2021 Mustang Refresh Spied!

[okfoz]

They’ve refreshed it in 2018... and now again 3 years later...

They ran the first group from 2015-2017, second group from 2018-2020, it would not be a far fetch for them to run the next group from 2021 to 202?. I have read the S550 is supposed to retire in 2026, 2021, 2024, and several other years, it does not seem that they have a clue when they are going to go to the new shared platform.

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[Mustang5ohMan]

Ford management has said that the next gen is in very early development and there is no firm timeline for the change. 2025 at earliest.

refresh or not I think they can go another 2-3 years with the current look...

 

[EcoVert]

refresh or not I think they can go another 2-3 years with the current look...

With the 2021 look

 

[dd766]

In terms of model years it's 2021 to 2022. The S550 is not going on beyond 2022.

In fact the "next generation" S650 has already been designed from what I hear and it's being locked in this summer.

I pretty much helped leak the timeline for the S650, thanks to my cousin at Ford, giving me an Easter egg.

The redesigned CD6 Mustang is 2027, because of the amount of investment in S650 is way too much to keep it less than 4 years. ROI is a thing.

For some weird reason I still can't understand, car companies have this weird tendency to release a face lift the same year they finish designing the next gen model. Kind of like they're tossing the baton.

Update for 2021 makes sense. Apparently the 2018 facelift was supposed to parallel the original plans, Mark Fields had for a CD6 2021 Mustang reaching design definition (before prod. in Dec '20). We all know that Hackett killed it shortly before design approval.

I think this also happened back in early 2012 with the 2013 S197s coming out when they finished designing the 2015. It's always an interesting pattern and kind of a hint to those who can piece it together.



I'm not sure that's true beyond the advanced team stages. There probably isn't a regular production development team yet, since S650 is still underway

This S650 is going to run quite awhile. I'm hearing that S750 will debut after the 15th generation F-150 goes on sale. Both these icons will be ground up all new

That's when the Ranger moves to a modular sharing architecture with F-Series in 2029 and T6 is replaced.

The replacement for the S650 is probably going to be signed off around 2024, in terms of styling times of styling buck. For now we just get a heavily revised D5, kind of like Fox to SN95.

After that the 2025 Mustang will probably be a minor refresh (like the 1996 Mustang or this 2013 S197), ahead of CD6 redesign.

when will they release 2021 mustang facelift? So many other 2021 cars are already annonced why is the 2021 mustang Gt taking so long?

 

[amk91]

when will they release 2021 mustang facelift? So many other 2021 cars are already annonced why is the 2021 mustang Gt taking so long?

It's deliberate. They're holding out and I haven't been told that.

Note that the other vehicle built at Flat Rock ends production on October 30, 2020. Maybe production begins November 2nd?

Mach 1 production probably begins in January-February.

 

[Twin Turbo]

This is all good info, amk91 (and we really DO appreciate the Easter egg you supplied recently!!)

Info from another reliable source (and posted by Ace, here) has indicated the '20MY will run until December 2020, with the '21MY kicking off in January.

As for the '21MY facelift.......I'm still not 100% convinced it's coming. I think all the recent prototypes we've seen have been various Mach 1 prototypes (either that, or the facelift will use the Mach 1's new front fascia.....and I thought that was supposed to be unique to the Mach 1) They've all been based on GTs, with not an Ecoboost in sight. That being said, the timeline is ripe for a light refresh as indicated above. We had '15-'17, '18-'20....so '21-'22 makes sense. And it's what we had with the last two models years of the S197. Hopefully we'll see further spyshots soon which might give us more information.

 

[Medsport]

when will they release 2021 mustang facelift? So many other 2021 cars are already annonced why is the 2021 mustang Gt taking so long?

At least you're not looking at Challengers...They just recently released a couple of the new 2020 colors and there is still one more to go. Yeah I know they are a couple months behind this year, but they seem to always be one of the last to release new models.

 

[Ace]

As for the '21MY facelift.......I'm still not 100% convinced it's coming. I think all the recent prototypes we've seen have been various Mach 1 prototypes (either that, or the facelift will use the Mach 1's new front fascia.....and I thought that was supposed to be unique to the Mach 1) They've all been based on GTs, with not an Ecoboost in sight. That being said, the timeline is ripe for a light refresh as indicated above. We had '15-'17, '18-'20....so '21-'22 makes sense. And it's what we had with the last two models years of the S197. Hopefully we'll see further spyshots soon which might give us more information.

The only thing that still appears like we see a minor refresh is that MY2021 is delayed so much. If it was just a few colors, what is all the waiting about? Mach 1 could have still going in production later.
Also remember that the Ecoboost is discontinued with MY2021 in Europe, so all the spyshots of EU models are of course GTs. This could also mean only the GT could get a 2nd refresh while Ecoboost stays as it is in the US?

 

[geep81]

With the 2021 look

Won't all the regular 2021's look like the 2018-2020, and only the Mach1 gets the new bumper?

 

[Twin Turbo]

Won't all the regular 2021's look like the 2018-2020, and only the Mach1 gets the new bumper?

That's the million dollar question. As of now, we just don't know!

 

[EcoVert]

As for the '21MY facelift.......I'm still not 100% convinced it's coming. I think all the recent prototypes we've seen have been various Mach 1 prototypes (either that, or the facelift will use the Mach 1's new front fascia.....and I thought that was supposed to be unique to the Mach 1) They've all been based on GTs, with not an Ecoboost in sight. That being said, the timeline is ripe for a light refresh as indicated above. We had '15-'17, '18-'20....so '21-'22 makes sense. And it's what we had with the last two models years of the S197. Hopefully we'll see further spyshots soon which might give us more information.

Won't all the regular 2021's look like the 2018-2020, and only the Mach1 gets the new bumper?

That's the million dollar question. As of now, we just don't know!

My bet is that the Mach1 front bumper we've seen is going to be the 2021 Mustang face lift with out the extended front spoiler and different lower bumper mesh inserts and different grill.

 

[Ericc B]

Won't all the regular 2021's look like the 2018-2020, and only the Mach1 gets the new bumper?

Then you just put the Steeda 2018+ front bumper fascia on it. It's practically the same as the new one on the Mach 1.

 

[Walt Kowalski]

I like THAT

 

[Ace]

Then you just put the Steeda 2018+ front bumper fascia on it. It's practically the same as the new one on the Mach 1.

The bumper is totally different. The Mach 1 bumper has a differently shaped upper grille (so it's no longer way bigger than the lower grille), and totally got rid of the strange triangle airvents. Steeda bumper ist just a distored version of the regular bumper to me. You're much closer to Mach 1 look if you buy GT350-lookalike for the 18+ models

 

[Ericc B]

The bumper is totally different. The Mach 1 bumper has a differently shaped upper grille (so it's no longer way bigger than the lower grille), and totally got rid of the strange triangle airvents. Steeda bumper ist just a distored version of the regular bumper to me. You're much closer to Mach 1 look if you buy GT350-lookalike for the 18+ models

I agree on the grille shape, that's quite different, but I would still say the Steeda fascia looks more like the Mach 1 one than the Mach 1 looks like the GT350. The GT350 fangs are thinner and positioned more inward and obviously not body colored (although that can be changed of course).

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