“As long as we can possibly sell our V-8, we're going to," Laurie Transou, global chief engineer for the Ford Mustang, said to Drive of Australia. Helping keep the eight-pot 'Stang ...

Case in point: Ford's new patent application ... It can vibrate the stick like a lumpy 6.2-liter V-8 Camaro, and when you move between the "gears" it provides some notchy resistance.