that "artist rendering" is probably not anywhere near what the car will actually look like.. someone saw those recent spy shots of the new Mustang driving around with the camo cover thing on it and drew the fugliest possible interpretation of what they thought it looked like under the wrapper to use for the article.
Ford has been fighting going to an independent rear setup because of the drag racers that don't like wheelhop and grassroots level Ford road racers that like solid axles.. also, it's probably cheaper to manufacture and has a lot less moving parts than an IRS does.. they've kept the ever reliable 8.8 solid axle around for about as long as they could, but they are about to put it out to pasture in favor of some flavor of independent rear suspension... maybe they'll keep the 8.8 center section like they did in the Thunderbird and Cobra Mustang IRS setups of the 90's..
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