2005 Mustang

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
I'd hit it!

My poor sheep. Your teddy is abusing my sheep. Please stop. Please.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
I'd hit it!

I did and I did it hard.

This car drives better than it looks. I'm just waiting to order a convertible.

How are they going to be priced?

$17K - Base V6 Mustang
$25K - Base V8 Mustang GT
$28K - Base V8 Mustang GT Convertible

They should be available this fall, late September or early October

uhh no....
they said both the v6 and v8 will be under 20g

they look great in real life (i live in detroit so ive seen about 3 or 4 on the road). The only complaint i have is about the little window above the rear qp. It looks very outta place...

When you factor in fords average of 5k in rebates, it'll come to under 20

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I don't know, I like the design of it, but imagin how many years we're going to have to see the retro mustang - it's going to be hard for Ford to make the next design. I'm a firm believer that vehicle designs shoudl be evolutionary, and IMHO, this is not. Look at the Beetle or PT cruiser - both are going to be VERY difficult to update when the next product cycle comes along.

Why should it be hard?
They just design a new model just like with anything else.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
I'd hit it!

My poor sheep. Your teddy is abusing my sheep. Please stop. Please.

I'm sorry, I'll have my bear get off your wife now.

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I don't know, I like the design of it, but imagin how many years we're going to have to see the retro mustang - it's going to be hard for Ford to make the next design. I'm a firm believer that vehicle designs shoudl be evolutionary, and IMHO, this is not. Look at the Beetle or PT cruiser - both are going to be VERY difficult to update when the next product cycle comes along.

Why should it be hard?
They just design a new model just like with anything else.

Yeah, I think they'll just have to either do a retro / modern release the same year and phase out this one, or just cut it with a great modern design to replace it. I like the new one, but only in the coupe version. I think the convertible looks a lot more like a chick car.

 

[BigSmooth]

Looks great, I've liked this new Mustang since the first time I saw it.

Quix, any update on when the 'verts will be available? And what's the base price of a V6 convertible going to be, $25K or so? Not that I'd buy one, since I do have normal testosterone levels.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I don't know, I like the design of it, but imagin how many years we're going to have to see the retro mustang - it's going to be hard for Ford to make the next design. I'm a firm believer that vehicle designs shoudl be evolutionary, and IMHO, this is not. Look at the Beetle or PT cruiser - both are going to be VERY difficult to update when the next product cycle comes along.

Why should it be hard?
They just design a new model just like with anything else.

Because the retro designs are spot on, any new iteration of a retro design has a strong chance of killing off the car name - VW has already expressed concerns over the difficulty of updating such an iconic design such as the beetle, even suggesting that the new beetle will just be a one run production vehicle, with no updates.

I personally think that the new mustang will get old very fast, leaving ford with a potential lame duck late in the production run, forcing ford to crank out a new version of the mustang sooner.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I don't know, I like the design of it, but imagin how many years we're going to have to see the retro mustang - it's going to be hard for Ford to make the next design. I'm a firm believer that vehicle designs shoudl be evolutionary, and IMHO, this is not. Look at the Beetle or PT cruiser - both are going to be VERY difficult to update when the next product cycle comes along.

Why should it be hard?
They just design a new model just like with anything else.

Because the retro designs are spot on, any new iteration of a retro design has a strong chance of killing off the car name - VW has already expressed concerns over the difficulty of updating such an iconic design such as the beetle, even suggesting that the new beetle will just be a one run production vehicle, with no updates.

I personally think that the new mustang will get old very fast, leaving ford with a potential lame duck late in the production run, forcing ford to crank out a new version of the mustang sooner.

Ahh OK. OTOH the new Mustang should be good to ugrade.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: lilcam
:camera:'s?

Link

Now that is pretty!! Very reminiscent of the older fastbacks!

 

[austin316]

can this car run in the snow? what about the RX-8, G35 coupe, WRX, or EVO?

<--------- lives in cleveland

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: austin316
can this car run in the snow? what about the RX-8, G35 coupe, WRX, or EVO?

<--------- lives in cleveland

The WRX and Evo are AWD street-legal rally cars.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

When you factor in fords average of 5k in rebates, it'll come to under 20

I dunno, it always seems like Ford doesn't offer too many incentives on the 'stang.

 

[preslove]

Well, it looks 10X better than the ugly current version.

 

[styrafoam]

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: zimu

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: lilcam
:camera:'s?

Link

did anyone watch the top gear review on this car? they said its gorgeous but the engine still sucks ass. it pumps out way too little power/ HP for its engine capacity, they really made fun of it. i'd reccommend you guys watching that episode!!

I'll have to watch it, I don't know how they could say that since it's a 281ci engine putting out 300hp to the rear wheels.

Top gear doesn't like anything american, at least that jerry curl wearing fool Jeremy doesn't. They don't really quantify or qualify any of their statements, they always spend the first 9/10 of a review picking apart any perceived flaw and utterly blasting anything they just don't like about a car. They may throw in a few postive comments in the last few minutes of a review, and I guess this would be where one would have to make the judgement call if the 1 or 2 minutes of praise cancels out the 5 minutes of complaining like a senile old lady.

 

[Reliant]

I like it.

 

[Actaeon]

I'd rather take the GTO.

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: austin316
can this car run in the snow? what about the RX-8, G35 coupe, WRX, or EVO?

<--------- lives in cleveland

The WRX and Evo are AWD street-legal rally cars.

what about the 05 'stang, the rx-8 and the g35 coupe and the awd g35x?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
I'd rather take the GTO.

Ugh! That's just wrong.... :|

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
Looks great, I've liked this new Mustang since the first time I saw it.

Quix, any update on when the 'verts will be available? And what's the base price of a V6 convertible going to be, $25K or so? Not that I'd buy one, since I do have normal testosterone levels.

They should be available this fall, late September or early October

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
I'd rather take the GTO.

WHY?

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
Looks great, I've liked this new Mustang since the first time I saw it.

Quix, any update on when the 'verts will be available? And what's the base price of a V6 convertible going to be, $25K or so? Not that I'd buy one, since I do have normal testosterone levels.

They should be available this fall, late September or early October

Same as the coupe? I thought there would be a delay since they haven't even shown official pics of the production convertible yet AFAIK.

 

[KillaBong]

GTO is a much better car in my oppinion, but I would never buy either one.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: austin316

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: austin316
can this car run in the snow? what about the RX-8, G35 coupe, WRX, or EVO?

<--------- lives in cleveland

The WRX and Evo are AWD street-legal rally cars.

what about the 05 'stang, the rx-8 and the g35 coupe and the awd g35x?

I have a 99 mustang w/o ABS or Traction control and it's okay in the snow... as long as you're in only first or second gear, never getting over 20mph....

if you need to do snow, dont get a RWD car. It's not that tough of a concept. I live in PA and I gladly shove my mustang into a garage every time snow comes around.... it's just too much fun to drive the other 340 days of the year...

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: KillaBong
GTO is a much better car in my oppinion, but I would never buy either one.

you're comparing apples and oragnes. At least many of the people in this thread have driven a car that can be said to have 80-90% of the same handling charactersics (93-04 mustangs).... I'll bet my account that you've never driven a GTO... nor anything like it since it's an all new car. There are no previous models to judge its reliability on.... and we're talking about two whole different price classes... :roll:

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: Actaeon
I'd rather take the GTO.

Ugh! That's just wrong.... :|

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Actaeon
I'd rather take the GTO.

WHY?

Whats so wrong about it? It looks MUCH better than the Mustang (my opinion), and offers superior performance. Heck, at least when I drive down the road I won't have to see 3 at every stoplight.

But then again, they're really not even in the same price range.

I've always believed the Mustang was a completely overrated car, from the old 5.0 to the 4.6 we have now. The new Cobra we have now isn't bad, espically for its price, but its suspension still needs some work.

The new one appears to be much better than the others, but I still believe its overrated by the masses.