Looks modern no doubt.

After all the drooling and trying to sneak a peek...we finally have something to spank to!

 

Agreed, I hate to even ask this, but is this 450 hp actually been talked about or is this an assumption? As far as I can tell, Ford has only confirmed the 4 Ecoboost?

 

I have to laugh at the people calling this a Fusion clone just because it has headlights are that are passling the same and a 5 point grill opening like the Fusion or Taurus SHO....SMH

Thats like calling the 86 Mustang a clone of the Taurus or T-Bird of the same era...then again I think they might have used the same exact headlights on the T-bird

If you know your Ford styling from the past 30 years or so, the Mustang up untill 2005 has always shared its look with its siblings or vice versa

 

I wouldn't call it a clone but you might have to look twice to be sure what it is from looking at the "spy" photos. Unlike when people said the Fusion resembled the Aston, NO mistaking those two! BD9

So does this effectively end Fords muscle car category?

So far not a fan of it!

 

Vert anyone?

 

You could argue this about every generation. If we go on similarities there are some other fast back or sport roof cars Ford has created long ago that share design. The Fox body and the Escort GT were easily similar in style. You could say this about every car maker though. This isn't even close to a new idea.

Lets not even bring Audi into this fight.

The evolution was either too fast or too slow depending on who you are but people just latched on to an idea and can't get rid of it. If any vehicle is authentic, the Mustang is it. For freaks sake it had a solid rear axle in 2014!!!

Everyone brings up Porsche, Aston. They too are removed from their past and Ford actually revived Aston in a time of need.

I think the Mustang is moving on and this time I might actually get my wife on board, otherwise a V8 BMW is what will end up in my garage. This is a good step forward and the Coyote is way too good of an engine.

 

So far I like it. Need to see the rest though before making final judgment........and placing an order.

The car still looks very wide though.

 

I overlay-ed the two car images.. it does not look like the Fusion front end IMO it is the fusion front end.. Could Ford be pulling a fast one putting the Fusion fascia on the Mustang to throw people off.. ???

 

A few weeks ago, was there not an article in which designers were calling the new design "stunning" as well as "instantly recognizable as a mustang"?I'm sorry, but from these, there is nothing stunning about this, and the only thing instantly recognizable as mustang is the mustang emblem. As was pointed out earlier, its just a fusion coupe.Sure it looks good, as a fusion coupe, but as a mustang, it looks better as a fusion coupe. Its just the same as every other ford out there now, even worse, its just the same as every other coupe out there now, just with the ford front end and some mustang stickers on it. I'm sorry, but taking a generic coupe design, sticking a fusion front end on it and tacking a few mustang cues to it is not the same as taking the mustang and making it more modern. It just has no, absolutely no mustang soul to it, just a fusion wearing a mustang suit. And not very well at that.

 

I like it. And interesting to see how short the dash to front axle ratio is. The car looks smaller, judging by the size of the steering wheel and driver's helmet. Hmm...

 

Looks better on the m4 because it doesn't look like it's smiling all the time

 

this is what I am thinking/hoping...

If you look at the bottom portion it looks like the bottom of the fusion front end has been cut off and that sharp line we see on both sides is where it has been taped down. and if you look in the grille area in some of the closeups it just doesnt seem to line up very well with the part with "fangs"

 

So far i'm liking it much more than the current stangs

 

My thoughts exactly...... Or maybe its my heart crying out.

 

I don't get it. Why does a Mustang have to look like the original '69 version to be a Mustang. I mean the Fox body doesn't look anything like the original yet still loved by must and some consider it the best (not me by a long shot). Why can't it be something totally new, modern and sophisticated.

 

What are the gizmos attached to the wheel hubs?

 

While in my photo editor and not easy to see here because of the overlay but it became very apparent to me it is a fusion from - the grill. You have to be in a editor to really see what I mean.. if you look at the top bottom pics earlier in this tread and look close you will see what I am saying. If I were Ford and I had tons of people waiting to see something and hounding them I can see them doing a Trojan horse. People will stop hounding.. I could be wrong and if I am I am disappointed that they made everyone wait for a car so anticipated to end up with this. Again not saying its ugly but disappointing.

 

I'll wait for the actual model before passing my judgement. 'Cause right now it looks like a smaller Taurus ...

 

 

Yep, that's pretty much it. Looks good!