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I started a separate thread for us Canadian guys as the original thread for Canada seems to have disappeared; but it has to be said this is a Mustang enthusiast forum and there was much interest in when we would get the 2018 Mustangs in Canada. There are also sometimes changes in the cars for different markets like how all the V6 Mustangs got fog lamps standard unlike the ones in the States. The window stickers and charges are different in Canada, so there is interest in this. So there is a reason for a unique thread. Anyway...
Well in short they have arrived. Or should I say it has arrived.One single Ecoboost Premium Mustang in Toronto at Yonge Steeles Ford just north of Steeles and Yonge in Toronto.The car presently is at the second back entrance on the south side right up against the sliding gate and is black. I took a really good look at it as I sipped my morning Starbuck mocha and will post the window sticker and other photos as its daylight savings time and anyone that checks this out and works on a weekday will be seeing this thing in the dark.
First thing is why on earth is the car not on the showroom floor? There are at least two 2017 5.0s there but not the new 2018?
Next was the first impression, which was: Meh! Most people on the street would not see any real difference at all between the 2017 and 2018 models or at best attribute them to differences between the GT and Ecoboost rather than an across the board change.I focused my attention of the exterior changes as the interior changes seemed non-existent.
I checked out those headlights and that gap below is not a gap – it just is hollowed out and black – what up with that? The Darth Vader thing below the fog/turn signals is functional with a small port for venting into the wheel well that they made such a big deal about at the launch of the 2015s.
The tall lights are different and more angular in the zig zag motif they have, but the rear end looks pretty much the same. I also didn’t notice the drop or the droop as this is a black car.From an angle at the side I really could not tell they dropped the hood at all and that was most surprising to me.But the big disappointment was that hood.Two things.First is that curvy line that used to go straight back in the pre 2018s.Seriously, that line is not aesthetic and I took philosophy of aesthetics back in university.It should continue to flow straight back.Now that I think about it, the best angles the photographers grappled with to make the car look best seem to be the ones that mask that awkward hood line.The frosted ice covered photo here shows this up nicely.
Now the other bitch is those hood vents – or lack thereof. The pre 2018 vents looked better.These look after market.And I could not see any functional cut outs when I got in closer.I called a car jockey to let his young eyes see if there was actually any slits as I was lead to believe they were functional.He said he thinks there were two slits.Two little slits just to make “functional” legal?I wonder if the GTs have more venting?Anyway the hood vents were a disappointment and make me think they are there on all models to distract from the “swervy” hood line.
All in all it’s the same Mustang we all love. The design would not impact me one way or another in my decision to purchase it. It just is not that big a deal to me.But this little trip did answer some questions I wondered about after hearing the endless prattle about it for the past like nine months.Personally I think the plain tri-bar motif on the original 2015 is better and is a true iconic accent on the front and back as well as in the interior of those premium models.That zig zag motif looks like change for change sake which is probably what it is.Way less of a change than I expected.Your mileage may vary though.
Here is the location for this car:
Yonge Steeles Ford Lincoln
7120 Yonge Street, Thornhill, On, L4J 1V8
Well in short they have arrived. Or should I say it has arrived.One single Ecoboost Premium Mustang in Toronto at Yonge Steeles Ford just north of Steeles and Yonge in Toronto.The car presently is at the second back entrance on the south side right up against the sliding gate and is black. I took a really good look at it as I sipped my morning Starbuck mocha and will post the window sticker and other photos as its daylight savings time and anyone that checks this out and works on a weekday will be seeing this thing in the dark.
First thing is why on earth is the car not on the showroom floor? There are at least two 2017 5.0s there but not the new 2018?
Next was the first impression, which was: Meh! Most people on the street would not see any real difference at all between the 2017 and 2018 models or at best attribute them to differences between the GT and Ecoboost rather than an across the board change.I focused my attention of the exterior changes as the interior changes seemed non-existent.
I checked out those headlights and that gap below is not a gap – it just is hollowed out and black – what up with that? The Darth Vader thing below the fog/turn signals is functional with a small port for venting into the wheel well that they made such a big deal about at the launch of the 2015s.
The tall lights are different and more angular in the zig zag motif they have, but the rear end looks pretty much the same. I also didn’t notice the drop or the droop as this is a black car.From an angle at the side I really could not tell they dropped the hood at all and that was most surprising to me.But the big disappointment was that hood.Two things.First is that curvy line that used to go straight back in the pre 2018s.Seriously, that line is not aesthetic and I took philosophy of aesthetics back in university.It should continue to flow straight back.Now that I think about it, the best angles the photographers grappled with to make the car look best seem to be the ones that mask that awkward hood line.The frosted ice covered photo here shows this up nicely.
Now the other bitch is those hood vents – or lack thereof. The pre 2018 vents looked better.These look after market.And I could not see any functional cut outs when I got in closer.I called a car jockey to let his young eyes see if there was actually any slits as I was lead to believe they were functional.He said he thinks there were two slits.Two little slits just to make “functional” legal?I wonder if the GTs have more venting?Anyway the hood vents were a disappointment and make me think they are there on all models to distract from the “swervy” hood line.
All in all it’s the same Mustang we all love. The design would not impact me one way or another in my decision to purchase it. It just is not that big a deal to me.But this little trip did answer some questions I wondered about after hearing the endless prattle about it for the past like nine months.Personally I think the plain tri-bar motif on the original 2015 is better and is a true iconic accent on the front and back as well as in the interior of those premium models.That zig zag motif looks like change for change sake which is probably what it is.Way less of a change than I expected.Your mileage may vary though.
Here is the location for this car:
Yonge Steeles Ford Lincoln
7120 Yonge Street, Thornhill, On, L4J 1V8
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