machracer11

I could not agree more, I mean retro was cool and all for a little while but I think it is time for the new mustang to have a design all its own, not steal from the much earlier cars. I liked the 05's when they came out with the design but by the time they started producing the car I was already tired of it, could be because that design was already produced OVER 25 YEARS AGO

Like tightdogal said, all its needs is a coupe and convertible body and a V8

Mustangmaster

Retro is cool if done right. The S197s are done right. In between the early 70s up to 2004, that was evolving and it was horrible. Right now the 2011 Mustangs are the best ever...really nice looking cars and really nice riding experience.

T8Stanggt

I can see the car taking a turn towards Euro styling

conejo172

Although I would like to see some more change like they did with my model (2010) the retro look has worked! People were upset with mustang II and in the early stage of the fox, even in 1987 when the 4 eyed Fox became european looking!people hate/hated the redesign of the 10's until Ford brought back a namesake 5.0! The rear all of a sudden was forgot!

tightdogal

Yeah, Idk, I just think the most modern looking Mustang is still the 99-2004 model. I liked the retro thing at all, but eventually it's going to get tired (VW New Beetle and PT Cruiser). They can easily still keep all the heritage signs of what keeps a Mustang a Mustang and loose all the retro things. Let's see a car that 50 years from now, Ford will try to make a retro version of THAT car. The throwback to the 1960's stuff is getting old now. If we go 15 years with a retro Mustang, ugh...

machracer11

yeah the 99-04 is definitely the best looking modern mustang (though that could just be owner bias) but I do think that the new edge mustang just looks so much meaner and much more aggressive than the 05 (love the '10 though, it looks just plain angry and pissed off and i dont find the rear end that offensive) I think Ford should at least put a little into a design study of some sort just to see what they could come up with if they pulled away from the retro look

potman

I do too. It's the retro styling that is so appealing and what makes it stand out from every other roadster on the road.

I was wondering how they could possibly improve on the current styling cues. But the model in the pic isn't changed enough to compell a trade in. But, in a sense that's good, it'll help older models retain re-sell value.

PNYXPRESS

I see the mustang following the same path it did in the beginning, with the 2014 getting smaller like the mustang II chassis did Also that article says that the s197 chassis is the second longest running chassis at 9 yrs is it is redesigned in 2014, Wouldnt the sn-95 chassis be a longer run as it was from 94-04 or 11 MY runs?

Slug Catcher

I dont think of it as retro.

Yea, the PT Cruiser is retro. The VW Beetle is just staying true to form.

You guys want all this new styling, but it usually turns the car into some unrecognizable peice of crap.

How many people ran out and bought the "ALL NEW" evolved Ford Probe when it came out? NOBODY!
That Pile of junk was suppose to REPLACE the Mustang. Luckily Stang owners werent seduced by the gay euro styling. Other wise we would all be rocking the FWD right now.



Dodge used all new styling cues when they made the Charger. If you could choose between the Charger or the Challenger, Which one would you want?

I remember when Jeep put square head lights on the Wranglers. Loyal Jeep owners went ape chit. They soon returned to round head lights.

If you screw with the formula, your going to pay the price. People dont buy Mustangs because of its Advanced styling, they Buy them because the Mustangs styling is timeless.

I hear alot of people saying they want all new styling, but I think they really dont know what they want.


Its like When McDonalds did this survey and found that 90% of the customer wanted a healthier Burger on the menu. So McDonalds came out with the McLean Burger. Less then 1% of the Customers actually order it.


GM Killed the Camaro and replaced it with the Cobalt to satisfy customer demands for a cheap economical sports car.



If you want to see what Evolved styling will get you, Google " Chevy Nova".


See what that turned into before Chevy finally pulled the plug.

Leave the Mustang the way it is.

machracer11

what does "leave the mustang the way it is" mean? redesigns and updates are very much necessary to keep the car selling to people like those "swing buyers" who have no loyalty to any brand but do know they want something as American as a muscle car.

I dont think ive read any post in this thread that said anyone wanted completely new styling, everyone seems to agree that carrying over design cues that can be seen throughout the life of the model like the 3 bar tail lights or the mustang over the red white and blue emblems. but i do think that it is possible to have too much of a good thing and I also think that the '10 mustang is a step in the right direction its aggressive and has a body line that is obviously mustang on top of other design cues and all around a much better design than the '05 (better in the sense that it is obviously a mustang but a mustang that has its own image and wont be so much known as being the one that looks like one from the 60's)