I agree I am glad I ordered a '12. I'm blown away how fast you got your ordered car. I ordered mine 08-28-11 and word is it should be delivered by the 21st of this month.

For the spy shots has anyone considered the fact that the gt500 nose may not actually be the final nose? If they are going to such trouble to keep the tail lights hidden, why would they put something so obvious on the front? Throwing on a different hood and fascia could be done at the last minute and surprise everyone.

 

Seems I may have lost the bet. Ah well, name your prize.

 

the front end reminds me of...

 

You couldn't have been a ford fan very long or else it would remind you of this.

 

BIGGER:

 

More pronounced step in the splitter towards the center of the car
body color lower rear valence
In the middle pic it looks like the tail panel around the faux gas cap is curved left to right was well as top to bottom.

 

didn't say i disliked...just reminded me

1 truck,7 mustangs,2 taurus

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i notice on rear shot of V6... body colored mirrors

 

Yeah, it looks kinda like the rear panel is concave horizontally and vertically.

 

I wonder if the decklid was changed or if that's just some type of add-on trim piece.

 

Same decklid but new trim piece. If everyone will notice, the inboard edge of the taillamp is contoured to the decklid eliminating the previous panel gap look.

 

Something I just thought of concerning the use of the Shelby GT500 style nose and hood... European market cars require higher hoods and noses for pedestrian safety. Since I speculated earlier that the Mustang is preparing for European sales, the new higher nose and taller hood would go along with plans to certify vehicles for sale in Europe... Also, the Camaro is entering the European market with specific Euro spec parts. Since this is a two-year running facelift, I am sure parts for NA spec and Euro spec Mustangs are being commonized as much as possible to keep costs down.

 

That's possible, although I'm not aware of plans for Ford to sell the '13/'14 MY in the UK, at least. Of course, we can still personally import them or there are specialist companies that import and sell them.

I would imagine the Chevrolet will sell miniscule numbers of Camaros over here. In fact, the number of personal imports will probably out number the "official" cars. Makes you wonder why they'd bother.

However, that's me wandering off-topic!

10 days n counting

 

I don't think anyone brought this up yet:
White Boss
White roof.

 

This pic is new to me...thanks for posting that up!
It's the first shot that looks really good, IMO. Still... I do feel a bit of relief that I honestly and genuinely like the 2010-2012 style better so far.

 

the only grill we have not seen is the regular GT with fogs. any way we can pan this photo over to that brembo car......

 

It's not specifically required by law but it gives a better score on the EURO NCAP crash test indeed. That's why all the automakers here are integrating them into their designs.

I doubt there are any plans to officially introduce this end of life cycle model in the European market. The new car taxation systems in many countries here are rapidly being changed to CO2 output based and even though the new 2011 engines are a leap forward they are still not exactly econo. For example here in the Netherlands the new car tax on a V8 Stang used to be around $16.000 and in a few years time has gone up to around $40.000. Driving the price of a V8 convertible up to $110.000. And that is no typo!

Not all countries are like this btw (in Germany for example this new car tax doesn't exist, and in the UK it's only marginal) but many countries do impose CO2 based taxing now. The only Stang that will make any sense here sales wise is a low emissions turbo 4 banger and that is exactly why Ford is developing one for 2015.

 

That's not camouflage, that's the new Boss paint scheme.

 

Man, you're all over this. Have you seen the car already or something?

 

Also tell the LEDs will circle the 3 bar taillights like the taurus

 

Could this be the riciest Mustang to date?