Mid-engine Mustang Melts Our Minds
Instagram artist brings a mid-engine Mustang concept to our eyes in a strikingly-realistic photo, and we certainly don’t hate it!
With Chevy’s drastic switch to a mid-engine platform for the C8 Corvette, we’ve often found ourselves wondering what it might be like if other iconic flagship models got the same treatment. In particular, we are curious about the Mustang. While Ford certainly doesn’t have any plans to make this shift, it is interesting to think about. Luckily, the world of Instagram car rendering artists lets us take a peek into that very concept.
Instagram photoshop wizard Chopping_Pixels transforms pictures of his followers’ cars and make them into unique and crazy beasts. In this instance, the car belongs to Johnny Rendon. It is a 2015 deep impact blue Mustang GT. This concept comes from Rendon’s request for a rendering of a GT500 bumper on his Mustang. The artist started with the bumper render but continued from there to create the mid-engine monster.
The rear end of the mid-engine Mustang looks strikingly similar to an Audi R8. The shallow roofline of the back glass bears a similar look to the Mustang but differs just enough to be noticeable. Perhaps the most obvious difference, though, is the substantially wider rear end. In front of the rear wheels sit a pair of widened air vents reminiscent of a Lamborghini Aventador. Though, instead of a big opening, it has a grate wearing the legendary Shelby Cobra logo like the front bumper. While we can’t say for sure what engine the artist’s vision contains, but there’s a good chance you’d find the GT500 5.2-Liter Voodoo V8 resting behind the seats.
Overall, we aren’t quite sure we’re ready for a mid-engine Mustang. However, if it were to be a thing and wound up looking this cool, we could get on board for sure. With the development of the Mustang Mach E, you never know what Ford has up their sleeves. Whatever comes our way, we are glad we get a chance to see things like this. Talented artists are bringing just about anything your mind could cook up into virtual reality. Accounts like Chopping_Pixels are definitely worth a follow!
Photos: Instagram/Chopping_Pixels