A scared robot is being nice it looks like a duck bill. Its the Aflac duck!

 

I think that the 2010 looks Very Aggressive in that Picture.

 

overall I like the new car. Not as much as the 05-09's.. and quite frankly I don't think a homerun like Ford hit on the 05-09's happens all too often. Love the 10's interior but the overall body more on the 05-09's. I guess I was expecting more with all the hype that was going on before it was introduced. I think the 10's will 'grow' on me when I see on in person tho..

 

The '05 to '09 and the 2010+ are really not all that different. Squint and it's almost impossible to tell them apart, especially in profile view.

Where the 2010 shines is in interior quality, amenities and technology packages, and in adopting the Bullitt powertrain, suspension and transmission upgrades. Add to all of that more customizing options direct from Ford, and a 400 HP 5.0L engine arriving in 2011, and you've got a helluva car.

If it had IRS in 2011, too, it'd be **** near perfect.

 

In fact, couldn't agree more. IMO 05-09 didn't really push the envelope if you know what I mean, its a great looking car but it was a little too safe (by this I mean it appealed to almost everyone). Let me re-state this now, I think the 05-09 cars looked very nice, but they didn't blow me away. I drive a Mustang because I've loved them for years, good and bad. My Dad has 2 (66' K-code GT Coupe & 1970 Boss 302) classics and I grew up riding in/driving them. I remember thinking as a kid that the reason they were so great wasn't just that they were fun and sounded great, but they didn't look like anything else that I knew of at the time. Fast-forward to 2005, I really thought that the Mustang couldn't look any better but as time went on, I just got tired of seeing so many Mustangs on the road that looked the same.

Like so many things in life, evolution happens, so many people are bashing this car even before they've seen one in person, let alone drive one. Is it really so terrible if this Mustang is engineered/looks slightly differently from the last? I've seen it mentioned that there is some perfect formula for a Mustang but I disagree. Break the mold once in a while if it never happened we'd miss out on both good and bad changes. Before people flip out and call me a blaspheme, I don't want a FWD/4cyl Mustang GT or anything like that, I just don't think that change is a bad thing. Personally I think the lines on the '10 look great. It accentuates an already near perfect design. Like Hollywood, if we get a 5.0L in the future and maybe an IRS, I'm sold. This is all just my .02 and try not to take it too personally everyone.

 

I bet it will be easier 40 years down the road to find a nice low mile 07-09 GT500 because there should still be a decent amount of them kicking around. Same can be said for the 93-04 Cobras. People are striking gold now with the original muscle cars because so few kept them in good shape.

 

well played sir

 

I'm not asking for a retro 90s car, I'd rather have something fresh and new!

 

actually I bought mine cash. If I want a 2010 Ill buy one.. No big deal.

 

Yep me too. There are just too many little details that I do not like about the 2010 to make me one to buy one. I just don't like the mutton chops on the GT, all the black plastic, especially on the rear and on the GT grill, but I especially don't like the fact that the GT will be giving up over 100hp to the Camaro SS. Hopefully by 2012 all of these things will be corrected by Ford or the aftermarket. I really want to like the Mustang more, and some things I do like better such as the new interior, but if it cost more to mod a GT to make it perform like an SS, then I may have to go back to the Bowtie side. Time will tell I guess...

 

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Thanks for clearing this up, as I had apparently misinterpreted.


Phil,

Of course I realize that nobody cheats death, all I'm saying, is don't kill us baby boomers off prematurely. As I feel pretty sure that once you reach 50, you'll then realize what I mean lol.


I also appreciate the well played compliment, although it wasn't my intention to play anybody. As what you see in my posts, are also what you receive from my personality.

 

You'll pretty much get the same opinions/remarks, no matter what area you happen to be in. I suppose it's just a matter of being there at the right place, at the right time. But whenever I do hear those remarks, they're usually from the under 30 crowd that are more than likely unaware of the Mustang's history. So I pretty much take those remarks with a grain of salt anyhow.



That would really be nice, if they could, but unfortunately in today's economic market. I just don't think it can be done without going over budget.


The same could also be said for the SN-95 Generation, but yet it did very well in it's 10 year production run. Although it's major restyle in 99, obviously played a huge role as well.




One word, Money. But make no mistake about it, the 67 fastback has always been my favorite Mustang of all time, ever since I was 9 years old.

However by the time I was old enough to drive in the mid 70's. I was unable to afford one even back then. Due mostly because nobody was selling them locally during that time, and for those few that were. They were nothing but rust buckets, that weren't even worth fixing to begin with.

And now, you're looking at anywhere from 30k and up, just towards one which isn't considered a rust bucket.

I also do not have the facilities/equipment, nor have the funding required to put into a major restoration project Phil.

So as a direct result, I had pretty much given up on ever owning my 67 fastback that I had always dreamed about owning someday. That is until Ford came out with the 2005-09 models which changed everything by finally providing me with the opportunity I had been waiting for over 40 years. And even though the new S-197 was not a replica of those 67-68 fastback models, I also knew from that moment on, that my 2005 GT was going to be the closest I was ever going to get to owning one.

Needless to say, I haven't looked back, ever since.


That quote was not directed at you personally, as it was a general statement directed towards all those nay-sayers.


Understood.



IMHO, the 50th anniversary edition will end up as an all new and fresh model, from the ground up. I'm also pretty confident, that will be seeing a concept version, sometime around 2011 or 2012. Followed by the production version, in 2014

 

My beef is that Ford didn't improve on the suspension and brakes for the 2010. Ford could have easily given us a Watts Link rear to tide us over until the GRWD platform.

I am still getting used to the exterior looks. The 05 exterior is **** near perfect in my eyes.

 

Please... does anyone think that the majority of '05 - '09 cars are owned by Baby Boomers? Get real....

Of course the car appeals to Baby Boomers because it looks so much like the Mustangs that were around when they were growing up. But before anyone else says that the majority of owners are Baby Boomers, please check the buyer/owner stats and get back to me with some real figures. There's no way in the world that the majority of '05 - '09 owners are Baby Boomers.

 

You mean the original...classic...most coveted...best designed Mustangs?

Yeah, those would be OUR Mustangs alright.

 

Through the years I have had every generation of the Mustang at some point (except the II). Since I started driving in the early '80s I've always had at least one of the current generation of Mustang. Each time a new body style would come out, I would be jealous and think to myself "man, I can't wait to get one of those!" and eventually I would. I can honestly say that when the '10 arrived, it was the first time that I didn't feel that way and thought to myself that I would rather have the one I am currently driving.

I'm not saying that I hate the new one and won't buy one. I very well may do that at some point, but it will have to really grow on me when I see it in person and it would be in addition to the one I have now, definitely not a replacement.

I love the new interior, the "hips", and the hood. However, the cheap looking plastic down the sides and around the rear end just kills it for me. I can only imagine how crappy that stuff will look after a few years of normal driving. I'm sure it would hold up well on cars like many of us here have (weekend, fair weather, toys) but on a daily driver I expect that it will be faded, chalky, and even more cheap looking than it is now (if that is possible). At least that has been my experience with materials like that on daily drivers.

 

As you just took the words, right out of my mouth

 

I totally agree, as I'm also concerned as to what those flat black panels are going to look like, once they start getting stone chips splattered everywhere. Heck they're going to end up sticking out like a sore thumb. But at least with painted panels, they won't be nearly as noticeable.

In the meantime, once the aftermarket comes out with painted rear valences. Will they also come out with replacement panels, for the rocker moldings, and lower front valences