The Return of the Mustang Turbo - Fact or Crap?

The blogosphere is positively dripping with rumors today, most of them about the return of the Mustang SVO for 2010 — in the form of a 300-horsepower, 2.3-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder model that would replace the current three-valve V-8 GT and be five hundred pounds lighter, thanks to high-strength steel and the smaller engine. Which would be smashing — except it's not exactly truthful.

"There is no 'SVO' team," says one Ford PR rep. "SVT is going strong." As for the demise of the V-8? "Ford is committed to. . .deliver what Mustang customers want," says Ford's Alan Hall. "And for the foreseeable future, that is V-8 power." On the topic of Mustang receiving an EcoBoost engine, Hall says "Our strategy is to migrate [EcoBoost] technology to across a range of vehicles - from small cars to large trucks - where it makes sense."

So while there may be a turbo Mustang in the future and it might use an EcoBoost engine, there aren't any plans for it to supplant the V-8 powered Mustang any time soon.