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Originally Posted by Rooster89 (Post 1715020)

Ford has to attract a new demographic of buyer, and Gen Y hasn't been too friendly to mustang sales.

I saw that average age of 51 story too, but somehow I find that hard to believe. I'm certain I see way more 20-30 somethings driving them than people over 50, although when I do see the older folks, they are usually the ones in the convertibles.

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Originally Posted by mjd77 (Post 1715107)

Its probably referring to new sales. You know, the way the automobile manufacturer gets money.

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Originally Posted by Rooster89 (Post 1715120)

Its probably referring to new sales. You know, the way the automobile manufacturer gets money.

Well, just changing the design to try to be more appealing to the younger generation won't help the fact that most of them can't afford a new car anyway.

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Originally Posted by mjd77 (Post 1716298)

Well, just changing the design to try to be more appealing to the younger generation won't help the fact that most of them can't afford a new car anyway.

Too busy with #OWS.

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1713482)

What I'm looking forward to is that it will be a minimum of 250 lbs lighter than current (3,600 lbs). Ford just announced two days ago that they have a partnership with DOW Chemical to develop/produce automotive-grade carbon composites for use in mass-produced vehicles.

This just further backs up Ford's stated goal of reducing weight for all new models by 250-750lbs under the model it replaces. In fact, any new model does not get approved unless it meets this criteria.

Given the new Mustang will be closer in exterior dimension to the SN95 platform, I think they might cut the weight by even more than 250lbs.

Like them or not they are advancing and this is good for the industry as a whole.

/\ can't wait to see the next gen stang, I really think it's gonna be a game changer if it goes with working IRS and around 250lbs lighter.

I must be in the minority, but I don't hate that concept pic. IMO, the next stang should be modern retro in the way that the 370 is to a 240z, you can see the heritage, but it's not an updated carbon copy like the new challenger etc etc.

No Ford is taking the looks form the Aston Martin side....... The 370Z is far from the looks.

now this is.... :barf:
http://www.mustangspecs.com/carpics/78coupe7.jpg

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Originally Posted by Spikuh (Post 1713560)

I'm curious as to what a Mustang shold look like then. Because this is just :barf:

http://www.themustangsource.com/time...ySeawright.jpg

The last two generations of the Ford Mustang have gotten retro design, hearkening to traditional Mustangs from the 1960s. However, Ford has publicized that the next generation Mustang will drop the retro appointments. Ford Mustang will not have retro styling in next generation. It likely won’t be getting the butterfly doors, but the new Mustang is said to be getting a diverse selection of engines, much like the current one. Very few cars on the motorways can raise notice for being in contiguous production for 50 years; that’s a feat, no matter how it’s sliced. What we do know presently, is that Ford has buzzed the 2015 Mustang is going to be a “world car”–perhaps set at capitalizing further upon a more global scene or maybe taking design and styling cues from world-class automobiles from today?