Word is that the 2010 Mustang will accept a 5.0 liter V8 engine. According to Ford Australia president, Bill Osborne, the new 5.0-litre V8 will be congenital in North America for the Ford Mustang.

The adventure emerged as allotment of the agitation apropos the V8 engine in the Ford Falcon. It is able-bodied accepted that the Ford Falcon and the Mustang accept a continued relationship, what with the Falcon getting the base of the aboriginal Mustangs.

Apparently the Falcon has been experiencing a bead in sales. Environmental issues may accept played a allotment as well. The 5.4-litre 'Boss' V8 will still be accessible in the Australian Falcon XR8.

The Australian band-aid to discharge ascendancy is Ecoboost which favors V6 engines. The plan is to focus on a tango amid achievement and ammunition economy.

In the altercation about the abeyant retirement of the V8, Osborne mentioned that the 5.0L V8 is slated for North American assembly for the 2010 Mustang.