Larry,

Thanks for your contribution over the years.

While I am no fan of Ford in general, there are only 2 cars ever built in Detroit that I would even consider owning -- and they're both Ford products:
1) the new Mustang (with a manual tranny)
2) the Lincoln LS (with manual tranny).

I believe the solid rear axle suspension on the Mustang is borrowed from Volvo's technology (that Volvo incidentally stopped using in 1995). Not exactly state of the art, but a giant step up from the Mustang's old "pickup truck" suspension, and profoundly durable. When Ford introduced it on the Mustang, it was considered a huge improvement.

Keep in touch.

Jeff Pierce

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Jeff Pierce

Current Vehicles:
'92 Mercedes 190E/2.3 (247K miles/my daily driver)
'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon (263K miles/a family truckster with spunk)
'99 Kawasaki Concours
Gravely 8120
Previous Vehicles:
'85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow (226K miles)'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon
'53 Willys-Overland Pickup
'85 Honda 750F Interceptor
'93 Nissan Quest
'89 Toyota Camry Wagon
'89 Dodge Raider
'81 Honda CB 750F Super Sport
'88 Toyota Celica
'95 Toyota Tacoma
'74 Honda CB 550F