[XR6_190]

Well this is an interesting one for me, If it was either one as they are now, I would take the Falcon any day of the week. But it isn't, so I wouldn't.

The two biggest problems I have with the current Mustang, is the folllowing:
a) the ridiculous price, and
b) the ancient drivetrain,

You need to remember, the Mustang is sold in the US as a VERY cheap car, a fair bit cheaper than our Falcon is for us, yet last time Ford officially sold them out here, they were over 80K, not good enough. but if they had a near identical drivetrain to the Falcon, it would be a lot cheaper for Ford to import them, in fact they could probably even build them here (in RHD form, for RHD markets). So that means they then probably wouldn't be so expensive.

Secondly, the drivetrain. It really is pathetic compared to the Falcon, that V6 isn't too bad (yes I have driven a late model Mustang, so I do speak from experience), but it has nothing on the I6 from the Falcon, and the V8s just aren't good enough either (Shelby versions are the exception here). As the Poms would say, how do they get such a small amount of power out of such a big engine?

So yeah going by that situation, I would take the Mustang. Seems you would get the best of both worlds, the awesome looks of a Mustang, with the sophistication of a Falcon. That said though, I don't have a family, and I don't really need a large car.