So who has ordered the new S550 Mustang?
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Good point. My Marquis looked pretty shabby most of the time but I only remember it as it was after a wash and polish 
BTW a video about some of the new Mustang's interior design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_aOUPpDNE
I wonder what those original designers would make of the Euro modifications?
BTW a video about some of the new Mustang's interior design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_aOUPpDNE
I wonder what those original designers would make of the Euro modifications?
Was hoping there would be more options. Should I get black stripes with my competition orange?
Been so many rumours and such a lack of info from Ford that I can't trust that price list.
If it's correct and Ford haven't made another mistake it looks like no Recaros and we are getting the MY15.
Been so many rumours and such a lack of info from Ford that I can't trust that price list.
If it's correct and Ford haven't made another mistake it looks like no Recaros and we are getting the MY15.
steiom said:
New official price list .pdf with black roof and stripes can be found here:
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/attachment.php?att...
Black roof for me please!
I wonder why the Ford site has not been updated. Pretty lazy of them. Starting to get the feeling that Ford UK don't seem to think that the Mustang coming to the UK is not as important, exciting or interesting as we think it is.http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/attachment.php?att...
Black roof for me please!
Here are some pictures of the Ford Launch event in Munich yesterday taken by a guy over on the Mustang6g forum.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117195985130161...
Apart from RHD I cant see how the UK ones will be different, so definitely no middle dashboard gauges then and it looks like it will be white rear lights too, along with the faux gas caps.
They look good it's just a shame they don't look like the US cars.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117195985130161...
Apart from RHD I cant see how the UK ones will be different, so definitely no middle dashboard gauges then and it looks like it will be white rear lights too, along with the faux gas caps.
They look good it's just a shame they don't look like the US cars.
It just amazes me how big corporations can get it so wrong.
You see some ugly looking new cars on the road and think how the hell did that get passed by the board, are they blind.
Those little videos posted elsewhere about the design of the new Mustang shows the boss not being happy with the height of the dashboard cowls (A Mustang styling cue that goes back to the original '64) and saying that he wants them lower........by a couple of millimeters.
Such attention to detail, especially with the rear lights and the front 'gills', yet the important cues are dropped from the Euro spec cars. I wonder if the original stylists are happy about that.
You see some ugly looking new cars on the road and think how the hell did that get passed by the board, are they blind.
Those little videos posted elsewhere about the design of the new Mustang shows the boss not being happy with the height of the dashboard cowls (A Mustang styling cue that goes back to the original '64) and saying that he wants them lower........by a couple of millimeters.
Such attention to detail, especially with the rear lights and the front 'gills', yet the important cues are dropped from the Euro spec cars. I wonder if the original stylists are happy about that.
Blimey! Some close up pictures of the cars in Munich. The panel alignment looks terrible. My 2000 Grand Marquis was better.
It's on this thread, page 4, http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2...
That is pretty shocking for these days. UK Fords have come a long way in the past decades or so and many say that the build quality is on par with the Germans.
Why are these so bad? They are for the motoring journalists who will rip them to shreds in their write ups.
It's on this thread, page 4, http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2...
That is pretty shocking for these days. UK Fords have come a long way in the past decades or so and many say that the build quality is on par with the Germans.
Why are these so bad? They are for the motoring journalists who will rip them to shreds in their write ups.
rix said:
Just checking in on this thread... no order yet but very tempted. Can someone do something for my condition of being allergic to paying list for a ford?!
Cab or fastback?!!
I know where you are coming from Cab or fastback?!!
Also, as it is supposed to be a prestige product for Ford UK, I did think we would get the same treatment as I did when I bought a new Boxster but had to wait 6 months for it to be built and afterwards a new Discovery 3 from Landrover.
In the case of Porsche it was long test drives as well as a test drive plus. Driving tuition on the roads to and from a race track and skid pan testing session, all in the company of a British Touring Cars racing instructor. Oh! and free gifts.
Land Rover sent me on an off road course.
Even after I had sold the 987, Porsche still contacted me from time to time. One particular winter they let me have a brand new 997S for 24 hours. I put over 400 miles on it as it was such a joy to drive but there was no sales pitch at the end just a if you want one get in touch.
So if Ford UK are pushing the Mustang as an upmarket grand tourer, they are getting it very wrong. The thing is up to now they sell cars like Currys sell washing machines, Mondeos to the fleets, Focus and Fiestas to the masses, Transits to the tradesmen, MPVs to Addison Lee with a small niche market in RS's and ST's.
It's annoying to enter a Ford Showroom to find that I know more about their cars then the whole sales team put together.
I got very emotional this morning when I read that one of the guys on the Australian Mustang6g forum had got an 'official' memo from Ford Australia stating that the handbrake and the cup holders would not be 'lateralised' for RHD Mustangs.
Considering all European Fords have their bits and pieces in the correct places regardless of whether they are LHD or RHD, as do all the other European and Asian cars, makes me think very little of Ford US.
If they have penny pinched on this, what other savings have they tried to make with the RHD version.
My other worrying thought, I know I need a life, is that there does not appear to be a UK RHD Mustang at the moment. It would appear that they don't get built until Sept but are not new cars supposed to go through millions of miles of testing before they are let loose on the public?
Understandably the engine, chassis and suspension are the same as the US car but what if there is a weakness in the design of the RHD system. I presume quite a bit of the engine bay would have to be moved around to accommodate the revised steering and controls.
At the end of the day it is just strange that Ford UK have no useful information, even at this late stage.
Seriously thinking of stepping back and waiting to see what happens for the first year or so. I don't fancy being a test mule and paying for it.
Considering all European Fords have their bits and pieces in the correct places regardless of whether they are LHD or RHD, as do all the other European and Asian cars, makes me think very little of Ford US.
If they have penny pinched on this, what other savings have they tried to make with the RHD version.
My other worrying thought, I know I need a life, is that there does not appear to be a UK RHD Mustang at the moment. It would appear that they don't get built until Sept but are not new cars supposed to go through millions of miles of testing before they are let loose on the public?
Understandably the engine, chassis and suspension are the same as the US car but what if there is a weakness in the design of the RHD system. I presume quite a bit of the engine bay would have to be moved around to accommodate the revised steering and controls.
At the end of the day it is just strange that Ford UK have no useful information, even at this late stage.
Seriously thinking of stepping back and waiting to see what happens for the first year or so. I don't fancy being a test mule and paying for it.
sumpoil said:
I'm fairly sure I've seen pictures of pre-production RHD cars being tested so I don't think there's a concern there. In fact I've just found a picture ...
The old vs new video posted earlier has certainly got me looking forward to next year! .... although those extra dash gauges made another appearance and did look v. cool. Fingers crossed!
Someone has posted a pic of that same car showing the interior. It is believed to be a US test car with RHD for testing (So it has been tested) hence the handbrake/cup holders and the gear stick are still in the US position.The old vs new video posted earlier has certainly got me looking forward to next year! .... although those extra dash gauges made another appearance and did look v. cool. Fingers crossed!
Hopefully this is what has fueled the rumours of not changing the centre to favour RHD. Let's hope so.
Should change the title of this thread to 'Croyde's Daily Mustang Moan'
I search the web desperately every day for news about the new Mustang, it has become an addiction. The Ford UK site is useless and unchanged from months ago and the Ford FB page pm service has no information other than contact your dealer but the dealers know sweet FA.
I have just had a look at my dealer's website and it's own Mustang page.
Really fills me with confidence
http://www.thinkford.co.uk/new-cars/new-ford-musta...
I search the web desperately every day for news about the new Mustang, it has become an addiction. The Ford UK site is useless and unchanged from months ago and the Ford FB page pm service has no information other than contact your dealer but the dealers know sweet FA.
I have just had a look at my dealer's website and it's own Mustang page.
Really fills me with confidence
http://www.thinkford.co.uk/new-cars/new-ford-musta...
Just called my dealer who tells me that they still have not had any info but is hoping something will happen by next week.
I think that Ford are waiting for the Europeans to get over their disappointment about all the changes before letting their old friends have a proper US Mustang with RHD
I think that Ford are waiting for the Europeans to get over their disappointment about all the changes before letting their old friends have a proper US Mustang with RHD
Roo said:
Not that I've got one on order, but this is my local dealer.
http://www.kentmustang.com/
Doing a pretty good job of it.
That's impressive, well done to them. I wonder if I can transfer my deposit?http://www.kentmustang.com/
Doing a pretty good job of it.
Spoke to one of the salesmen at my dealer, a supposed Ford Store where the Mustang experts preside, and he had no info and admitted that he had never even seen one in the flesh.
He tells customers to go and see Bill Shepherd nearby
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