05 Mustangs look better on the road then than I thought they would... I took this picture while driving down 696 in Southfield, Michigan.

05 Mustang GT


-Jay

 

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And yes, they do look better in person.

 

Yeah, I have seen them out on Southfield. I have actually seen the '05 out 3 times. I saw it 2 times on Southfield and one more time on a drive back from the dragway. I can't remember what road it was coming off.

The first time I saw it was after the auto show this year, but it still had camo on the doors for some reason. The next time I saw it, it was totally exposed. The last time I saw it, it had camo on the front fascia and doors. I don't know why they still had the camo on it at that point... seeing as it was previously totally exposed

 

There are several pics of the red and white GT cars on the streets in/around Nashville during the big show there. I was suprised how freely Ford was driving them around actually.

They drove the white one to Nashville from Dearborn - it still had MFG's tags on it. They also drove it on the track during track time - it looks and sounds great at speed IMO.

If interested, there's several pics on Stangnet and Corral.net - look in the lounges and 2005 forums, search for "nashville +road", I don't have time to link them all right now.

One guy actually took several pics going home from the show, in which the white 05 and two other Mustangs are "running" together up the highway... at a "good" rate of speed too. The car does look pretty nice.

 

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No dice, it goes to the login in screen

 

Works for me

 

Here's another...
http://forums.stangnet.com/attachmen...chmentid=22656
This is going north out of Nashville towards Kan-tucky.

 

From what I've heard, the new design isn't any worse aerodynamically then the current Mustang's, and may even be a tad better

 

I wouldn't doubt it.

A grill still has a radiator behind it, whether it's upright or not. Also, the new one has headlight covers that angle towards the sides as opposed to the hood. Either way smooths out the airflow I'd imagine.

 

Don't get me wrong... I Like the new GTO alot better.... But... for a mustang.. the new GT looks pretty good.

-Jay

 

I had also heard the air flow under the car was improved. We should be seeing some good #'s and reviews in the next month or two. Option lists are popping up on the net now. In one of those lists Ford says the GT will have 300 HP (which we already knew) and 320 TQ. Not bad for 87 octane and small displacement. Those numbers are supposed to be underrated. We're talking Mach1 or better numbers at the track. People may not like the looks, but it's an incredible deal @ 25k.

 

I've been saying "don't judge aerodynamics based on looks alone" for sometime now. Modern technology has come a long way, and a car can be quite aerodynamic, and not have a bullet shaped body. Case in point: boxy looking Volvo S80 has a coefficient drag of 0.28. And the big Lexus Ls430 luxury sedan has a drag of 0.26.

So i kind of figured aerodynamics wouldn't be any worse than the new-edge Sn95 cars. If Ford did their homework right, it might even be better.

 

I don't know why everyone makes such a big deal about aerodynamics. It's not like ANY car made these days is especially bad, and we all know the most beautiful cars were made before we really had any kind understanding of aerodynamics (I.E. late sixties and earlier).

 

I vote with this guy!

Gimme a '69 Mach 1 or a '69 Z/28 over these late model bubble-cars ANYDAY for curb appeal!