Originally Posted by djpathfinder (Post 1714560)

Come on Steve...it's modding time again. :roflpuke2:

Originally Posted by murphman (Post 1714663)

I cant hate on ford for an aston martin style front end as I love me some Aston but damnnnnnn 2 new cars now? First the new fusion now the next gen mustang?

At some point people are going to think Aston copied Fords styling

Originally Posted by mjd77 (Post 1714661)

I'd be careful with this if I was Ford...at stake is a huge customer base of Mustang fans that they can't afford to lose. Anything too drastic and they could be in big trouble. Not much of anything about that concept screams Mustang and/or musclecar. But...having said that, the very first blue pic in this thread seems like it could grow on me.

Originally Posted by Lug (Post 1715017)

Read a stat somewhere that said the average age of a current Mustang buyer is 51....That's getting into Corvette territory! :eek:


For me, if it weighs less, retains power, and gets a decent IRS....It's all win!

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.

Originally Posted by mjd77 (Post 1715107)

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.

Originally Posted by Rooster89 (Post 1715120)

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

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.

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.