Evil_Capri

Via Road & Track . . .

http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/autom...ain_sr#slide-1

I haven't seen some of these before . . . or at least I don't remembering seeing some of them.

TTS197

future9er24

Saw a link after the slideshow to some Mustang II concepts/models, some of which I also hadn't seen before. I noticed some neat similarities in the tailight design even decades later:

Kinda wish they went with these... in both cases

m05fastbackGT

When the S-197 production model came out in 2005.. It should've looked more like the 2003 concept version instead

mrp5150

It seems like they had a hell of a time deciding on the final design of the tail lights huh?

future9er24

I mean... they are the part of the car everyone else is most likely to see

TTS197

Couldn't agree with you more. What a stunning looking car and that rear.

ford4v429

I liked the concept, but saw the production model prototype at the next show, love at first sight...wound up with three of them

m05fastbackGT

That's also what I liked best about the concept as well, and perhaps it's just me, but doesn't the roofline/greenhouse on the concept appear to look visually lower than the actual 2005 production model

Cavero

I see the trademark sail panel from the R8 in a lot of those concepts. It'd be interesting to see when those sketches were made vs when the R8 was styled. I have a feeling that the Ford sketches came first...but I'm too lazy. Or they both got the idea from somewhere else.

Its kind of amazing to see the progression of design between all of these sketches. Really makes you appreciate how refined of a design the S197 was. yeah its a little plain compared to some of these concepts, but c'mon-- its a production car