View Poll Results: How would you catagorize the styling of the 2005 Mustang Concept?
Full-Blown Retro.
24
51.06%
A mix of old and new cues.
22
46.81%
An evolution of the current Mustang.
1
2.13%
A totally new design.
0
0%
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Follow up poll: Is the 2005 Mustang Concept full-blown retro or no?
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Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Lilburn, GA, USA
Definatly full-blown retro. There is no way getting around it. It is a direct copy of one generation and that is it. Just because it is made out of new materials, does not mean it is a new design.
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,180
From: Yadkinville, NC USA
Now why did you have to go and do something like this... 
You going for "longest thread of the year", "most reads", or both?
I voted... you gess which one!
BTW - SneakyNeil, "a direct copy"?!?!
You going for "longest thread of the year", "most reads", or both?
I voted... you gess which one!
BTW - SneakyNeil, "a direct copy"?!?!
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Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 8,504
From: Ohio
Originally posted by ProudPony
Now why did you have to go and do something like this...
You going for "longest thread of the year", "most reads", or both?
I voted... you gess which one!
Now why did you have to go and do something like this...
You going for "longest thread of the year", "most reads", or both?
I voted... you gess which one!
Like I said... Should be interesting. LOL!
BTW: I'm guessing I'm on the other side of the fence from you
:chuckle:
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,180
From: Yadkinville, NC USA
Originally posted by Darth Xed
Like I said... Should be interesting. LOL!
BTW: I'm guessing I'm on the other side of the fence from you :chuckle:
Like I said... Should be interesting. LOL!
BTW: I'm guessing I'm on the other side of the fence from you
:chuckle:
There goes my productivity for the next day or two...
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,313
I see it as a very modern car with hints from the past, and so I voted a mix of the old and new. It's only the front clip that makes it look so retro and even that has a different and more modern look to it then the original. The other parts are just lesser cues.
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Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Ohio
Originally posted by RiceEating5.0
I see it as a very modern car with hints from the past, and so I voted a mix of the old and new. It's only the front clip that makes it look so retro and even that has a different and more modern look to it then the original. The other parts are just lesser cues.
I see it as a very modern car with hints from the past, and so I voted a mix of the old and new. It's only the front clip that makes it look so retro and even that has a different and more modern look to it then the original. The other parts are just lesser cues.
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 13,713
From: The Golden State
Definately a mix of old and new.
Styling is subjective, and IMHO the new Stang is definately NOT retro, but it does have styling cues of the past. Compare it to the PT Cruzer or Mini or Thunderbird that is a modernized carbon copy of past designs and Mustang looks far more modern than it does like anything from the late 60s.
If it looked like a torpedo, or had a notch back, then I'm sure more people would view it as something other than retro. But (again, just my own view on this) I don't see it as retro.
Styling is subjective, and IMHO the new Stang is definately NOT retro, but it does have styling cues of the past. Compare it to the PT Cruzer or Mini or Thunderbird that is a modernized carbon copy of past designs and Mustang looks far more modern than it does like anything from the late 60s.
If it looked like a torpedo, or had a notch back, then I'm sure more people would view it as something other than retro. But (again, just my own view on this) I don't see it as retro.
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Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 2,072
From: Lilburn, GA, USA
I wish I had the quote but the designer said he looked at the 67' and only that generation. Where are the styling cues from other generations? All this has already been discussed but oh well.
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From: South Jersey
Originally posted by SNEAKY NEIL
I wish I had the quote but the designer said he looked at the 67' and only that generation. Where are the styling cues from other generations? All this has already been discussed but oh well.
I wish I had the quote but the designer said he looked at the 67' and only that generation. Where are the styling cues from other generations? All this has already been discussed but oh well.
