The star of the Ford display at KLIMS13 has undoubtedly been the LHD fifth-gen Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Great to look at, the highest-spec S197 ‘tang, equipped with a 662 hp and 855 Nm 5.8 litre supercharged V8 and a Tremec six-speed manual, but it might as well be an alien craft to most.
The next Mustang, however, is set to be a more familiar face to Malaysians. Yes, the word is that the Blue Oval is planning to introduce the RHD version of the S550 here when the upcoming sixth-gen enters the market. The UK is already confirmed as a market for the variant, as is Australia, the latter set to get the car in 2016.
It’s too early to see how things will shape up here exactly – we’re told that the smallest current engine choice, the 305 hp 3.7 litre Ti-VCT V6, is a strong contender, but there’s a more sensible option to be had in the form of a 2.3 litre EcoBoost four-cylinder turbo that’s being planned for select markets. Certainly, that one sounds like an easier proposition to digest.
The sixth-generation Mustang will debut at the 2014 New York Auto Show next April, coinciding with the Mustang’s 50th anniversary, but chances are, the earliest we’ll see the new pony car in these parts of the woods will be nearly three years from now, when Australia begins bringing it in.
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i’d buy the car to look at the signal lamps all day long
Which signal lamp? The front or the rear?
The rear one uses sequential flow of red lights, no orange light cluster. (search it in Youtube)
Because if you’re referring at the orange light at the front bumper, it’s not signal light. It’s the sidemarker which turned on together with front headlights.
wow…the girl from which planet?
She is Felixia Yeap, from Earth :)
ada fb tak?i searched that name, but too many felixia yeap appear. oh sounds desperate.
Official FB Page – https://www.facebook.com/felixia.yeap.fanpage
Thanks for info dude…
LONG LIVE MUSTANG!!! Love this car since introduction. Now Western finally understand the important of “Globalization” Market. Japan once too “keep” goodies for their countrymen, now they sell every nice/sport car around the world.
Legendary Mustang!!
How much.. i guess rm450k.. can get 5 biji ford fiesta…
even you can get 10 fiestas, still not a headturner.
With a V8 under the hood, it will be a head turner…
Camaro better than this..
I still dont understand why you need female models for these events. They’re basically saying they dont have enough confidence that people will be interested in the car, so maybe people will look at the girl.
Imagine 1 female Auntie stand beside the car. :D
no such thing as male auntie yet, bro.
Maybe you’re GAY man!
All materials (Watch, Cars, Furniture, etc) showcase 98% are female models. Not referring girls as “SEX” symbol but as a “status”. Even girls/women will praise their same sex as ‘Professional”.
Unlike pervert/gay mens feeling DISGUST/fantasy whenever seeing female models.
Cheer up Bro
Ok… a 2.3L Ecoboost just sounds wrong.
I know why they do it but its not in the spirit of a american muscle car. There just something special with a V8 engine. It may not be the most powerful, most efficient nor most sophisticated powerplant, but by golly, does it sound amazing with a proper set of pipes.
Agree with that. Ford Mustang is well known as pony and muscle car. So 3.7L V6 engine is minimum in US standard. Even in UK, people there still prefer the 3.7L V6 and 5.0L V8 engines for Mustang.
wow..knight rider…just looking at it i droping saliva…
Manual transmission….the right transmission for a car enthusiast. 2.3L Ecoboost might lost the muscle car spirit but that is the only way to make it more affordable in our boleh land which duty and road tax based on engine capacity.
This car’s road tax sure like land cruiser 200
If you think like this, clearly you are not the their targeted cunstomer. Roadtax shouldnt be mentioned when it comes to muscle cars. if you want to save tax, might as well get cheap and frugal Conti with 4-cyl.
Will this car come to Malaysia? This car can easily get 200mph…But Malaysia have such road?
Bring in RHD Chevy Camaro & Dodge Charger / Challenger too. Together with the Ford Mustang they’ll brighten up the car scene here with more choice.
Actually tech both GM and Chrysler corp can do the conversion. The Camaro is afterall built off the Holden Commodore platform. So the chassis is a RHD from day one.
The Challenger can be done too… although it will need more work than the Camaro for a safe, street legal, OEM quality conversion.
The Challenger is built off the Chrysler 300C platform… and if you come to SG, you can see the officially imported 300C being used as taxis as well as private cars here. So it can be done..
But there’s always economic of scale. RHD countries are FAR LESSER than LHD countries. In fact, most RHD countries were ex British colonies.
Doing localization for Camaro, Mustangs and Challengers for Europe market is easy and doesn’t cost much for the manufacturer.. but making RHD models of the same car will be expensive if it can’t be sold in large numbers.
Rem, even in Jap where’s its RHD, its very common to see LHD imported vehicles over there. Its perfectly legal to own a LHD vehicle in Jap. So much so that you can walk into a Ford or GM showroom in Jap and you can buy a LHD Mustang or Camaro straight off the dealer lot, complete with warranties and aftersales support etc..
So there’s not much incentive to convert these muscle cars to RHD just for the tiny SE Asian markets
the only engine that belongs to a muscle car is a huge V8 motor. Not a V6, not a 2.3 liter EcoBoost.
ok i admit, i clicked the link to see the girl.
God … Mustang … Shelby … GT500 … God … What would I give to have a go in it…
there’s a mustang running around ss2 and pj section 17 with number plate 4848.. not sure if it’s still around..
Non of Malaysian people buy a Ford Mustang GT500 with stick shift, coz most Malaysia doesn’t know how to drive a stick shift and doesn’t even know how fun it is to drive a sports car with a stick shift.