Sunroof

[OracleHCR]

Sunroof and Mustangs aren't really synonymous. A sunroof hasn't been an option on the Mustang since the foxbody. Even then it was a flip up moonroof. I don't understand how someone would consider it a deal breaker.

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[ScottsGT]

I came from a convertible and my wife has a sun roof in her Honda. I hate the sunroof and always leave the shade pulled closed when we're in her car. Why? I wear glasses and the sun coming from above and hitting the back side of my sun glasses is a bitch to see. Wasn't so bad in a convertible because it was sun always behind the lens. The sunroof creates a partial shade one second, next second I'm being blinded. My eyes were going ape shit trying to adjust.

 

[SnoopisTDI]

I had a sunroof on my last two cars and used maybe 3-4 times a year. It's just too hot here with the sun blasting in. I guess I could see the appeal for people in more temperate climates, but it's probably too much of a compromise (structure, cost, etc).

 

[wilkinda65]

i had the glass top in my 2013 Shelby, had panorama roof in my Explorer limited and in my Fusion and I wish we had the option in the new S550 body style.

 

[DarkSubRosa]

Chassis rigidity > tiny hole in roof

 

[jasonstang]

The curvature of the roof is too hard to make a sunroof.

 

[3 pedal metal]

I like the opposite of a sunroof:
A top for shade, but then no windows or doors. Oh wait, that's my '05 Jeep TJ.

 

[DrDing.Muscle]

I love that they do not offer a sunroof, one of the reasons the Mustang is perfect for me. At 6'4" a sunroof removes the precious head room I need in just about any car. Go Ford, no sunroof!!!

 

[z06psi]

Materials today enable a panoramic roof with no structural loss. Porsche and others are doing it with no issues.

I love my car but it should have been an option in this day and age.

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[SterlingStangMan]

If you look at the drawings of the coupe, it has a huge opening with no cross members just like the S197. The design feature of the dips would be a problem. As far a rigidty, it is as rigid as as a coupe. Making the glass, even a simple cure however would probably make it cost prohibitive. I have owned 2 Mustang Verts and I would only consider a glass roof option as a possible substitute. Much bigger than any sunroof. I do not like the Lincoln retractable at all. Targa would be nice but rigidity would suffer unless you shored it up to the same level as a convertible and what would the point be then.

 

[DarkSubRosa]

Materials today enable a panoramic roof with no structural loss. Porsche and others are doing it with no issues.

I love my car but it should have been an option in this day and age.

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I think saying there is no structural loss is a little optimistic. Less of a structural loss sure. The S2000 was rigid as F with no roof. But, when we're talking about a normal sunroof, from Ford, not a company like Porsche, there's most likely going to be some sort of compromise in rigidity for a car with so much pressure to perform.

 

[SterlingStangMan]

What structural loss happens from removing the steel is replaced by the glass (fixed panel).

 

[DarkSubRosa]

What structural loss happens from removing the steel is replaced by the glass (fixed panel).

The glass isn't directly connected to the roof, you're putting a giant hole in an object that is part of the main structure of the car. It just doesn't make much of a difference for most cars and how people use them. There's so many factors though. Other bracing, size of roof, shape of roof, blah blah blah.

 

[SterlingStangMan]

Well it is actually glued in place just like the windshield, blah, blah, blah.

 

[DarkSubRosa]

Well it is actually glued in place just like the windshield, blah, blah, blah.

Yeah if we didn't have to see to drive it could be that much stiffer. :tsk:

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