Mustang sedan and wagon???

It's also being reported on AutoWeek.

Not a bad idea conceptually, but I dunno about giving them the Mustang name.

Not really a bad idea, the same formula worked for the Charger and Magnum, RWD, V8, and plenty of room. However, in order for the idea to suceed they got to NAIL the styling otherwise the new cars will look weird.

If they use the Mustang name, which what this article implies, it's a bad idea because it will water down and confuse the Mustang image.
Ford has over 40 years of equity built into the image of the Mustang being a 4-place sport coupe and/or convertible. If they go this route, what's next? A Corvette pickup? Hey... I'm sure there's a market for one—but what will it do to the "image" of what a Corvette is all about. Same thing here with the Mustang. It's a bad idea, period.
As to it working for the Charger, I disagree. The Mustang name has a much longer and storied history than the Charger ever had. Also, the Charger was always built on a larger platform than the Mustang. It was always more sedan-like than the Mustang ever was.

wait a sec..... why would they want to do this? If they were to use the read drive Mustang platform to make a sedan and wagon varient, than why not have it be the next generation 500? IT make so much more sense and would keep the mustang name from being tarnished...
 
But then again this is also the same company that gave the F-150 Blackwood and Mark LT........

Ford has been down this road before, first they tacked an extra set of doors onto the Thunderbird and then they did it to the Cougar.
It didn't work!
 
Leave the Mustang alone! Call them something else: Fairlane, Palomino, Caballero, Wild Pony, anything but Mustang.

For the extra couple hundred bucks that it will cost to put a good rear suspension on it, I don't understand why they don't use the platform for the Lincoln. I thought the more vehicles you use one platform for, the better the economies of scale and cost. I would think they could get a Lincoln sedan, coupe, and CUV off this platform. From the money they save on using one platform, they could have dramatically different vehicles with almost the same footprint. The FX is on the same platform as the G35 as is the M. The RX shares almost the same footprint as the Camry. Let's not even talk about the E Class and CLS from Mercedes. It could really be done. THink about it, three different cars for three different markets on one platform. ANd while people can complain that the Zephyr is on a Mazda6 platform, I don't think people will complain about the Lincoln being on a Mustang platform. Some would actually see that as a benefit. THe Mustang has enough cred to sell a model at $50K, over what most of Lincolns luxury cars would be priced at.

As long as they don't use the Mustang name on them and differentiate the styling enough from the "Mustang", no problem. Otherwise I'm with others here that think it's a bad idea to take a car that hasn't yet had it's iconic status and heritage diluted by stupidity.

Ford has already realized that being all things to all people hurts the brand image. That's why (I believe at least) they will be dropping most of the Focus variants. I highly doubt this will ever see the light of day. Although I wouldn't be surprised if Ford puts out a RWD sedan. But I think rumors have them using Australia's Falcon platform. I believe the Falcon is the best selling car in Australia.

I'm glad to hear the Mustang is going global, but don't dilute a strong, good recipe. Why would they consider a wagon anyway? Magnum sales aren't exactly through the roof.

Ford Falcon, anyone? I would strongly consider one if they retained the excellent straight-6 and the manual gearbox from Australia. Ford seems to be getting some right ideas lately...
 
GM is supposedly bringing over the Holden Commodore. I am sure they will call is Chevy Caprice on these shores.

Mustang comes in a fastback now, so I can see them adding a true coupe, with a vertical rear window. It would cost nothing to make.
 
But a Nomad style wagon? Nah, not with the Mustang name. Those customers will buy an Edge or Fairlane anyway.