Disclaimer: Margarita induced "deep" thought lol
Obviously, ford did a lot of great things with the car. Honestly, I think the best thing was bring back that fastback similarity. My first ride was a 68 coupe, that I dearly loved...but had always longed for that fastback that even back in the mid 90s was waaaaaaay out of my teenager budget.
But it's been great to get back behind the wheel of a mustang. Back when I was 16 I didn't give two
s about cars or even driving for that matter. My folks kept bringing it up that it was about time for me to start driving and obviously, to purchase the car was my responsibility (which to this day I'm glad they did). It wasn't till I randomly picked up an autotrader magazine one day that the addiction began. They were all sorted by brand and went from early to late models. At that time the SN95 stangs were still pretty fresh, but there was no way I was affording one of those...so you just kept flipping backwards throughout the years as things usually got cheaper. That's when I first saw the original mustangs, and man did it hit home. At that time, you could get a 289/302 coupe for 3-5k that was in great shape...compared to what you could get now for that coin.
That's what pretty much started it all for me. You watch the documentaries and
about people flocking to that first mustang design all across the country. It's funny that damn near 30 years later....it did the same for a kid that didn't have any interest at all in cars. The ass-end design of the s550 is absolute perfection for me, and I feel like that was always the weakest point of design in the previous models. They definitely nailed the front end with the previous model or two....and I wasn't too fond of the s550 front end to begin with. However, in person, it's awesome...the ass has that old school look of what I always wanted and the front end matches the character of what's under the hood.
In the end, I'm excited today as I was 19 years ago about driving.