RICKS said:You have GOT to be kidding me!!!!!! The only car you can point at is a turbo-charged four that sounds like a groundhog that ate too many tacos??? Style-wise, I don't find the car to be plain by any means. You just perceive it as plain, because all you can picture in your heads is scoops and more scoops. I'm sure that with the upscale models, some more "flair" will come along, and many GT owners will upgrade their cars to incorporate the new stuff. But Ford's taking it step by step. Everybody who buys a new car gets a little ticked when the next "new and improved" model replaces it. That is SMART BUSINESS!!!! Ford doesn't want you to keep the friggin car until you croak! They want you to see each new model, say "AWE MAN, I GOTTA HAVE THAT", and come trade up to the new one. It's called selling cars and maintaining strong sales. It's as though many here are bitching, though they don't really realize it, that Ford isn't dumber with their product planning, and long-term marketing strategies. They're doing this very smart. You may want scoops, but they know EXACTLY what they're up to.
ok u ruined yur post with that little smilie thing
again, where did i say i wanted scoops? u seem to be stuck on scoops. did a scoop shot your dog or sumthin?
i would like that car to have lines, to look agressive. theres just too much flat metal everywhere.
what does what kinda of car have to do with louder exhaust? u wanted an example, i provided one. there are plenty of others, but i KNOW that the str-4 has a loud exhust system.
) is NOT supposed to be the bad-a$$ scowling, mean looking hunter-gatherer of the Mustang lineup. It's supposed to be a performance model with broad appeal. If you made it more aggressive, it would scare off more customers than it would gain. Traditionally the GT has sold to more males than females, and I don't think that Ford intends for that to change, BUT.... Ford doesn't want to totally ALIENATE the female buyer and write them off. The GT is a good balance for a car that they want to sell 100,000 of, not 10,000 like the Cobra. Any good designer and artist will tell you, the trick is knowing when to put down the pencil and stop. Alot of the photchops I've seen the get ooh's and ahh's on here are examples where the photochopper really had a good thing going, but unfortunately just kept on going and kept on going past when they should have stopped, and they wind up with an overdone poser car. The GT looks comfortable in its skin. It doesn't promise with its styling what it can't deliver at the rear wheels. It's a different mindset. Some people spend all their dough on styling before they spend a penny on a K&N. Other people don't even think about turning up the wick on the aggressiveness of the style until they've got their car into the 12's. Everybody's different, but don't be silly and think that Ford's going to cater to either extreme's whims with the GT
Anyway I don't think its the scoops I think its the lines. my 99 was plain compared to my 01.... Yes a large difference is the scoops but thats the idea.
