---
title: "What Do You Want From the Next Ford Mustang?"
description: "Ford boss Jim Farley wants the next 'Stang to be the kind of car kids have up on their bedroom wall. What do you want out of it?"
date: "2021-09-06"
modified: "2021-09-06"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/42245/what-do-you-want-from-the-next-ford-mustang"
categories:
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  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "QOTD"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Ford"
  - "Mustang"
  - "sports car"
---

# What Do You Want From the Next Ford Mustang?

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When Ford CEO Jim Farley sat down with *The Drive* for an interview at last month's Monterey Car Week—[the full transcript of which you can read here](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42213/ford-ceo-jim-farley-isnt-trying-to-reinvent-the-wheel-just-everything-else-around-it>)—he talked in-depth about what's next for the Blue Oval. This unsurprisingly involved the Mustang, and when our own Kyle Cheromcha asked what he wanted for the next-gen pony car, Farley responded, ["For my kid to have it on his wall. Or on his phone."](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42160/fords-ceo-wants-next-the-mustang-to-be-a-poster-car>) This got us wondering. What do *you* all want from the next Ford Mustang?

More horsepower is almost a given at this point but what else would, in your eyes, make the next-generation Ford muscle car a success? Of course, it has to be said that the current Mustang is already an undeniably strong product so I suspect many will be perfectly satisfied with a new edition that's essentially "the same, but better." Just give it a V8, a manual, a cool new look (but not *too* new!), and we'll probably be happy. Last-gen Shelby performance for last-gen GT money would be cool too.

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On the flip side, perhaps you'd like to see Ford shake things up a bit. Give the Mustang hybrid power, forced induction on the bread-and-butter GT, or perhaps even pull a Corvette and move the engine to the middle. It wouldn't even be the most [radical thing to happen to the Mustang name](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42140/ford-was-caught-off-guard-by-mustang-mach-e-gts-popularity>) this decade.

So what's your ideal seventh-gen Mustang? Let us know in the comments.

*Got a question for the author? You can reach him here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com*

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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