Great (rumoured) news for Mustang Fanboys

Red__Zed

I'm confused by the title. Would this be great news for car enthusiasts, not just "Mustang fanboys?"

kenchan

yah, im wondering what mustang boyz feel about the new design. it doesn't look all that muscular or the traditional retro theme.

like the taurus, ford should rename their next gen cars to kind of separate the old and the new.

the current taurus is actually pretty good looking.... too good to be a "taurus."

Red__Zed

Ford is making good moves on the design front. The concept needs a lot of work but I like the direction.

Retro and retro-modern have more-or-less run their course in the 9 years since they brought the S197 to the table.

I don't really mind carrying the names forward, but then I wasn't alive to see most of these the first time through. I thought the first-gen Taurus was well-received, and we know the early Mustang was as well. Both cars had dark periods, but I don't know that it's worth throwing a name away over.

speedfreek

This is what happens when the Aston Martin designer redesigns your whole lineup. Could be worse they could of let the Aztek guys in like GM did on the rear end of the C7.

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kenchan

yah, with that in mind, that might be okay for the younger crowd of today.

im not sure since im not a ford fan, but also, i think they failed miserably with the 500 or watever that fugly sedan was that was supposedly the replacement for the taurus(?) so perhaps they wanted the name recogntion again to ensure that people know it's a ford car to isolate bad memories.

Red__Zed

I think the 500 was a Crown Vic replacement. They were trying to get it in as another fleet car....and failed horribly.

AlphaSnacks

Nah, the 500 was a Taurus replacement. The last 2 years of production the car was renamed to the Taurus/Sable again.

kenchan

yah, that's wat i thought too.

regardless, the current taurus looks pretty good. thing is huge though, close up.

Red__Zed

It's kinda fuzzy I guess. The fusion slotted in under the Taurus and the 500 slotted in between the Taurus and crown Vic.

They tried to replace our fleet Vic's with 500s and replaced the fleet Taurus' with fusions.

The Taurus was a mid-size car until they built if off the 500, and it only became classified as a full-size in 08