Wow thats a really nice fox Barrett!

 

I am just the opposite at 6ft even and just over 200lb even when I'm in shape (and do note that at the moment I am not in shape) I passed up the opportunity to buy a 93 Ford Probe GT at a steal back in the mid ninties because I didn't really fit in the car, and at that time I was still running every day.

That said I'll agree that Ford could do a far better job with S197 interior room. While I don't mind the added wheelbase and track, just like jarradsay I don't see much point in the added height of the car or the incredibly long rear overhang in a car with interior room not much better in some respects than a SN95. (to be fair the trunk on the Mustang is huge with credit going to that same rear overhang, but I'd rather have more rear seat room given the choice since I can put my luggage in the back seat but can't really ask my friends to sit in the trunk....put simply Ford needs to lose the J-Lo booty on the current pony)

And while hard inteior dimensions may not alway tell the story of truly usable interior room I know from first-hand experince that amazing changes can be wrought within similar shapes. A few years after having looked at that Probe, and after having put on a few pounds no less, I found myself driving a friends then new 2000 Mercury Cougar which seemed to be about the same size on the outside as the Probe but which had cavern like-room for the driver on the inside. In all sincerity it felt as roomy as my brothers MN12 T-Bird from the drivers seat, Comapre this to the Probe which made my old Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, which had an interior which was plenty tight in several respects, feel like a limo.

I would like to see the current Mustang lose about 2 inches in height, about 4 inches in length, and gain about an inch of wheelbase while improving interior room in the rear. However, I'm still okay with the weight.

 

Absolutely! Numbers have some meaning, don't get me wrong. But come to my house and sit in this:



Then sit in my '06 and tell me that the difference is neglible LOL!

 

Speaking of height, you should see a 2006 GT next to a '70 Boss 302!

I held off buying an sn95 for some years because it was too tight for me. Once I had the opportunity to buy one as a secondary car, I jumped on it. I got spoiled with the extra room I had in my SHO, I guess.

 

I could, the fox cars fit me nicely (6'2" 300 lbs), hell I don't get a tight feeling till I get in a miata -beam is a tad narrow, but as long as the package shelf isn't crammed to the gunwales, then I can set the seat back far enough to fit comfortably. Matter of fact, the only car I've ever had a problem with is a crossfire - that thing wasn't built to fit humans. +

 

Honestly the arguement wasn't to say that there isn't any more room in the stang. The argument is that the stang grew significantly but that growth didn't equate with an increase of room. Volumetrically there is an increase; however, based on the overall growth of the car, those increases don't justify the overall increase in size.

 

Thanks!!!

S-197 room > Fox/SN-95...