2005 Mustang Production Pics
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I'm sure the cobra and other special models will look good. But that car there does nothing for me. I don't like it at all. I liked the concept version but that one looks way to plain. I like the current stangs better. Also i don't like the interior at all. C'mon RED?!?! Thats jmho though. It just doesn't look agressive at all. But its a stang, either way it will sell.
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Originally posted by Gripenfelter
The concept looked good.
This looks like ***.
The concept looked good.
This looks like ***.
Ford really f34ked up the 05 mustang. The Concept was so beatiful matched from fender to fender...this new junk looks liek they tried to rework an 03 body and mak a retro design fit into it. Car doesn't even flow right... you'd got a choppy blocky looking front end...then you round the rear off? Ok WTF? Looks like ***..I feel the need to destroy mustangs now more than ever...this added to the hitlist along with the POS "Manaro" that they put GTO badges on. I hope the first shipments of these cars to the US fall off into the water and sink to the bottom of the ocean as they import them from Australia.
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yeah, it seems most here are dissapointed that it deviated from the concept. Anyways, here are more pics. This is of a silver coupe with white stripes.
Side
http://www.autonews.com/files/2004NA...s/DSCN0441.jpg
Front
http://www.autonews.com/files/2004NA...s/DSCN0447.jpg
Side
http://www.autonews.com/files/2004NA...s/DSCN0441.jpg
Front
http://www.autonews.com/files/2004NA...s/DSCN0447.jpg
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It's not that it's a bad looking car or anything...it's just that when Ford put the Concept out allot of people (myself included) fell inlove with it. Whe nthey put out the Production version..those little things we loved about the car in the concept were gone. So it's hard to like the car after seeing how much they took from what it could had been. I'm sure if Ford previewd that car and never the concept it would get better responses. But...that's not how it happend.
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Originally posted by Heatmaker
It's not that it's a bad looking car or anything...it's just that when Ford put the Concept out allot of people (myself included) fell inlove with it. Whe nthey put out the Production version..those little things we loved about the car in the concept were gone. So it's hard to like the car after seeing how much they took from what it could had been. I'm sure if Ford previewd that car and never the concept it would get better responses. But...that's not how it happend.
It's not that it's a bad looking car or anything...it's just that when Ford put the Concept out allot of people (myself included) fell inlove with it. Whe nthey put out the Production version..those little things we loved about the car in the concept were gone. So it's hard to like the car after seeing how much they took from what it could had been. I'm sure if Ford previewd that car and never the concept it would get better responses. But...that's not how it happend.
It will be interesting seeing how the Cobra comes out looking.
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what part of "concept" do some of you people not understand?did you expect the production mustang GT to be a 2-seater with a glass roof and 20+inch wheels with a 400HP engine?other that than showy "concept" interior and the cut of the doors and side scoops and quarter windows,it basically looks just like the "concept",and its a hell of lot closer than most other "concept" to production cars,if you don't like it,fine,great,if you hate it,great,but c'mon,open you eyes,they look damn close.
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Originally posted by Heatmaker
Finally a guy who knows what a good car looks like.
Ford really f34ked up the 05 mustang. The Concept was so beatiful matched from fender to fender...this new junk looks liek they tried to rework an 03 body and mak a retro design fit into it. Car doesn't even flow right... you'd got a choppy blocky looking front end...then you round the rear off? Ok WTF? Looks like ***..I feel the need to destroy mustangs now more than ever...this added to the hitlist along with the POS "Manaro" that they put GTO badges on. I hope the first shipments of these cars to the US fall off into the water and sink to the bottom of the ocean as they import them from Australia.
Finally a guy who knows what a good car looks like.
Ford really f34ked up the 05 mustang. The Concept was so beatiful matched from fender to fender...this new junk looks liek they tried to rework an 03 body and mak a retro design fit into it. Car doesn't even flow right... you'd got a choppy blocky looking front end...then you round the rear off? Ok WTF? Looks like ***..I feel the need to destroy mustangs now more than ever...this added to the hitlist along with the POS "Manaro" that they put GTO badges on. I hope the first shipments of these cars to the US fall off into the water and sink to the bottom of the ocean as they import them from Australia.
It doesn't even look like a muscle car to me.
And why is Ford so excited about finally breaking the 300hp mark in a GT? LOL!
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I was still somewhat undecided on the new Mustang until I saw the side profile. Yeck! Can anyone say "JLo ***" ?
Look at the side profile pic, cover the *** of the car (everything behind the doors) and take another look.
IMO, great looking front end albeit not perfect. Then I take my hand away and wonder what happened to the rear. Its *** is huuuuge. Where the front end is nearly without overhang and gracefully slopes down to encompass the front wheels, the rear sticks way out and up. The overhang is horridly reminiscent of a Lincoln and it sticks up as if to say "look at me, I'm a Camry". Those quarter windows were an afterthought and don't seem to match any of the car's character.
EDIT: Here is what I'm talking about...
Production
Concept
Maybe I'm just jealous. Maybe I'm bitter. Or maybe I was asking too much in hoping that the only pony car offered in 2005 would be tastefully styled.
Look at the side profile pic, cover the *** of the car (everything behind the doors) and take another look.
IMO, great looking front end albeit not perfect. Then I take my hand away and wonder what happened to the rear. Its *** is huuuuge. Where the front end is nearly without overhang and gracefully slopes down to encompass the front wheels, the rear sticks way out and up. The overhang is horridly reminiscent of a Lincoln and it sticks up as if to say "look at me, I'm a Camry". Those quarter windows were an afterthought and don't seem to match any of the car's character.
EDIT: Here is what I'm talking about...
Production
Concept
Maybe I'm just jealous. Maybe I'm bitter. Or maybe I was asking too much in hoping that the only pony car offered in 2005 would be tastefully styled.
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Question for the Mustang guys: Will the GT be available with a foglight-delete option? If I was even interested in one, those rediculous things would be the first to be gone. It's got Subaru disease (fogs as big as the headlights 
)
And yes, the short front overhang and too-large rear overhang are eerily similar to the other car that it's roughly based on--Lincoln LS.
)And yes, the short front overhang and too-large rear overhang are eerily similar to the other car that it's roughly based on--Lincoln LS.