I hope someone didn't lose their job for those shots. It's nothing that we haven't already seen.

 

Yeah nothing new here. Not even engine bay shots. Which have been seen also.

 

Not the point.
It's not necessarily the what but where.

Out on the street is one thing.
In a shop...big no no

 

Magnaflow's shop?

 

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=699

 

Nice scoop by Mustang6g!!!

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/show...ted=1#post4063

 

It's about **** time!

Nice pics, but too much camo as usual. Still I didn't expect to see a full prototype this soon.

 

So can all the "oh noes its going to be another Mustang II!" folks kindly looks at those pics and chill out? Long hood, short deck, muscular stance, twin pipes, hips, its looking good so far.

 

6G didn't get the shots, Chris Doane did. Autoblog also has the scoop. HEAVY camo. Not much to see other than wheels and brakes, and a bit of the side rockers.

 

Definitely appears smaller than the S197. That or the camo is playing with the eyes. Can someone take a 2010 in camo and watermark it over top of this one and see how the proportions line up?

 

Could it be theism?

 

Girl on FB said she seen it and its pretty but not muscular. This is what she said as she rated the 4cly

Lol Denni! It looks like a European car... Sleek, clean lines. Just doesn't look like a muscle car. The back seat is roomier than my 2013 and the truck is still big. They added the i4 Ecoboost engine to the lineup (which is the one I was able to rate). Not sure how I feel about a 4cyl Mustang. Almost blasphemous lol. Not a fan of the tail lights... Quite ugly IMO.

 

My impressions:

• Perhaps a bit of a long-nose, pony-car-proportioned EVOS in general styling.
• A bit smaller than the current car, a bit more finely drawn details (A pillar for example).
• Four caliper front brakes -- impressive -- I wonder which model this is (GT at least?)
• IRS rear -- hello 20th century, errrr, 21st century.
• Seems to have a prominent "shark nose" given that you can just make out some of that swirly hypno-camo peeking out under the cover on the front, presumably covering actual sheet metal/plastic.
• Lower rear valance/bumper area seems a bit tighter and tauter, ditching the lumpy full-diaper look of the current car. Rear overhang seems a bit tighter too.
• Mirrors have a nice, modern angular look to them.
• Side "scallop" is a bit deeper vertically, with the lower edge being a bit lower than the current car.
• Nice wheels, are these off something else or unique to the '15?

Overall: nothing particularly shocking from what can be seen given all the camo and shrouding > slightly smaller, tighter and more modern Mustang with IRS. Nice that some real prototype pics are finally spilling out.

 

Someone needs to queery here a bit more on the details, especially with the tail light comment. A lot of companies these days seem to have a hard time making truly great looking rear ends for some reason -- most seem a bit fussy, bloated and lumpy.

A guess the sleeker, cleaner lines might harken back in spirit to the original Gen I Stang conceptually rather than some of the subsequent more muscled out versions. Fine with me though perhaps troubling for those who see the Mustang as more muscle car and less as a pony car.

Interesting about the roomy back seat given the spy shots looks a bit smaller than the current version, perhaps a side benefit of the better packaging allowed by the IRS. Big trunk is always a nice bonus.

I'm fine with an Egoboost four as a base motor as the EB 2.0 is a nice piece and perhaps if they go with an EB 2.3, that would only add more oomph, IF they can keep the NVH under control (big fours can get pretty raucus and thrashy much above 2.0 liters with balance shafts).

 

Sounds pretty good to me. I tend to twitch a little when people call the Mustang a "muscle car".

 

Right with you there. Pny car, people, It's a Pony car!

 

I did a little animated Gif. tried to line up mirrors and front of door.
Looks to me like the windshield is the same angle, but longer.
The side window is also longer, more angular in back, and shorter.

 

Someone posted this over at corral

A friend of mine was at the S550 VP build last week and said, "it's much more euro/Aston Martin looking than the muscle car we known it to be."


http://forums.corral.net/forums/11433552-post27.html

 

Given that Aston Martin builds perhaps the best looking cars on the planet today, and pretty muscular ones at that, both dynamically and visually, I could live with that, easily. I do suspect though, given the above observation, that the '15 will still look very much a Mustang even with a bit more of a Continental flair. Do recall/know that the original Stang was much of an amalgam of Euro and American traits too, so in a since, this would be a return to its roots.

 

Yea I saw that coming a mile away considering that Ford had a hand in Aston Martin at one point, plus lets face it, their amongst the most beautiful cars on the road imo. I'am also starting to question people who have supposedly seen the car saying that its just a warmed over version of the current model. For one I don't think Ford would be foolish enough to do such a thing and two by most accounts people have said that its looks more modern and euro than it currently looks.....which is much more logical. In the end the car will still look mustang with all its cues which is ok with me