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Byron Crump
12-24-2003, 01:07 PM
Well, retro it is for sure...

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71272

I kinda like it...wonder how long until interior bits end up in street rods etc. since the stuff sorta has personality to it...something lacking form new cars for a long time.
BARNETT
12-24-2003, 01:23 PM
I like it. It's good to see them bring back some of the cool styling elements.
FrameDragger
12-24-2003, 01:42 PM
I am definitely not a Mustang guy, but that is a killer design...

M-
Donzie
12-24-2003, 01:45 PM
Now THAT looks like a Mustang.
I've been hot on it since I saw a drawing of it about a year ago.
Design Guy
12-24-2003, 01:49 PM
We're going to have that car on our March cover (coming in January, go figure) and my editor says "it's the best Mustang I've ever driven". That's pretty stout for a guy that's been driving various Mustangs for the past 12 years. This car will do 300hp stock, and that's just the GT. Just wait until they put out a Cobra version. They're already talking over 450hp, but not until 2006 model year.

The best part, the GT can be yours for right around $25,000.
burndup
12-24-2003, 01:55 PM
VTEC, yo! and it comes with a wing! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Actually, that is a damn good looking car, I must admit. Glad to see round headlights making a comeback.
41ChevyTrucker
12-24-2003, 02:05 PM
I liked the earlier concepts better.The body needs to be sectioned a couple of inches. If you squint at the rear angle photos it looks a little like some of the Nissan 240SX or Mitsubishis. IMHO I think the rear side windows look a little weak sitting there, the pillars need to be thinner. The photoshop pic with the vent over them looks better. I kind like the retro front grill though.
Design Guy
12-24-2003, 02:07 PM
but you're a Bowtie guy, so you're opinion doesn't count.

j/k http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
jdubbya
12-24-2003, 03:32 PM
I like the new look, but always remember this: Mustang stands for MESSED-UP-SHIT-THAT-AINT-NO-GOOD. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif This always seems to get the pony guys pissed off.
286merc
12-24-2003, 04:09 PM
There is still one more thing for Ford to do.

Build an production engine that you could take the heads and intake off and put on a flathead.
No more $25K Arduns!
briggs&strattonChev
12-24-2003, 05:03 PM
I like it alot, but doesnt it look different than the first rendering of it that was silver and on the cover of HRM? I love the front end, its so much like a 67-68 its unbelievable!
53_210
12-24-2003, 08:31 PM
I don't like it. I like the originals, but this just does not flow to me. The grille is kinda cool, but it's still all new junk to me.

Derrick
du$ty
12-24-2003, 08:45 PM
thats a "BAD ASS TOY FOR BADASS BOYS!" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
seriously...i do like it..been stoked on seeing one...like the thunderbirds too...they need to make a retro small bronco...like one of those land rover defenders..
beatnik
12-26-2003, 12:34 PM
We've had a 2005 prototype GT at work for a while, and that thing is cheesy. The exterior look may grow on me but the interior is to plastic looking. seems more like a childs toy then a car, granted it's a prototype and most of the parts are first runs. Too bad it the only american RWD V8 sports car left in production.
RileyRacing
12-26-2003, 12:38 PM
Gus,

That's how I felt when they re-introduced the T-bird. Stunning outside, but that's where it stopped. But has anyone been in a new Pontiac lately...???

Jay
286merc
12-26-2003, 01:44 PM
We've had a 2005 prototype GT at work for a while, and that thing is cheesy. The exterior look may grow on me but the interior is to plastic looking. seems more like a childs toy then a car, granted it's a prototype and most of the parts are first runs. Too bad it the only american RWD V8 sports car left in production.

I guess you never heard of the Corvette.
junk runner jr
12-26-2003, 01:55 PM
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We've had a 2005 prototype GT at work for a while, and that thing is cheesy. The exterior look may grow on me but the interior is to plastic looking. seems more like a childs toy then a car, granted it's a prototype and most of the parts are first runs. Too bad it the only american RWD V8 sports car left in production.

I guess you never heard of the Corvette.


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or the new GTO