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Post #1 Tue, Nov 28, 4:08 AM
V8stangman
Ouate de phoque - 53088

 Except for the rear of the car, looks odd.
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Post #2 Tue, Nov 28, 5:32 AM
Archaeopteryx
Supercar Messiah - 14833

 I love the way the car looks, but WHY IN THE HELL did they put those doors on it? It's a #$%#ing Mustang, not a Lamborghini!
Post #3 Tue, Nov 28, 5:59 AM
Panzer
bacchanal - 35058

 Yeah those doors are fcuking horrid. Why to give in to popular demand for a retarded cosmetic novelty.

This car is pretty fantastic overall, especially the front, which I find is the current Mustangs weak point in design.
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Post #4 Tue, Nov 28, 9:26 AM
Sniperhail
Senior Member - 226

 Agreed, on both points. The doors look rather out of place, but may have just been another way of hammering home the Italian vs. American point. The front of the stock Stang definitely looks a tad bulbousy, a fat lip if you will. This seems to incorporate the front styling of the '03 Cobra (look at the front view shot) and flows beautifully into the rest of the car. A fantastic job from a talented designer.
Post #5 Tue, Nov 28, 12:38 PM
Comunista
Supercar Messiah - 64607

 see, this is how vehicles should be customized these days. i dont mean going crazy and making wacky glass roofs and putting tens of thousands of dollars into the interior, but look how awesome the modified the body panels, yet kept the "mustang" look.

proof that with actually having creativity, even a civic could look sweet.
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Post #6 Tue, Nov 28, 8:00 PM
hakim2004
bad ass - 112

 will it be available for purchase and how much?
Post #7 Tue, Nov 28, 9:42 PM
RLQ
CAUTION - 57273

 The rear and the doors are out of place.
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Post #8 Wed, Nov 29, 8:30 AM
warmasice
New User - 4

 WHAT THE #$%#KK?! what happened to the REAR? is this all america can come out with? HAHAHA

and whats with the fake bumper air vents, the pimp my ride style doors that dont even open properly, the goats skin seats.. LOLL

and wheres the roof???... look at the picture again and imagine it with one, i mean its butt ugly now, image it with a proper body coloured roof!

haha ROFL!

oh, and did i mention the seats?

..arghhhhhhhhhhhhh THAT REAR!!!!!!!!!!! looks worse that george bush's wife's.. now thats saying something
Post #9 Wed, Nov 29, 12:42 PM
DrVertigo
Supercar Messi - 2038

 Warmasice- calm down...

Interesting design, and doubly interesting to see how Italians think of American culture (a lot of the design looks like it's been made for mad Texans). I really hope Ford take note of the interior though (the bits that aren't covered in hideous cowhide, I mean): one of the worst points about the current Mustang (other than the beeping when you open the doors/have the handbrake on/haven't got your seatbelt done up, the hilariously bad miles-per-gallon -I averaged 12mpg in the V6 I drove recently- and the worst headrests known to man) is the cheap-ass interior, which would look nasty even in a £5000 hatchback. The metal strips and two-tone approach (though I wouldn't have gone for brown and orange personally) really help to liven up the cockpit, and rectify another glaring oversight in pretty much all American sports cars, the extremely low perceived quality. The Corvette is the US' best supercar marque, but they don't really sell anywhere else in the world because everyone just sees them as "the plastic supercar". Nobody European is going to buy plastic for 911 money. I understand that the cheap materials cut down costs, but there is a portion of the American market that is exceedingly wealthy. They'd still sell for an increased pricetag if the perceived quality rose with it.

The latter point isn't something I'd like to see Ford introduce to the Mustang though. The ideology of it should always be as affordable muscle, and even if they could build the car entirely out of carbon fibre, aluminium and leather, they shouldn't, because it would diminish the car's aggressive, muscular character. They've already done enough of a screwjob on that with the nannying beep-warnings.
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Edited by DrVertigo - Wed, Nov 29, 12:44 PM
Post #10 Wed, Nov 29, 9:01 PM
TrooperCaswell
New User - 5

 In response to the doors... italian design. thats all. At least it isnt as obnoxiously awful looking as the escalade with scissor doors as seen previously on supercar's POTD.
Post #11 Thu, Nov 30, 7:36 AM
hakim2004
bad ass - 112

 does this company make its own cars, or only does customizing...because I really like their tastes...except for some of the flaws pointed out overall its an amazing customization...I really like the interior...the straight unfinished leather is a lill crazy but i even kinda like that
Post #12 Thu, Nov 30, 6:38 PM
TrooperCaswell
New User - 5

 by its own cars do you mean brandwise, like ferrari or GMC? I am pretty sure that Giugiaro is a guy who does amazing design.
Post #13 Fri, Dec 1, 10:39 PM
bongburglar
Member - 81

 How many hundred pounds does that ugly ass interior weigh?
Post #14 Sat, Dec 2, 10:57 AM
Ctrl
New User - 6

 I like the rear view mirrors :P And yes, as it has already been said that the doors don't fit to the "mustang look", and the rear looks like the designer has fallen asleep while drawing it. Still this car has some of the same charisma that Mustangs had in the 60's. Or may be not..
Post #15 Thu, Dec 7, 9:08 AM
mustangs4ever
Senior Member - 314

 Charisma is a good thing here.
Mustangs were built for 1 reason pure dominance in the sports car industry
Post #16 Thu, Mar 15, 11:22 PM
borderbrother
Senior Member - 185

 Warmer-whatever your name was, ease off, you couldn't do any better. Plus, it isn't 'all the Americans can come up with'm being as it was not designed by Americans, but Italians. Just some food for thought, since you've ran out of thinking capacity.

Here's my input on this car. It's beautiful, its exotic, and even though it clearly has that Italian flare to it, it is undeniably still a Mustang. Somehow the new designers managed to pull that one off, and they did it with flying colors.

I think the doors are a bit extreme. Italian styling is one thing, but they took it a little too far with the doors. I'm not saying Lambo doors aren't cool, but there's a time and a place, and this wasn't it. The interior has a lot of new bells and whistles and it's definately a step up over the current Mustang (which, yes, I have driven) but those cow hide seats came straight out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Leather is cool, but skin with the hair still intact, that's just tacky (and did I mention allergenic?). You know PETA is having a field day with this one.

And lets not forget the rear end... I honestly think Ford did it right when they used the 1969 Mustang's rear end instead f earlier models (which had very small lights). 1970 wasn't that much different, the lights simply sank in instead of popping out. And the later 70's models were just disgusting (and lets forget about the 80's entirely). The Giugiaro designers really skewed away from the main point when they designed that rear end. It resembles no feature on any of the prior Mustangs, and it is anything but 'muscle'.

The carbon fiber, and the bells and whistles, and this and that are all great, but what I have to say about this car is 'damn'. There are some minor things here and there that I listed, but all things considered, this is a good looking car. The timing was way off though. This doesn't have to be some random Mustang body kit. I think if they were to hold off on production for a couple years it could very well slip into production as a future model stock Mustang (after a few cosmetic adjustments).

The current Mustang is still somewhat in the "ooooo ahhhh" stage, so they should play it out for a couple more years until they get a new model. At that point, they should make the 'new' Mustang similar to the current one, but extend the roofline all the way to the end of the trunk to make it a Fastback (since those are the most sought after Mustangs around, it would encourage a new round of sales from Mustang enthusiasts, without drastic design changes and costs).

Then finally, once that model losses its glamour, they should introduce this here Mustang as a new model, instead of an aftermarket half breed like it's being pitched as here.

Out.
-Border Brother
Proud owner of a 1969 Ford Mustang which as of this post is currently not running because I took apart the engine and Kragen sold me the wrong carbuetor.... f***ing Kragen... And I may have 'oops' damaged the breakline when cutting out my floorpans.... which is niether here nor there.
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Post #17 Sun, Apr 15, 12:17 PM
newby0713
New User - 17

 I don't like it all. I think they should ever changed the body style that quick. I mean the 99'-04' mustangs were great but a extreme body makeover is not needed. Ford has been doing this for a while.
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