I would say the Mustang branding on the car has little/nothing to do with its overall success, but as an exercise to expand their valuable IP beyond the single car, it worked extremely well. 

The Ecoboost has a lot more room in the engine bay. Its not super complicated or anything either.

I feel as though the entire run from Foxbody to New Edge has aged extremely poorly.

The original Mustang was a Falcon.

I was able to test drive a Mach-E as part of an EV showcase put on a few minutes away from me, and its legitimately one of the nicest and fastest cars I’ve ever been in.

The Ecoboost makes the V6 look like hot garbage. More/same power or torque figures, lighter up front, and better fuel efficiency at the same time.

They should, shouldn’t they? The GT350 was a shelby Mustang available at a fairly approachable price point, only comparable in my mind to the Cobra Mustang of the SN95 generations.

The Mustang is the most absurd car to ever claim as sacred by any enthusiast. It started as a re-bodied falcoln with a straight six, was slowly transformed into a sportier car and eventually a gigantic monster muscle car. That period of time which established the iconography of the car was less than 10 years in total.

I think my brain is just not used to it anymore. A few years back I drove a 2011 Mustang off Turo and it took me some time to get used to it.

Most cars I’m driving these days have an analogue and digital speedometer option. I rarely look at the analog dial.

They get plenty of time off during the season.

In my experience, the biggest problem in southern California when it comes to car maintenance is tires and then wiper blades. Both might never really be an issue until it rains and then it’s an issue!

I think a lot of times people do it as a hobby and when its done they realize they just have the same crappy example of some car with a better engine, and don’t want it anymore. 

The new models going forward are being sold under the line-make of Ford Model-E for that reason.

This is literally the same exact pricing model that both Saturn and Scion used for nearly their entire existence.

A Sebring is a crappy sedan that happened to be a convertible. These are much more purposeful in that they handle decently, can have pretty good power (better if you get the redline or whatever it is), and are generally good rides.

Not super crazy about the styling on these, but this just seems like a perfectly fine deal for a car that is no doubt good and reliable, but cheap to maintain, and fun to drive. 

Everything you’re suggesting as a solution is unrealistic.

These cars aren’t even about making something repeatable. They’re rolling billboards for the brand and rarely rehashed in the same way.

Monaco has been processional for most of its existence. The size of the cars has little/no impact on wheel-to-wheel racing at Monaco or any other track.