Distraction with smoke and mirrors sounds like.

Ignore our crazy lack of directions for the car side of the family.

I say why not.... heck, the Kia Stinger gets a lot of praise and it's basically what a 4-door mustang should be. 

47 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

I say why not.... heck, the Kia Stinger gets a lot of praise and it's basically what a 4-door mustang should be. 

The Kia Stinger brings out a lot of the inner enthusiast in me. And it isn't selling half bad for a niche vehicle.

1 hour ago, Drew Dowdell said:

I say why not.... heck, the Kia Stinger gets a lot of praise and it's basically what a 4-door mustang should be. 

I agree, and 4 doors would open the Mustang up to more buyers, offer all wheel drive would as well.  And since Ford is killing all the other sedans, you need 1 car with a usable back seat unless you just don’t care about sales and I feel like these dealers will revolt without any cars.

Question is will Ford price a 4 door Mustang like a 2 door, or will they do something stupid and price it at $50-60k and think it can compete with German sedans?  

I assume it will be priced like the Stinger. 

It would definitely be priced similar to a Stinger.

30-50k seems about right. 

4 hours ago, ccap41 said:

It would definitely be priced similar to a Stinger.

30-50k seems about right. 

Does it though when Ford can't sell sedans that cost $20-30k?  

A Mustang GT Premium is $39k, so I don't see why they can't do a V8 Sedan for $40k.  The Ecoboost 4 Mustangs are in the low $30s, seems like this sedan should live in the $30-40k range.  Really they should be modeling Dodge Charger pricing.

Man do I miss the Pontiac G8...Chevy SS..., the Charger will probably die, 300 is already in its coffin, the Stinger is humiliating all the American automakers....

What now!? Someone say a Mustang sedan!!!

I said I missed those cars, I don’t want a Mustang sedan, plus it’s heresy!!!

35 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Does it though when Ford can't sell sedans that cost $20-30k?  

A Mustang GT Premium is $39k, so I don't see why they can't do a V8 Sedan for $40k.  The Ecoboost 4 Mustangs are in the low $30s, seems like this sedan should live in the $30-40k range.  Really they should be modeling Dodge Charger pricing.

The GT can easily be optioned above 50k, and if they offered a top trim equivalent to the GT350, then 65k+ could be possible. 

I like the idea of a 4dr Ford sport sedan w V8 and RWD w/ AWD optional.   Not sure if Mustang is the right identity, but I can see the appeal of a tie in w/ Mustang identity.  Other than the Taurus SHO, Ford really doesn’t have much of a sport sedan history in the US. 

58 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Does it though when Ford can't sell sedans that cost $20-30k?  

A Mustang GT Premium is $39k, so I don't see why they can't do a V8 Sedan for $40k.  The Ecoboost 4 Mustangs are in the low $30s, seems like this sedan should live in the $30-40k range.  Really they should be modeling Dodge Charger pricing.

You must fear that Ford just might build a better performance sedan than what MB offers in AMG.

Found this online as I was wondering if any photoshop had been done. Pretty nice actually.

why not just get CTS-V or Vsport.  apart from only being RWD you can already get a kick ass sedan like that.  If you were to find a one year old Vsport it won't be that much more than a decked out mustang either.

28 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

The GT can easily be optioned above 50k, and if they offered a top trim equivalent to the GT350, then 65k+ could be possible. 

I like the idea of a 4dr Ford sport sedan w V8 and RWD w/ AWD optional.   Not sure if Mustang is the right identity, but I can see the appeal of a tie in w/ Mustang identity.  Other than the Taurus SHO, Ford really doesn’t have much of a sport sedan history in the US. 

and it is true, maybe we are a point where the classic pony car (2 door rwd) could end up being usurped buy something with 4 doors and optional AWD.

7 minutes ago, regfootball said:

why not just get CTS-V or Vsport.  apart from only being RWD you can already get a kick ass sedan like that.  If you were to find a one year old Vsport it won't be that much more than a decked out mustang either.

and it is true, maybe we are a point where the classic pony car (2 door rwd) could end up being usurped buy something with 4 doors and optional AWD.

Decided to see what was out there and at the local Chevy dealer I found a 2010 CTS-V with only 20,000 miles for $37,912 single owner. 94 on the carfax score.

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=492572758&zip=98043&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D98043%26listingTypes%3DUSED%2CCERTIFIED%26startYear%3D1981%26sortBy%3Drelevance%26incremental%3Dall%26firstRecord%3D0%26marketExtension%3Don%26endYear%3D2019%26modelCodeList%3DCTS%26makeCodeList%3DCAD%26searchRadius%3D50%26trimCodeList%3DCTS%7CV%2CCTS%7CVsport%2CCTS%7CVsport%2BPremium%2CCTS%7CVsport%2BPremium%2BLuxury&listingTypes=USED%2CCERTIFIED&startYear=1981&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0&endYear=2019&modelCodeList=CTS&makeCodeList=CAD&searchRadius=50&clickType=spotlight

Gotta say, it is nice and a lot of car for the price. 

I see there is a 2014 CTS-V with 27,000 miles for $45,500 locally and so much more. 

If I was in the market for a performance sedan, I agree, time to check the luxury CPO cars.

Interesting idea.  Given the fate of both the Pontiac G8 and the Chevy SS (may they both RIP), I am not sure Ford would actually build such a sports sedan.

9 hours ago, regfootball said:

why not just get CTS-V or Vsport.  apart from only being RWD you can already get a kick ass sedan like that.  If you were to find a one year old Vsport it won't be that much more than a decked out mustang either.

and it is true, maybe we are a point where the classic pony car (2 door rwd) could end up being usurped buy something with 4 doors and optional AWD.

Not sure why you are talking about Cadillacs, since this is a thread about a hypothetical Ford product.  It could be also be a Lincoln or have a Lincoln variant.  Ford doesn’t have anything like this in NA or globally. 

7 hours ago, riviera74 said:

Interesting idea.  Given the fate of both the Pontiac G8 and the Chevy SS (may they both RIP), I am not sure Ford would actually build such a sports sedan.

Speculatively,  there may be a market globally for such a car, whether a Ford or Lincoln.   It is interesting to consider a possible future Ford product that’s not another CUV.  It’s too bad the performance versions of the OZ Falcon weren’t available in NA, but they probably would have failed like the SS.  

I doubt if anything will come if this, given Ford’s CUV and truck obsession.  But it is fun to speculate.  And I hate insomnia.   

I do like the idea of sports sedans, whether serious German style like the ATS-v, CTS-v, M3/M5, AMG Mercs, etc or 'Murica!' muscle car style like the Charger variations.   That niche still exists, even in a world unfortunately dominated by trucks, SUVs and CUVs..

Ford has zero chance competing with an AMG or M car or any Cadillac.  Lincoln has positioned themselves as soft luxury with smooth ride, a performance  vehicle won’t fit their brand image.  Plus Lincoln can’t sell $45,000 Continentals, zero chance they can sell a $65k performance sedan.

If Ford does this their path to victory it to price it like the Charger which does sell okay, and steal sales like crazy off the Charger/300 and put them out business and at that $30k price point you can also get people that would have bought a Fusion or Taurus.

11 hours ago, smk4565 said:

Does it though when Ford can't sell sedans that cost $20-30k?  

A Mustang GT Premium is $39k, so I don't see why they can't do a V8 Sedan for $40k.  The Ecoboost 4 Mustangs are in the low $30s, seems like this sedan should live in the $30-40k range.  Really they should be modeling Dodge Charger pricing.

They could for 40k and that's almost exactly like the Stinger. The TT3.3 starts at $39,100 and can be optioned to $49,900. 

The value a car like this and the Stinger has over the German cars is size. They're priced similar to the 3 Series/C Class/4 but they're the size of the 5 Series/E Class/6.

10 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

Other than the Taurus SHO, Ford really doesn’t have much of a sport sedan history in the US.

I know they're nothing overly special but they've had Fusion Sports for the last ~10 years. 

10 hours ago, regfootball said:

why not just get CTS-V or Vsport.  apart from only being RWD you can already get a kick ass sedan like that.  If you were to find a one year old Vsport it won't be that much more than a decked out mustang either.

Somebody has to buy new cars in order for there to be a used market. CTS V-Sport is a 63k car to start. 

10 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

 

I know they're nothing overly special but they've had Fusion Sports for the last ~10 years. 

 

Those aren't V8 and RWD though...

3 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

Those aren't V8 and RWD though...

Is that a requirement for a sports sedan? The current SHO hasn't had a V8. 

39 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Is that a requirement for a sports sedan? The current SHO hasn't had a V8. 

True, but no one takes the SHO seriously, and it's a soon to be dead product.    I was thinking Charger SRT, Mercedes C/E AMGs, BMW M5, Cadillac V-series, etc...all RWD or RWD/AWD...6 or V8..

32 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

True, but no one takes the SHO seriously.   I was thinking Charger SRT, Mercedes C/E AMGs, BMW M5, Cadillac V-series, etc...all RWD or RWD/AWD...

they're taken plenty seriously when they're flashing red/blue in your rearview mirror. 

Yeah the SHO was pretty stout when it first came out and it's still a pretty damn quick car in a straight line. It only really got criticized for not being a corner carver. It's a sub 14.0 second car through the 1/4 and how many other cars are quicker than it? Ones that are either sports cars, muscle cars or German performance cars. 

I've never liked it because I've never liked the bulky-look and the size of it. 

Anyway, who knows if anything will happen.  I am surprised Ford hasn't made some sort of sedan  (Ford or Lincoln) using the 15+ Mustang platform.  4, V6, V8 and RWD w/ IRS..seems like a good place to start for a sports sedan or luxury sports sedan...

Always like the SHO Yamaha engine that was in the first generation of the SHO. Very cool car. Just not enough space inside for me to be comfy.

But nothing is, so there's that.

56 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

But nothing is, so there's that.

I can Dream! 

Brougham V edition!