Thats what you get for being in Granola country (fruits nuts and flakes). In a few years you may have to give up your internal combustion engine for an electric or at least a hybridRoddster67 said:By the way, went to the LA autoshow yesterday--very poor showing from Ford.
No 05 concept car.
No 05 production car.
No Forty Nine.
No other big 4 door beast of a concept that was at the Anaheim show, but I can't remember the name.
Just a lame Focus hydrogen concept.
RICKS said:For those who are ranting and whining that Ford "ditched" the concept's hood, and taillamps, and scoops, etc.etc.etc....Think, just calm down and think for a second. Has it occurred to anybody that the concept is in actuallity a very very blatant glimpse at what a (if they make it) future Shelby version of the new Mustang WOULD BE?? The concept SCREAMS Shelby, so why would they waste all those styling cues on the GT rather than saving them for the Shelby?? The twin-scoop hood has absolutely no heritage with the GT, the taillamps have absolutely no heritage with the GT, and same for the side scoops, and the larger grille opening that extends under the bumper on the concept. I like the new GT, it looks like a GT, it's exactly what a GT should be. Clean, uncluttered, purposeful and classy. A true GT. If you like the concept better, then start saving your nickels because you'll have to pony up for a Shelby to get 'em, at least that's my prediction. I predict that we've all been staring and lusting at the future Shelby ever since the concept was made public, without realizing it, thinking that what we were looking at it would be the new GT. The '68 Shelby gaping-mouth front end, the front-mounted twin-snout hood, the wide sequential taillamps, the side scoops and the reverse scoop on the C-pillar, NO BACK SEAT, instead a full-sized spare strapped behind the driver, the bigger wheels, the lower stance, doesn't it all make perfect sense? The concept "GT" is actually the future SHELBY, at least probably darned close. Why else do you think they would have dumped so much design and development effort into the concept for all that Shelby-esque content? And, what about the convertible concept?? It's got a roll bar......SHELBY CONVERTIBLE. It seems so obvious to me, am I dreaming here, or is everybody else sleeping at the wheel?
Ron Jeremy said:Don't complain. The actual production model looks 100 times better than the concept model. Ford got it right this time!
pabear89 said:If copying the front of a BMW, a side of MB and a rear of A 350ZX.
Getting it right,
They are still running behind. Check out the new GTO's.
500 hp and some singled out styles.
Jmo
PB
RICKS said:
Huh???? The rear of a 350Z is totally rounded, and has taillamps that run vertical up the 1/4's. The side of WHAT Mercedes are you talking about?? Front of a Bimmer? I swear, that hallucinagenic drugs are making a comeback... I think I could post a picture of a Blue Bird school bus on here as the next '05 Mustang, and people would be screaming "It looks like a BMW up front, an MB on the side, and a 350Z in back" .It's hopeless...
Pakrat said:I'm not saying I agree, but how can their possibly only be one opinion on what it is simillar to?I always thought the whole point of an opinion was that it is individual and unique from a persons perspective. If you both look at an inkblot and PA sees a butterfly but you see Pamela Andersons coochie instead, is he wrong or do you just spend too much time watching ****? How many people do we hobbiests run into every day that can't even tell a 64' from a 74' for pete's sake. Yet a knowledgable person like PA gets berated for his take on it? This type of stuff seams to me to be the truly hopelss cause around here some times. Of course, that is just IMHO, so I am sure I'll get my behind chewed off for it since I will likely be wrong if so much as one person disagrees with me.
MrBobMarley said:Yup sure did, a ton more here.
I agree with you on the insurance thing, if you don't wait you're gonna get raped. That's why I'm gonna wait too.
That is exactly what Ford was thinking in the late '80s when they designed the "new" Mustang. I don;t know if you are old enough to remember but there was an uproar and many of use signed petitions and wrote letters to Ford telling them that the Mustang was and always should be rear wheel drive, front V8, and inexpensive. So they took the "new" Mustang with all the high tech stuff and new designs and called it a Probe. We all know where that ended up.charlies said:i don't know why they feel the need to chase after the old images. back in the 60's they came up with something new and awesome, something that is still revered today. why don't they try something novel today, as they did back then and set a trend, rather than copying an old trend.
MrBobMarley said:These were on page 2 dunno if you saw them or not. I know its not guardsman blue, but I'm kinda burned out on the chops for today. I'll probably knock one up for ya later.
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