In the Land Down Under, the Ford Mustang is a distant legend, a rare breed in the harsh Australian climate. The Falcon, however, is a living legend. It is Australia’s own version of the Mustang, albeit on a completely unique platform, sporting four doors and a plethora of engines including a turbocharger six-cylinder. Talk has been swirling about canceling the Falcon, or taking away its rear-wheel drive. It may be saved, however, by that distant legend called the Mustang.

Drive reports that as Ford seeks to go global, the Ford Mustang and Falcon could end up sharing a platform together. Does that mean there is the possibility of a four-door Mustang?

Short answer yes, long answer, no. It seemed at first, Ford would merge the Falcon with the front-wheel drive Taurus, much to the chagrin of Australia’s car enthusiasts. There is absolutely no way Ford would ever build and sell a four-door Mustang in the United States, as it would be  brand heresy, especially since the Mustang is the only muscle car to survive almost fifty years unscathed, just like the Aussie Falcon. While the Mustang has always been a coupe though, the Falcon relishes its sedan packaging.

It makes the car a sleeper, and at the same time surprisingly useful. Bundling it with the Mustang platform would save on the costs of developing a new platform, and also give the singe-purpose platform more utility. Ford’s chief Alan Mullaly has said that  “I think we’re going to have great rear-wheel-drive platforms and the vehicles we have them on are global platforms. We love our rear-wheel-drive platforms and we love Mustang, and they’re global platforms.” That means there is still hope for a rear-wheel drive Falcon…and perhaps a four-door sedan based on the Mustang.

Ford could sell a rear-wheel drive small sedan based on the Mustang in the U.S., so long as it had no attachment to the Mustang. We fancy bringing back the Fairlane name for such a car, or perhaps even call it the Falcon for the U.S. GM is showing us that big, sporty sedans are still popular in America (see Cadillac CTS-V and Chevy Caprice). While Ford does have the Taurus EcoBoost…we’d rather have the V8.

Besides, ever try to cram into the backseat of a Mustang? Not comfortable and very crowded back there. We could use a bit more leg room.