thats so outdated...

 

I agree. On top of that why put in on the back? Not liking the new location

 

It's not so outdated, most cars now have them mounted on rear of the roof. GM is one of the few manufacturers that mounted the antenna in the glass. Having driven my Grandfathers Chevy's I can tell you the reception isn't as good as a fender mounted mast antenna.

I Really Love the fact that Ford moved the antenna to the right rear fender, In my opinion that's where it should have been all along. Now I can install a Power Retractable antenna back there so I can raise it when I want to listen to the Stereo, but when I'm listening to Cd/Mp-3's or just turn the stereo off completely to listen to the engine, it will disappear completely from sight, not even having to see the base sitting on my right front fender as on my T-Bird.

 

My 2002 Ford Windstar has its antenna in the rear glass. A couple hundred dollars and my fenders are clean of the dreaded antenna.

 

im not sure whether i like it or not. part of me wish it wasnt on the body of the car but part of me is happy that its not in my face up front.

 

IM JUST GLAD THAT IT IS NOT ON THE ROOF

 

I've only owned one car with he Antenna mounted on the rear fender, my 83 Avanti. In the 60's and 70's that was the cool place to mount your antenna. I've always liked them back there.

 

Looks better than the that darn Black Turtle on my rear deck for the Sirius Satelite reception.

And definately agree with the above mentioned post, about modding it to a retractable. Can't do that with it up front.

 

Because there's no other place to put it where its common between coupe and convertible. Since the roof, windshield glass, and convertible top are carryover from 2005, there was no glass to put it in.

And I agree, the glass mounted antennae suck for reception. My brother's Audi can't get a station to save its life.

 

I think it's ridiculous what a big deal people make about something as inconsequential as the antenna. They could've left it where it was for all I care.

 

Must be a problem with that particular Audi. Quite a few luxury cars have antennas in the glass and get great reception. Heck my 4Runner has a glass-mounted diversity antenna system and it gets better reception than any vehicle I've ever owned.

 

My old Grand Marquis has an antenna in the back glass and I never had a problem with reception.

 

Be careful- someone at Ford might try to save $ and put the Grand Marquis rear glass in the next Mustang- goodbye fastback!

 

Quick question, where would the antenna be placed on the convertible?

Would they have to make two versions, one with the antenna in the glass and another on the fender?

Wouldn’t that cost more money?


I like the new antenna I think its 10 xs better than the flag pole that’s currently on the front of the car.

I think I read somewhere that they move the antenna towards the back to cut down on wind noise.

 

Trust me guys, you don't want it in the glass. My 07 Fusion has a rear glass antenna and it sucks. It was the 1st thing I complained about to my dealer after taking delivery. Most days its local channels only ... any FM channel over 60 miles away is hit and miss.

 

Sigh...


Agreed....

 

Have you ever heard of a diversity antenna? Like I said earlier, I have an in-the-glass diversity antenna on my 4Runner and it works incredibly well. Maybe Ford should invest in diversity antennas for the vehicles that they put the antenna in the glass.

If antennas in the glass were crappy, you'd never see so many expensive cars still using them.

 

my theory is you need different antennas for different countries that use different radio frequencies. if that's the case, then prepping the car for a another country is just a matter of swapping the antenna. if the antenna is the glass then the manufacturer has to change the entire windshield. cars like the camry and accord have them in the glass because they are US domestic market only. anyway, that's my theory on the whole thing. as for expensive cars using them, don't BMW and Audi use fin antennas?



There's always that too. problem solved.

 

+1. It just looks dumb imo.

That'd be hideous!

 

They should have integrated the antenna on the rear window.