i was looking on motortrend.com the other day and came across this mustang drawing...the article reads it is the new 2004 mustang and is built on the new dew platform and is called the s197 mustang....what happened to it?? this mustang look phat, and how come it was replaced with the current '05 s197?anybody know?? any more pictuers?

 

That was just a concept drawing done by a motortrend staffer. That was what they conceived it would be like if it evolved from the current body style, prior to talk about going retro. I remember seeing this when I was a junior in hs, 3-4 years ago...

 

here's the back pic of this mustang..

 

Woah, that looks hideous. Reminds me of the Goat.

 

yeah- i remember seeing that concept pic too a few years ago- the front end looks a little too Acura TSX-ish to me- and the rear looks like it came from a Saturn.... :nono:

 

I love the side exhaust AND the rear exhaust I wonder how that would sound... :scratch:

 

I love the side exhaust AND the rear exhaust I wonder how that would sound... :scratch: [/b][/quote]
Yeah - I saw the dual-dual exhaust and though "How did the editors miss THAT huge goofup?!"

I like the '05 iteration better than the one from M/T. Their version is just a freshened up (and fattened up) version of the previous model. The '05 looks great!

 

if you mean "phat" as in fat and ugly and hideous, then i agree.

im glad they didnt have that as the new stang. the 05 is quadrillion times better than that piece of crap

 

,,,,,lol ,,,,,it does,,,

 

i agree........i do love the '05 a bazillion times better....i was just wondering why ford didnt go with this concept...it looks pretty cool....but not as cool as the '05



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'05 gt black, dark charcoal interior upgrade package, 5 speed!!!

 

Don't like the front but the rear is ok, I would have preferred that Ford go with a more modern look, instead of the retro-stang we have now, but I know not many will share my opinion.

 

I remember seeing those in MT...pretty much taken from an early description of the S197...

 

I do like the 05 a LOT better, but I actually really like the exhaust (the back ones ) and the rear bumper on that MT drawing.

 

so true

 

i rember not liking all the concept drawings 3-4 years ago and was gonna get a 2005 concept camaro that i saw a drawing of

 

that car looks like an SN95 with a facelift... like the real '05 much better

 

My favorite concept sketch from a mag has to be the blue retro one done a few years before the real concept was unveiled. Somebody have a pic to back me up?

 

Although I really didn't like the current Mustang um... till I preordered it... I think after seeing my first 2005 Vette' on the street today that the Mustang will really stand out since it DOESN'T look like anything else on the road today. I still feel the new Corvette looks too similar in the front to the Viper. The new Stang will definitely look good parked next to other Hondas, Chevys and whatever else.

 

This one?

 

looks like a saturn from the back