Is it just me...

...or is the new Mustang just about the best looking version of that model that Ford has built since 1965?

I'd never buy one, of course. In fact, I'm more likely to go find an old '56 Cadillac Sixty Series, restore it, and drive everywhere in it 'til I die... but as Mustangs go, this new one seems hot.

Just an observation. This is the off-topic area, right?

 

Naw. If you HAFTA go with a "Fix Or Repair Daily" (or "Found On Road Dead"), the resurrected Thunderbird Convertible is the one to beat.

I actually OWNED a 1966 Mustang. At the time, it was about 10 years old. Great Heavens Above, that was an AWFUL automobile.

 

Hmmm. The new Thunderbird compared with the old Thunderbird versus the new Mustang compared with the old Mustang.

[time passes]

Okay. You win.



EDIT: I will add, however, that if a person familiar with both vehicles back in the '60s had been asleep since then and suddenly woke up tomorrow, he'd at least recognize the new Mustang as a Mustang. I guess that was, in part, my point. Ford really caught its essence, I think, while still accomplishing a complete reworking of the vehicle.

 

Don't you think those portholes are a dead giveaway?

Anyway, since you didn't ask, the Mustang was only the SECOND worst car I ever owned.

The absolute WORST automobile it has ever been my misfortune to own and actually DRIVE was a 1972 MG Midget.

Wish I could find one in decent shape now.

 

Ford did a good job but Steve Saleen made it better. http://www.saleen.com/2005_s281.htm

 

I do like the new body style, very sleek and yes, probably the best looking version. I guess I am biased. I have a penchant for small, powerful cars.

Take care,

Abner

 

...and Shelby made it best!!!

New Shelby GT500

 

Snigger.

See that little pile of rust in the corner of the scrapyard? That's where the 70s MGs (and everything else made by BL bar the Land Rover) went to die ;-)

Quality control was never a Longbridge speciality at the best of times.

Angela

 

More pics of the new Shelby GT500

GT500 pics

 

Very nice indeed.

 

Yes.

 

I also really like the new style mustang and thunderbird. I would love to see a new style corvette similar to the early 60's, and maybe a remake of el camino to go along with it.

 

What can I say? I always wanted a Checker Marathon.

 

One of the best taxi's ever made and one southern California PD used it as a police car back in the 70's as I recall.

 

The look of the new Mustang is especially appealing to me.

 

Yes, but not the dead giveaway that the nose of the new Mustang is. It's modern and completely different, yet completely recognizable even at a glance. I think it's a particularly competent capturing of the Mustang essence without, when you look closely, really being anything like any previous version of that model. I just... I dunno... I just appreciate it when someone sets out to achieve something like that and succeeds so well. The photos don't do it justice, I should add. I mean, if you can spot one on the road, try to notice what I'm talking about. It's very well done, for what that's worth. I really admire it... and I've never been a huge fan of Mustangs (although I'm a little more cheritable toward Fords, generally, than are you, apparently).

I can beat that: Ohgod... is this embarrassing... A Renault LeCar.

Actually, so do I -- a LeCar, I mean. If a person never owned one, I can see why they might wonder how anyone could love it. But Renault really engineered that car nicely. It had way more room in it than it seemed to from the outside... way more, actually. It was uncanny. And the height of the seat off the floor was magically just right, no matter how tall or short was the driver, and made it so that the driver's knees bent rather than being straight out in front like many small cars. I was stunned by the handling, too. I really missed that car after I got rid of it. But when it finally did get high miles on it and started to fall apart, it did a "when it rains, it pours" sort of thing. One couldn't keep up. But up to that moment, it was one of the best cars I ever had. It only really became the worst when thing started to fail -- as happens with all cars when they get high miles... but just not all at once, usually. It also was a death trap. God the doors were thin. I never saw one all crashed, but I gotta' believe it just turned into a puddle. I've since moved to Volvos -- arguably the safest car on the road -- and would now never own another brand...

...except maybe that old '56 Caddy!

 

Agreed! It would be nice to see Dodge somehow do something of a remake with the old Challenger and Roadrunner styles of the late 60s early 70s.

 

Angela,

Well, you DO know why you English drink warm beer, right?

 

Men and their cars....

Men and their cars...is a woman allowed to post here?
My husband did a service for someone and lent his equipment...a certain individual "paid" for the service by giving him a 1970 Mustang in horrible, impossible shape, of course! This reminds me of an episode of "Married With Children" and trust me, Al Bundy did not come out ahead when he restored a Mustang!

To me, this was the worst possible way to "pay" for something because my husband had not been into restoring old cars but now of course he sees great value in restoring this one. He does not have time for this because he works two full time jobs. He is also restoring a John Deere tractor. This also stinks because I am the money manager in this household and he "borrowed" money from me to get that John Deere because he "needed it" to do work around our place. Well, now that he has "restored" it to perfection, I can be assured that he will never use it to "do work" and now he will have to buy another tractor to do the work he actually bought that thing for in the first place! He thinks these restoration projects are an "investment." I remain skeptical. Just thought I ought to impose a women's perspective on you guys for the fun of it!