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Rumors concerning Ford's 2014.5 Mustang
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Mecum was selling an older Mustang and the on-air crew started talking about the new 2014 Mustang. One of the on-air guys went off on a rant claiming that the pictures he had seen made the new Mustang look like a two-door Ford Fusion - he thought it looked awful. On of the other on-air guys went into "damage control" mode and commented that there are no official pictures of the 2014 Mustang from Ford and he was confident that Ford would build an aspirational vehicle that would be worthy of a Mustang badge. Time will tell.... but Ford can't do anything worse to the Mustang than what they did back in 1974. |
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04-22-2013, 01:23 PM | #3 | |
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Concerning the 2014.5, I've read that Ford is planning to release the new Mustang in 2014 and sell it as a 2015 - just like they did with the original Mustang 50 years earlier in 1964.5. |
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04-22-2013, 01:34 PM | #4 |
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Rumors concerning Ford's 2014.5 Mustang
I wanted to create a new thread concerning the 2014.5 Ford Mustang and split some posts away from another thread.
Concerning the 2014.5 Mustang, there's a great report from Jalopnik that shows two different renderings of the new Mustang. Here's the link - click here Concerning the renderings from the Jalopnik site, I really like the first one and think it would be a great design that would be well received by the Mustang community and the public at large. Concerning the second rendering, while I don't hate it I can see why a true Mustang fan would feel that Ford strayed too far away from the Mustang's DNA. Concerning the rest of the Jalopnik report, my only concern is it appears that the V-8 engines will play a less significant roll in the new Mustang. As I've stated several times before, I fear we'll all look back on this era as being "the good old days" of true muscle cars in five or ten years when the OEMs are too busy chasing government mandated fuel economy to build cars that people actually want to drive. |
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I really like the design on the Jalopnik site. Just remember, no one thought GM could F up the GTO as bad as they did either.
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I really wanted to like that car (mostly because it was a Bob Lutz project) but I just can't get past the rear end styling of the vehicle. I like the front end styling and the interior and I love the engine but I hate the rear end styling. |
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11-19-2013, 01:17 PM | #7 |
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The reveal date = 12/05/13
Well, according to a report from Reuters we won't have to wait too much longer to see what the new Mustang's going to look like. According to a news report released today the new Mustang will be revealed by Ford on 12/05/13. For a link to the news report - click here
Let's hope Ford keeps the Mustang alive as an aspirational vehicle and doesn't repeat the mistake they made back in 1974. (It's hard to believe that Iacocca would have released some of the ugly cars Ford built in the mid to late 70s.) I remember hearing that the Ford Probe was supposed to be the replacement for the Mustang back in the 80s but when the Mustang fans caught wind of Ford's plans they generated a major backlash. Thankfully Ford kept the Mustang alive as a V8/RWD vehicle and marketed the Probe as a separate vehicle. Concerning the 2014.5 Mustang - I hope Ford hits a Home Run. Time will tell. |
11-21-2013, 06:24 PM | #8 |
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Car & Driver supposedly has leaked images of what the Mustang will look like (or very close approximation anyway). http://www.caranddriver.com/features...l-details-news
I like what I see, but I'm not sure I would be willing to put money down for one just yet. Although the car in the Car & Driver article does look good, it just doesn't move me. The good part is that the combination of an independent suspension (finally) with the 5.0 V-8 and manual transmission sounds really good. I also understand we might see either a 9-speed or 10-speed automatic in the Mustang in the near future. I guess we'll see when the car is revealed in a couple of weeks. |
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I'm also a big fan of Ford's 5.0 Coyote engine and will be interested to see if Ford develops a 500 HP version of the engine as C&D suggests. |
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12-05-2013, 09:29 AM | #10 |
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Today's the Day - Ford unveils 2015 Mustang
As promised, today is the day that Ford indicated they'd unveil the 2015 Mustang.
Here's a link to the Ford webpage - click here If you click the "Gallery" button on Ford's site you'll get to see about 25 pictures of the car. |
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4 cylinder!!
The news also reported it will be the 1st time since the '80s you can get a 4 cylinder Mustang again..... Let me know how THAT works for ya Ford
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I'm not opposed to a four-cylinder Mustang if the power/performance is adequate but I wonder if there will be a market for the vehicle if gas remains near $3/gallon. The other variable is, regardless of whether the market wants it or not, OEMs need to worry about the increased CAFE standards that are just around the corner. |
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