2005 Ford Mustang - UGLY

The only thing I don't like about the new 'Stang is the interior. The exterior looks great (it looks especially, agressively cool when worked over like the GT-R), the chassis is superior, and the motor options look better and more powerful.

Reminds me of a sign I saw a while back........ "Maybe I think YOUR car is ugly, too". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

To each his own. Personally, the 2005 gives me a woody.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Ahgnis) wrote in news:24b5a18b.0408211740.7ab00930 @posting.google.com:

Different strokes... Personally, I think the '01 looks like crap compared to the '05.

IMO, the '05 is the best looking Mustang since the Fox cars.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

Gotta disagree with you. Beauty is what you see it as. I drive a truck in Metro Detroit and have gotten to see these cars as they are camouflaged going down the e-way being tested.

Can't wait to see what the Saleen version will look like and what kind of equipment he'll put in it...I'll never be able to afford it anyway! :-)

Rory

TMI!!!

I thought it was nasty too when I saw the pictures in magazines and such. Then I saw a special on Speed Vision about it the other night, looks much better on TV or in person. Totally changed my mind.

-Franklin '96 Cobra

My opinion of Mustangs over the years:

First models - Mid 1960s. Looks much like a Falcon (same chassis, I think). Aside from the Mustang embellishments, like the grill design) I didn't like it much. The muscle car is born. But I wasn't yet!

Late 60s - early seventies - the heyday of the muscle car. I don't think there was a muscle car Ford, GM, or Chrysler... made that didn't look cool.

Mid and late 70s. I'm kind of indifferent to these models. I think the Camaro/Firebird had a distinct advantage in the looks dept.

90s - early 90s: The Camaro/Firebird, although a very tired looking design now, it had a clear advantage then. The Mustang looked like a notch up from the Escort/EXP hatch back design. Thankfully it started looking better in the latter years of this model. The Later GTs with the ground effects looked cool, but still had a cheap hatchback look.

Mid-Late 90s. I though it looked okay, but it was loosing the Mustang appeal. It was looking like just another jelly bean family mobile. The Camaro/Firebird took on that ugly rounded nose rubber tug look and that cheap Cavalier rear. I think it was this, in part, that caused sales to fall off and GM to finally kill the model.

Late 90s to current: Ford re-sculpted the nose and tail. This really helped give the car its own character. It is a good looking car, but not as good as the cars from around the 1969 era.

New 05s. I can't say much until I see it in person. It looks better than the current model though.

Of course, all of this is IMO : )

John '03 GT

I saw a red GT with red int., brushed aluminum accents at Mustang Mania last month. Got to sit in it and I can tell you the seats are a lot more comfortable than the current Mustangs. It was parked across from two 65 fastbacks and a 67 fastback so you could see right away all the similiar exterior and interior styling cues. I for one think it's a big improvement over the current models and intend to buy one when it comes out. I like a platinum silver GT with red leather seats and brushed aluminum interior accents. Rumor in my neck of the woods is that it will be released Sept 7th ? Anybody know when it will hit dealer showrooms ?

The first prototype was better looking, but perhaps too aggressive considering

55% of the buyers are women who buy a 6 cyl. IMO, the 1994-1999 model was too rounded, too foreign looking. I was glad when they went to the more rakish look for 2000, so I got a 2001 GT to replace my 1993 LX. Then I got the Mach-1 because I don't see the 3-valve thing being as good an engine in the upcoming GT as the 4 valve in my Mach-1.

Seconded.

SN-95 body style is 94-98. 99 started the new "boxy" design.

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Full Boar turbo mufflers Hi-speed fan switch

255/60R-15 rear tires

No offense, Mike, but I think both of those styles are fugly. The only thing worse was the '74-'78 PintoStang.

Personally, my favorite was the '67-'69 style, which is probably why I like the '05.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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Not to pick nits but the '99+ is SN-95 as well. The designation is for the chassis not the body style. The '99+ body was often referred to as "New Edge" but the chassis is still SN-95.

I personally don't like any of the older Mustangs but the 'late '60s were the best of the bunch. I think the Fox bodies of the '80's were horrid.

I like just about everything about the new Mustang except the interior. The interior is pretty bad to me. I'd get over it for the chassis though :).

"Dan" wrote in news:J0cWc.225$ snipped-for-privacy@news.uswest.net:

I love the interior - the dash reminds me of a '69.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

Thirded.

Don Manning

Odd how the Escort came after the Mustang did. The Mustang was hatched (pun intended) before the Escort. So wouldn't the phrase "The escort looks like a a poorly designed notch-down from the Mustang", be more applicable?

Don Manning

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What's so odd about that? The Mustang came after the Falcon, right?

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