very small crowd of people wanting the live axle to stay and pretty much the rest of the consumer base wants it gone. Accept it and deal with it.

That said I want to see the front suspension. The k member is different so I am hoping maybe Ford will give us a short and long arm front suspension but I am probably pissing in the wind hoping for that.

Edit: I wouldn't mind seeing the upper arm for the IRS. So far we haven't and that makes me nervous....

I don't care what suspension it has as long as the whole car is lighter. Aftermarket companies can improve the suspension. But dropping 500# off the curb weight without stripping the car of its amenities is nearly impossible.

 

[KungFuHamster]

so long as its not a mustang II like change, then fuck that LOL.

Don't forget...when the Mustang II came out it sold like a motherfucker. Hindsight...