All around the business, automakers are shedding their V8s in want of smaller, extra environment friendly engines with fewer cylinders. That sucks for lovers, however there’s no getting round the truth that local weather alternate is actual, and people brought about it, so what are you going to do? Even the next-generation Dodge Charger gained’t get a V8, and that’s coming from the corporate that was once keen to promote you a 1,000-hp Challenger Demon 170. On the subject of the Mustang, even though, Motor1 stories the V8 isn’t going any place anytime quickly.

Chatting with a bunch of newshounds at an tournament celebrating the start of the 2024 racing season, Ford CEO Jim Farley reportedly made numerous feedback about how necessary the V8 engine is to the Ford Mustang. From the sound of it, he believes you’ll’t have a Mustang that doesn’t be offering a V8.(Until it’s an electrical crossover, after all. Despite the fact that, should you do personal a Mustang Mach-E and wish it to sound adore it has a V8, you’ll at all times purchase a pretend exhaust from Borla.)

“What different automobile on the earth races on six continents on any given weekend? And that’s as a result of now we have a V8 engine,” Farley mentioned.

As a result of Ford is so invested in racing the Mustang, the racing V8s must lend a hand stay the on-road V8s round even longer than with different automakers.

“That is old-school tech switch,” he persisted. “Our R&D is at the race observe, and also you’ll be capable of purchase them at Ford.”

For those who weren’t already satisfied that Ford plans to stay promoting V8 Mustangs till it’s pressured to forestall Farley wrapped issues up via announcing:

Mustang goes to rejoice its sixtieth anniversary arising right here. Numerous our competition have left. They’ve come and long gone. We by no means did that. We’ve at all times been there with Mustang. 60 years, and it’s modified over the years. We now have EcoBoost, now we have the Darkish Horse now, and we’re going to proceed to take a position. And if we’re the one one on this planet creating a V8 reasonably priced sports activities automobile for everybody on the earth, so be it.

So yeah, it doesn’t sound just like the V8-powered Mustang goes any place anytime quickly.