Seems someone found a picture that has a few photos of the new Mustang's interior on the wall in the background.

http://warnerrobert.com/ubb/ultimate...c&f=2&t=000712

 

Hmmm. Not bad looking. Appears to be very driver-oriented. I hope the design isn't retro overkill though.

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-Joshua
1997 Bright Red T/A WS6 M6
I was thinking dagger. -Steve Nash

 

Actually I've heard that the next Mustang will be full-blown retro, like the T-Bird. Big mistake IMO.

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Mark

94 Z28, Red, A4, 3:23
Lone Mods--LPE CAI, !Lapeer Dragway.
(Hey, I'm a college boy I can't afford gobs of bolt-ons!)

Best time: 14.658 @ 95.1
with SES light on and Driver off! (First and only time at track)

The F-body will NEVER die.

 

I whole-heartedly agree!

 

I can see the SSR (retro example) selling pretty strong for at least a few years maybe more, but a full-retro mustang? For one thing that would alienate their female buyers, which is where most of their sales come from. So Ford has my blessings to go full-retro and confuse their custoemrs and kill their sales! That'll just seal the deal for GTO 2nd-year or 3rd-year complete sellouts after the 2004 complete sellout.

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1982 Recaro Trans Am (Y84), LU5/WS6/CC1/G80/J65/etc. 3,070 orig. miles (6/20/2002) - http://ohok.com/82recaro
1985 Base Firebird, F41/LB8/GU5/etc. CB radio, 142kmiles. http://ohok.com/82recaro/kizzsfb.jpg
1984 Firebird S/E, WS6/LL1/MD8/etc. All original, 102kmiles. Sold 5/02 http://ohok.com/82recaro/kizzsse.jpg

 

The next Mustang will not be full blown retro. They will have styling cues from the past, just like all the pony cars have had. The cues might just be different than the cues used in the past generation. The next Mustang will be a good looking car, lets just hope Ford can continue to improve their powertrain/quality concerns.

 

Sorry, I'm not saying I know for sure, that's just what I've gathered from various websites and such. I will say this about Mustang. Whatever styling direction they go, it will most likely be successful. I have a feeling that just the word "Mustang" combined with the chrome horse on the grill draws people to the car. I'm just not sure what's to love about the current, "retro cues gone awkward" design but they sure sell a boat load of 'em!

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Mark

94 Z28, Red, A4, 3:23
Lone Mods--LPE CAI, !Lapeer Dragway.
(Hey, I'm a college boy I can't afford gobs of bolt-ons!)

Best time: 14.658 @ 95.1
with SES light on and Driver off! (First and only time at track)

The F-body will NEVER die.

 

Well i wouldn't say that most of the mustang sales come from women buyers. Last i checked, the breakdown on carpoint.com was 63% men and 37% women. While that's much higher then the f-bods 82% men and 18% women, the majority of mustang buyers are still men. The mustang also outsells the f-bods 2 to 1. Do the math and you'll see that far more men opt for the stang then the f-bod. So technically, even without the female buyers, you're still looking at 110+ thousand units which aint half bad.

On the other hand, the retro looking PT cruiser seem to be very popular with the ladies. Same with the new bug. Besides, most chicks dig the old school stangs. Especially the drop tops .

I doubt retro would kill mustang sales.

 

I wonder... do you think rental car companies count as male or female buyers...



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If it breaks, it wasn't high performance enough.

2001 Mustang Bullitt GT
2000 Jetta M5

 

Believe it or not, Mustangs (including the V6 versions) are bought by far more men than women. Eclipse is the sports coupe bought mostly by women, only 43% going to men. As mentioned above, over 60% of Mustang buyers are men. That figure is pretty similar in both GT & V6 models.

By comparason, last I heard Camaro is about 70%. Not exactly a landslide of a difference.

 

Hmmm...

 

The Mustang sales don't refect the number of teenage girls that have their car in their Dad's name. So this is why you tend to see more girls in stangs.

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-Joshua
1997 Bright Red T/A WS6 M6
I was thinking dagger. -Steve Nash

 

Oh. Golly. Many thanks for clearing that up. One would logically deduce from your post that the F-body sales don't reflect the number of teenage boys that have their car in their Dad's name either. So this is why you tend to see more boys in F-bodys.

Right?

[This message has been edited by Bob Cosby (edited July 25, 2002).]

 

First off, I wasn't trying to be a smart ***, so I don't appreciate the smart *** reply.

I understand that you know a thing or to about Mustangs, but don't come on here talking down to people.

As for my rebutal: Most families would have the vehicles under the dad's name rather than the wifes, so I would bet that my point isn't reflected on the demographics.

Now keep this thing nice Thank you.

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-Joshua
1997 Bright Red T/A WS6 M6
I was thinking dagger. -Steve Nash

 

My apologies. I thought you were being a smart ***. If you were not being a smart-***, then you I disagree - a lot - with your assumptions (that's all they could be...assumptions).

As for talking down...didn't intend it that way, if that is how it came off. I just replied in the same manner as I perceived your post.