Great (rumoured) news for Mustang Fanboys

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Ford is making good moves on the design front. The concept needs a lot of work but I like the direction.

Retro and retro-modern have more-or-less run their course in the 9 years since they brought the S197 to the table.

I don't really mind carrying the names forward, but then I wasn't alive to see most of these the first time through. I thought the first-gen Taurus was well-received, and we know the early Mustang was as well. Both cars had dark periods, but I don't know that it's worth throwing a name away over.

Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, with that in mind, that might be okay for the younger crowd of today.

im not sure since im not a ford fan, but also, i think they failed miserably with the 500 or watever that fugly sedan was that was supposedly the replacement for the taurus(?) so perhaps they wanted the name recogntion again to ensure that people know it's a ford car to isolate bad memories.

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I think the 500 was a Crown Vic replacement. They were trying to get it in as another fleet car....and failed horribly.

Originally Posted by AlphaSnacks

Nah, the 500 was a Taurus replacement. The last 2 years of production the car was renamed to the Taurus/Sable again.

Originally Posted by AlphaSnacks

Nah, the 500 was a Taurus replacement. The last 2 years of production the car was renamed to the Taurus/Sable again.