If you knew mustangs this is normal.
Back in 1986. Ford had the SVO mustang.
It was the test pilot for the 1993 cobra. That is 7 years.
It had 5 lug wheels and disc brakes. But the svo was turbo 4 cylinder. killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Created the 4 cylinder turbo and 6 cylinder super charged thunderbird
Ford is smart unlike gm / mopar. testing , introducing stuff years a head of it’s time
2003/04 cobra was the testing phase for the 2011 mustang GT. Realized only need a bump up in cubic inches to make power without supercharger. Once again 7 years