LMFAO! This is gonna be the next Mustang???
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LMFAO! This is gonna be the next Mustang???
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...934741136.html
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As Baby Boomers Reminisce, Ford Aims to Save Brand With European Look to Draw Younger Buyers
For the last decade, auto makers have connected with baby boomers by recreating storied cars from their youth like the VW Beetle, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Now, Ford Motor Co. is betting it is time to hit the brakes on the retro trend, and shift its focus to a younger generation.
The Mustang, the Pony car that launched affordable and compact sports cars, today strongly hews to the look of the 1964 original. But Ford is working on radical makeover of its signature youth-market car, people familiar with Ford's plans said. The new Mustang will retain the shark-nosed grille and round headlights, but will “look more like the new Ford Fusion than the current Mustang.”
“The new Mustang is due as a 2014 model, and will look somewhat like an Aston Martin, the high-price sports car often featured in James Bond movies. People who have seen the new Mustang said it is almost a body double for the Evos concept car that Ford showed at the Frankfurt auto show last fall.”
For the last decade, auto makers have connected with baby boomers by recreating storied cars from their youth like the VW Beetle, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Now, Ford Motor Co. is betting it is time to hit the brakes on the retro trend, and shift its focus to a younger generation.
The Mustang, the Pony car that launched affordable and compact sports cars, today strongly hews to the look of the 1964 original. But Ford is working on radical makeover of its signature youth-market car, people familiar with Ford's plans said. The new Mustang will retain the shark-nosed grille and round headlights, but will “look more like the new Ford Fusion than the current Mustang.”
“The new Mustang is due as a 2014 model, and will look somewhat like an Aston Martin, the high-price sports car often featured in James Bond movies. People who have seen the new Mustang said it is almost a body double for the Evos concept car that Ford showed at the Frankfurt auto show last fall.”
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All Europe's cars are filthy ugly. I'd say Hyundais are ugly too, but they're the least ugly of all of 'em.
They should stick with the original formula... but it seems that everything is going through that "luxury" phase. I think the next few decades, the look of luxury will become the norm and everyone will have something looking luxurious so it will be hard to tell if a man is broke.
They should stick with the original formula... but it seems that everything is going through that "luxury" phase. I think the next few decades, the look of luxury will become the norm and everyone will have something looking luxurious so it will be hard to tell if a man is broke.
