Sometimes plain is good. Driving around with those tailights during Christmas might put a smile on little childrens faces and visions of candy canes dancing in their heads but what happens the rest of the year? Maybe Ford is going to open up a chain of Barbershops and its subliminal.

 

I couldn't agree with you more! I think it looks great!

 

There's something to be said for a minty-fresh rear end.

 

Overall very nice, but that BIG butt and black trim really ruins it. Flashy in a cheap way. That interior is to die for!!!

 

I'm liking what I see so far!!

 

Im still thinking this is one of the best mustangs of all time with the hips, upgraded int.,wheels, colors, attention to details etc. But this rear end looks horrible IMO. I understand the concept of shorter rear deck, new lights, air diffuser(?) etc. But somethings just not right about it. I hope Im wrong and it looks better when its revealed.
It just seems to me that every change on this car is really well thought out except for the rear end.
Im sure it will grow on me, but Im just worried that "if" its deal breaker for some, I cant see any way that aftermarket parts could make it look any better.

Of course, when I hear the roar of the 5.0 in the 2011 with 400hp, Im prepared to be very forgiving for any shortcomings.........even if its a smiling rear end with a black truck bumper glued to it.........

 

Blue you said it all. Ford needs this 5.0 to bring over the ones sitting on the fence. This would be the difference between me trading up or not.

 

I can deal with the weird rear bumper, I can deal with the funky tails, I can even deal with no 5.0 for the first year. But I absolutely cannot stand the black cladding's TRANSITION!!!

The front is just a chunky lip, and then it breaks at the wheel well. At the rocker, it's a different chunky shape, and juts out from the door skin level. After the rear wheel well it's flush with the bumper. Get some continuity here, it looks completely stupid! It should flow and transition from one panel to the next. I for one will be getting an aftermarket body kit to cover up this choppy crap from Ford. Most likely a Saleen, as supposedly they are revamping the rear end a lot. This crap reminds me of my Thunderbird with the same problem... front bumper lip, and gone at the rocker. Make it FLOW!!! Ford just cannot get this right.



Example of good flow and transition!



Anyone agree?

 

All that black plastic stuff along the bottom front, sides and rear is a poor attempt to make the car not look as tall (big) as it really is (it is also fat and long). This car is bulking up. Are we heading for a rendition of the '71-73 era?

 

Works for me!

 

You must drive in Reverse a WHOLE LOT to get candy canes that often!

 

Lovin' that rear end. Those hips

 

The current model is already 4 inches taller the the 71-73 and only an inch shorter. The car has just gotten too big. Keep the width, shorten the overhang and the bulky bumpers, lower the truck deck height by a ton, shave the roof down, but keep the head room by reducing the insane height of the seats. all this and I'm in.

 

hey check that out, you can really see the hips in this pic!

 

I just think the hips on the vert look weird. The doorline seems to flow on the coupe, but the vert just seems to have this sharp jut up and then it is flat with the qtr window????

 

Unless you have the GT/CS rear bumper added!

 

That would mean changing the platform, right? Isn't this a re-skin, with all hardpoints maintained?

 

I love the rear end. If I were you, I'd take the lens off and paint the clear part red. Done deal. No sense in throwing away the whole car because of two little white stripes.

 

Remember how the hips (and body lines) on the 1969 Fastback and the 69 Convert were different?? Somebody has got to have pics......It's just the way it has to be to accomendate the top I guess!!

 

Yep. Making it shorter ( changing the wheelbase ) would mean changing the floorpan stamping, trans tunnel, and many other structural bits. Also would require re-crash certification. That would be an all-new car, not a facelift.