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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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I love it! Come on guys, take off your blinders. Rub one out and get rid of your crankyness. If it had a Mazda badge on it and a turbo'd 3 rotor in it, you would all be raving about it. That car looks clean and mean. Although I would like to see them design one around the foxbody styling.
no, i would be saying WTF is mazda doing
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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^ I would bomb the Mazda design studio and cut off the styling chief's hands.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Another lame Ford. The whole retro thing has gotten out of control. Its no wonder they are falling flat on their asses.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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that light *grabber* blue is nice. it's not a bad looking car, better looking than the current one, but that long drawn-out reveal on the website, totally not worth it just for this
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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Yeah, the "reveal" was a lame joke of epic proportions.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Better than the old one, but still won't be fun to drive in anything other than a straight line.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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it has a fugly rear end...just like the 370z ....looks like they smashed the rear of the clay model and then called it good!!! lol...those people are crazy who could do that...building clay models...
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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why does it seem like some people just have to jump on the "its a ford so it instantly sucks band wagon" you may not like every aspect of a car but this is far from a POS.

Yes the instrument panel and dash could be better (look cheap and I dont care for retro guages), but overall its a nice car. they did a good job with the restyled design.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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ive never been a fan of mustangs there are many driving of them in texas...u literally cant go 5 minutes without seeing a mustang
personally i dont like many things about them...i drove my friends and i found it quite boring...and it felt like the car would not turn without spinning
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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No way. My 07 GT/CS is way better look then any of those and I'm not really that biased since I'm thinking of trading it in for an 09 8. Still, it looses the the classic look IMO.

What really needed to change is the solid rear axle. Joke of all jokes.

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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Sigh.....

It looks like a charger/challenger in the rear quarter panels.

I think Ford was like, "Look how popular the challenger and the charger are, let's make the mustang look like those cars"

Seriously, the current mustang model will be timeless, like the 1992 to 2001 rx7.

But these are my thoughts.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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I like it. Then again, I am a mustang lover. I've had 2 in previous years. For what the mustang is built for, it's fantastic. Just like the 8 is good at what it was built for.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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I've never been a fan of the previous Mustang, and it's not for lack of want, I love the power possibilities, I just can't get past the weight, suspension, looks and interior. From that list, this new mustang seems to ghve fixed the looks of the front of the car, but that's it. Too bad.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by JRichter
not a fan of rehashing those exact same lines on bigger, thicker, modern cars.
Word.

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The top of the trunk was above my eye line and the 8 would completely fit in the shell of that thing. It looked like a normal car that was scaled up 20-30%.
Yes, the Challenger is silly huge. I saw what was possibly a prototype when I visited Chrysler.

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Second and third thing is add some modern, yet classic race-mesh type wheels and lower it a good 2 inches.
Yeah, what's up with those wheels and the bizarre blue color?
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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i dont know what you were doing there 9k but the pics didnt belong in this thread.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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lookin at it more i think i could do without the black along the bottom edge
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dynamho


Yeah, what's up with those wheels and the bizarre blue color?
that light blue is very reminiscent of an early mustang color I had a 65 like this one



for a number of years and when i saw the new blue one thats what i thought of. However like i said in my last post- that black on the bottom kills it.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Not bad. I also don't like the back. The interior upgrade is long over due.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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Not bad..
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
that light blue is very reminiscent of an early mustang color I had a 65 like this one



for a number of years and when i saw the new blue one thats what i thought of. However like i said in my last post- that black on the bottom kills it.
As pointed out, the color of the blue 2010 Mustang is Grabber Blue, very different from the one in your picture.

The "Grabber" hues (including Lime and Orange) were originally available back in the 70s I believe.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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The baby blue Mustang looks like Smurf puke.

The darker blue is okay, but the red isn't a good color for me to decide.

Black would not distract me as much, and is a sick color on a muscle car.

If the car fails dressed in black, then it fails in every way.
I need to see it in black.

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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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i like it...rear is much better

spedo, dash, colors are all retro, if they change them to modern style then it will not go withe car theme
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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I am UNimpressed.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
that light blue is very reminiscent of an early mustang color I had a 65 like this one



for a number of years and when i saw the new blue one thats what i thought of. However like i said in my last post- that black on the bottom kills it.
This light blue is nice. Didn't realize the '65 looked so nice in this color.

It may be the photo, but this 'electric' blue makes the car look like a child's toy.
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