Sunday 18 May 2014

2015 Ford Mustang: yea or neigh?

The picture below is of the upcoming ford mustang, arriving in 2015. As you can probably tell, effort have been made to make this (the 10th incarnation of Americas most iconic muscle car) look futuristic while still keeping the familiar 'stang shape. Indeed, the designers have made special efforts to maintain the classic muscle car silhouette. But with modern twists. I particularly like the redesigned front headlights, because to me the previous ones looked a bit awkward. 

But it is not just the car that is new. The market is also new. In other words, the mustang is being imported to Europe. HORRAY!! And in right hand drive. DOUBLE HORRAY!! And with the option of an ecoboost engine. HORR... wait, an ecoboost ford engine? In a mustang? Are they mad?! Apparently not. See, while people like me dream about the GT version (if you're going to have a mustang, why not go the whole way?) most Europeans are (apparently) more interested in petrol prices than mustang muscle. The ecoboost (a 2 litre, if anyone is interested) is Fords compromise to importing the mustang for the second time (a small number of the original were imported to Germany). So, to try and make more money than they will spend importing them, a economical version is in the model range. Ford claim that the ecoboost will be the most selling variant. But will it? Will anone want an economical mustang? We will have to wait and see.

Nev


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