I just like that whole diffuser much better. I wonder why they didnt go with this design instead...although im sure aftermarket companies will be all over this shortly after it hits show roomsI'm really digging that little scoop between the hood and grille.
I also like the 3D effects to the rear tailpipes.
Imagine what the Camaro guys would have claimed if that "mailslot" appeared on the Mustang. Now, of it was functional, that would be a different story.
Then it would be a cartoon like the Camaro. Subtlety goes a long way toward making a volume vehicle a classic. The original Mustang is proof. Maybe they aren't trying to create a classic (I think they might have, though), but going wild on the details would doom the car for long-term sales, as the basic body shape has to last about ten years. Besides, it's great to see the level of sophistication and restraint in the new design. Making it appeal to fifteen-year olds would make many fortysomethings like me look elsewhere. Ford did exactly the right thing to keep the appeal broad.
I'm a fortysomething, too............and it appeals to me ;)
I agree that they may tart up the design as an update. Hopefully it's more Aston chic than Camaro silly. First refresh is likely 2020. By then, the sales numbers (of the Mustang versus competitors) will have told Ford the appropriate direction. I think the sketches lack a reasonable level of sophistication. Are they cool? Sure. Well drawn? Absolutely. But, I wouldn't want to be driving something that looks so juvenile.I'm a fortysomething, too............and it appeals to me ;)
I suspect we may see more along these lines for the first refresh, whenever that may be. Original sketches for S197 looked very much like the 2010 refresh, so it's almost as if Ford hold back a little at first, let everyone get used to the new design, then give us more along the lines of what the designers first envisaged for the refresh.
I love S550 as it is, but many seem sad that the Mustang isn't quite so "in your face" as the S197 was. This would go some way to addressing that
Allow me to correct myself. It's both aggressive and juvenile.Juvenile to you, aggressive to me. Each to their own, eh
But 2020 for a refresh? That seems a long way off. Aren't Ford due to be refreshing every 3 years or so now? I know the first iteration of S197 lasted 5 model years, but that was the old Ford. I'm hoping someone's going to start the "2018MY Refresh Photoshop" thread real soon :headbonk:
To be fair Honda did a refresh on the Civic after a poor reception and I believe Chevy did the same with a Malibu.
That is true--both were horrible mis-reads of the market. Both offered less than the outgoing car, and there was no question about where Honda skimped on material quality, nor how GM flubbed the downsizing/drivability/interior of the Malibu. They both scrambled to get an update within 18 months, doing what should have been done in the first place. Well, in the Malibu's case, it was a band-aid update of a piss-poor redesign.