What would you like to see or are disappointed about in the 2015?
11-11-2014, 11:42 AM
#131
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Hey, Cruzinaround? It looks like I might be about to eat my words in a big way:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/features...ar-of-the-year
"The problem, if there is one, is that this Mustang doesn't fully exploit the potential on-track brilliance of the model's new platform. That will come next year, with the flat-crank, harder-than-hard-core GT350."
http://jalopnik.com/i-think-they-act...cra-1656973027
"However, at :36 into the video they start talking about the "free revving, low inertia" characteristics of the engine and how it had a "race car mentality.""
Looks like you're gonna get what you want.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/features...ar-of-the-year
"The problem, if there is one, is that this Mustang doesn't fully exploit the potential on-track brilliance of the model's new platform. That will come next year, with the flat-crank, harder-than-hard-core GT350."
http://jalopnik.com/i-think-they-act...cra-1656973027
"However, at :36 into the video they start talking about the "free revving, low inertia" characteristics of the engine and how it had a "race car mentality.""
Looks like you're gonna get what you want.
11-17-2014, 10:59 AM
#133
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Well, now that they are actually on the lot, I have to say I'm not so impressed. Course it didn't help that they were filthy, but on the lot with the rest of the Ford line up...it's like, which one is the mustang?
11-22-2014, 10:57 PM
#134
FoMoCo wants the Evos-Aston Martin grille to define their products now. That's fine.
But to keep Mustang as a standout, Ford should have done more to make the S550 stand out from the rest of the model lineups.
The S550 GT350 will retains some of Evos front end look but it has enough of a redesigned front end that stands out away from Fusion and other Evos-Aston Martin front end models.
Maybe the S550 GT350 will lead the way for a refresh look for the S550 down the road.
11-23-2014, 03:14 PM
#135
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Now that I've seen it in person and owning a 2014 Fusion, the new Stang doesn't look close to a Fusion or an Aston for that matter.
Yeah, there are resemblances but no more than the days of the fox body where you could almost swap headlamp assemblies between a T-bird, Mustang, Lincoln Mark VII and Taurus. lol
Yeah, there are resemblances but no more than the days of the fox body where you could almost swap headlamp assemblies between a T-bird, Mustang, Lincoln Mark VII and Taurus. lol
11-23-2014, 04:51 PM
#136
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Now that I've seen it in person and owning a 2014 Fusion, the new Stang doesn't look close to a Fusion or an Aston for that matter.
Yeah, there are resemblances but no more than the days of the fox body where you could almost swap headlamp assemblies between a T-bird, Mustang, Lincoln Mark VII and Taurus. lol
Yeah, there are resemblances but no more than the days of the fox body where you could almost swap headlamp assemblies between a T-bird, Mustang, Lincoln Mark VII and Taurus. lol
11-23-2014, 07:10 PM
#137
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This is one reason why I hate the S550 front end appearance design. It looks too much like a Fusion. Too much Evos.
FoMoCo wants the Evos-Aston Martin grille to define their products now. That's fine.
But to keep Mustang as a standout, Ford should have done more to make the S550 stand out from the rest of the model lineups.
The S550 GT350 will retains some of Evos front end look but it has enough of a redesigned front end that stands out away from Fusion and other Evos-Aston Martin front end models.
Maybe the S550 GT350 will lead the way for a refresh look for the S550 down the road.
FoMoCo wants the Evos-Aston Martin grille to define their products now. That's fine.
But to keep Mustang as a standout, Ford should have done more to make the S550 stand out from the rest of the model lineups.
The S550 GT350 will retains some of Evos front end look but it has enough of a redesigned front end that stands out away from Fusion and other Evos-Aston Martin front end models.
Maybe the S550 GT350 will lead the way for a refresh look for the S550 down the road.
I suspect in time we'll all adjust to the new front end. What I like about the older design (mine) is, you know it's a Mustang from 2 miles down the road. From the front or rear.
I walked by the dealer this afternoon, they had 5 on the lot and all had been discounted off sticker by up to $1,000 which I found surprising.
11-23-2014, 07:17 PM
#138
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I suspect in time we'll all adjust to the new front end. What I like about the older design (mine) is, you know it's a Mustang from 2 miles down the road. From the front or rear.
I walked by the dealer this afternoon, they had 5 on the lot and all had been discounted off sticker by up to $1,000 which I found surprising.
I walked by the dealer this afternoon, they had 5 on the lot and all had been discounted off sticker by up to $1,000 which I found surprising.
11-23-2014, 09:05 PM
#139
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My only disappointment is with Ford's advertising of the s550 as a completely different look and being smaller and lighter. Then when it's released it looks to me like its heavily influenced by the 13/14 mustang.
I was expecting more of a change like from the 2004 new edge to the 2005 s197.
I was expecting more of a change like from the 2004 new edge to the 2005 s197.
11-24-2014, 04:02 AM
#140
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My only disappointment is with Ford's advertising of the s550 as a completely different look and being smaller and lighter. Then when it's released it looks to me like its heavily influenced by the 13/14 mustang.
I was expecting more of a change like from the 2004 new edge to the 2005 s197.
I was expecting more of a change like from the 2004 new edge to the 2005 s197.