Ford unveils 2015 Mustang
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I'm not a huge fan. I was hoping for something completely new and different, but it seems to be more of an extension of the past couple retro cars. Makes me glad I bought my '08, as I think that body style is hands down the nicest looking of the retro cars.
keep er going MGD!
I like it a lot. There are a lot of good details in the design that are an improvement over the current body which is pretty good. I can't wait to see what it can do on a track. I suspect there will be a lot of hurt feelings when the rags start comparing them. A 200 pound weight loss, wider rear track and IRS should tighten things up, especially if the weight was cut from the nose of the car. The Camaro is toast for sure, the M4 is gonna get a run for its life, nothing MB has for under $100k (including AMGs) stands a chance.
I love this car as a car. But I'm still not sure if I want to accept it as a Mustang. Just doesn't scream 'Murica to me as a Mustang should. It's classic American nostalgia after all.
I see this as what the Ford Probe and Probe GT would have eventually turned into.
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This is pretty much exactly how I feel, except that I don't even like it as a car very much - rear end is awful
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reminds me of the 70 GT350 Shelby. I like that Ford Mustang has always looke like a mustang. You could have been off the planet for the last 40 years abd that car would be recognizable as a Mustang. Thats what killed the last generation of Camaro. Looked more like a Saturn then it did the early Camaro.
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I have heard this on a few other places on the interwebs and do not understand it at all. There's a ton of old Mustang cues all over the car. The front end looks a lot like a '68-70 but of the nose had to be raised to comply with Euro pedestrian safety standards. The roof line is very similar to the New Edge body. I have a feeling the slope of the rear end was to clean up the aeros of the car for MPG and high speed stability. If there wasn't a single logo on the car I have a feeling that all but the most non-car people on the planet would instantly recognize it as a Mustang.
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I have heard this on a few other places on the interwebs and do not understand it at all. There's a ton of old Mustang cues all over the car. The front end looks a lot like a '68-70 but of the nose had to be raised to comply with Euro pedestrian safety standards. The roof line is very similar to the New Edge body. I have a feeling the slope of the rear end was to clean up the aeros of the car for MPG and high speed stability. If there wasn't a single logo on the car I have a feeling that all but the most non-car people on the planet would instantly recognize it as a Mustang.
Additionally, if'n they warn't no logos on it already, I knows a feller 'round here wif a fake fer-bah-fer whut wud festoon 'er wif Jag and Aston logos faster'n Jeffro kin grabayss Ellie-May
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TRUCK OF THE YEAR 2013
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And the rest of ye High Bubber dissertation.
Go vote!!!
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With the sloping front end, it reminds me a bit of the 90s Mustang. It keeps some of the styling of the 60s to make it recognizable but adds a bit of slope to make it sleeker, like the 90s.
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