Gen2s are just better looking

[Ecoboosted]

cool thanks. would you be willing to share where you bought it painted? i found some but all were unpainted.

https://www.ikonmotorsports.com/blog/18GT500/

Calling them is the easiest way to order it and you can tell them you want it painted. Make sure you tell them you don’t want the GT500 imprinted on the center piece unless you want it.

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[LSchicago]

05-09 was the worst. 99-04 was better

I believe 94-98 was the worst.

 

[lacanteen]

 

[WildHorse]

Can't deny the 18+ make more power and have a better auto though.

yep. Can't deny the extra 25hp on the 18+. But on a 15-17 that's a simple tune away. Only advantage I see with the gen 3 coyote is the 12:1 CR.

 

[rebellovw]

Well aware that this is totally subjective and will likely rustle some jimmies, but man I feel pretty strongly that the Gen 2 body is just sexier than Gen 3s. I'm not at all feeling the Gen 3 front fascia.

UNRELATED - but my 2015 manual PP1 shifts super clunky in normal, much smoother in Sport+. Not sure why anyone would prefer cruising around in normal TBH.

/controversy

Sure they do, sure they do now go to sleep little baby.

 

[Lorne34]

I was very disappointed in the 2018MY refresh. There were too many changes in my opinion. The "fins" that make it look like a fish face are just wonky... steeda came out with an insert for those which broke it up a bit and made it more palatable. I think the Shelby America front end should have been the s550 refresh. The back end does look better. Lots of guys installing the GT350 valance on the 15-17MY to give it a more finished look and have the quad tip exhaust.
I was not a fan of the slopped "bonnet" style hood as it almost disappears as you are looking out the front end, which if you are a muscle car guy you want to see some of the hood and not feel like you are driving a cross over or mini van.
The thing that really got to me was the cheap cheap gloss black front grill that didn't match the lower grill area... that was just Yuck. The hood vents looked cheap and just don't look great running sideways (landscape) vs the streamlined hood vents in the 2015-17.
If I had been the chief designer I would have:
1. lowered the hood and decreased the cowel lines a bit, but kept the overall design of the hood and vents
2. Kept the front grill the same shade of plastic
3. maybe added the newer headlights, but not cornered off the lines like they did
3. streamlined the fog lamps for a more agressive look.
4. I agree with most of the redesign in the back, but would have integrated the exhaust tips into a valance vs just have the bare metal tips sticking out.. just does't finish it off well
5. The slanted taillights does give it an extra dimension I would have done that.
6. I would not have put the accent lines in the rear decklid... it was fine with the smooth surface.

 

[Strokerswild]

The only '18+ I like the looks of is the new Mach 1. They fixed everything wrong with that front end.

I still don't care for the snout of the other non-Shelby cars, too busy to my eye.

 

[canyon ed]

Gen 2 17 GT conv. PP1 but with an Auto. Ford never made 1.

 

[venge]

I love the look of the gen 3 rear with the quad tips but prefer the lines of the gen 2 front end ..the lines of the car from the hood to front grill to the bumper flow with the car right down to the front splitter ..gen 3 have a few more ponies under the hood which is always nice ..
love them both but this ones mine & paid for so keeping it for now lol ..

 

[mnm4ever]

I was really surprised to see how many prefer the 18+ to the 15-17. I am obviously biased, but to me the 15-17 is a clean design, every line just flows, and the design of the front end matches the rest of the car. From a design standpoint, that is the car as it was intended. The 18+ is a refresh, and it looks like a refresh. It's not that its bad looking, it just doesn't match the rest of the car. They made the headlights too small, made the rest of the lines in the front all angular, and it doesn't match the muscular curves of the sides and rear flanks. And the hood droops too much, like a sad face. As for the rear, I honestly don't see much difference in them, I guess its the curved taillights over the flat ones? Every time I see a 18+ I do a double take trying to figure out whats wrong with it, the proportions are just off, like a bad nose job. Which I guess it was. When they came out with the updated Coyote, I thought about trading, until I saw what they did to the front. It is no doubt a better engine, but I just wanted the looks of the earlier car more than I wanted more HP.

Now this whole Gen 2/Gen 3 thing... that's just confusing. Engineers do not call the car generation based on the engine that is in it... its a chassis code, not an engine code. The S550 I would be the 2015-2017. The S550 II would be the 18+, like they did with the S197 I and II. Or just call it what it is... a refresh. And for the record, the S197 I was definitely a more cohesive design than the S197 II, although just like the S550 both were good looking.

 

[Joe B.]

I have been a fan of the Mustang since day one and believe there are no ugly Mustangs. I bought my '17, my first, in Sept of that year and glad I did because "they just got it right".

 

[obspsd]

I have been a fan of the Mustang since day one and believe there are no ugly Mustangs. I bought my '17, my first, in Sept of that year and glad I did because "they just got it right".

There are plenty of ugly modified ones.
I too, love most all Mustangs.

 

[1995_4.6]

I believe my 2015 50th Anniversary GT LE is beautiful.

 

[Lorne34]

I was really surprised to see how many prefer the 18+ to the 15-17. I am obviously biased, but to me the 15-17 is a clean design, every line just flows, and the design of the front end matches the rest of the car. From a design standpoint, that is the car as it was intended. The 18+ is a refresh, and it looks like a refresh. It's not that its bad looking, it just doesn't match the rest of the car. They made the headlights too small, made the rest of the lines in the front all angular, and it doesn't match the muscular curves of the sides and rear flanks. And the hood droops too much, like a sad face. As for the rear, I honestly don't see much difference in them, I guess its the curved taillights over the flat ones? Every time I see a 18+ I do a double take trying to figure out whats wrong with it, the proportions are just off, like a bad nose job. Which I guess it was. When they came out with the updated Coyote, I thought about trading, until I saw what they did to the front. It is no doubt a better engine, but I just wanted the looks of the earlier car more than I wanted more HP.

Now this whole Gen 2/Gen 3 thing... that's just confusing. Engineers do not call the car generation based on the engine that is in it... its a chassis code, not an engine code. The S550 I would be the 2015-2017. The S550 II would be the 18+, like they did with the S197 I and II. Or just call it what it is... a refresh. And for the record, the S197 I was definitely a more cohesive design than the S197 II, although just like the S550 both were good looking.

This statement is spot on... no matter how I try to warm up to it, it just doesn't fit with the rest of the car.....

 

[SteelCity_Stang]

OK, this had me confused.

Whilst I know the Coyote engine is described as Gen 1, Gen 2 and Gen 3, I would never refer to the S550 bodystyles as Gen 2 or Gen 3.............for me the 2015-2017 are Gen 1 S550s and the 2018+ are Gen 2.......or probably just easier to refer to them by the model years!

Back the the subject though.......'18+ is my preference........although the '21 Mach 1 is even better

Let’s just call them Zenki and Kouki

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