Originally Posted by 4dr Economy Car
Just look at the new Mustangs on the road, most of them are V6's.
With the new Mustang it wasn't a matter of what people wanted, it was a matter of what Ford was building. Out of every 100 Mustangs (S197 of course) made, Ford was building 75 V-6s and only 25 V-8s. That's why, for most of last year, if you visited any Ford dealership, you would see lots of V-6s on the lot and no V-8s at all or if there were any, they were marked up (on average, 5k).
I know what I am talking about because I bought mine (a V-8, that is) in January 2005 and in all dealerships I went, the story was the same: order it and wait 5-6 months or try to find one on a lot with no mark up. I checked in three states: RI, MA and NH and I was only able to find ONE with no mark ups...let me repeat it: only ONE...And I had to be quick to get it, before someone else scooped it up.
And thank God I did that, because many people have had their V-8 '05 orders bumped up to '06 models, because Ford was stubbornly producing 3 V-6 for every V-8 produced...
So, while your argument might make sense, making the Mustang the example, I don't think it fits the occasion, really.
Just my 0.02...