So who has ordered the new S550 Mustang?

[Centurion07]

croyde said:

Pics of a RHD GT headed, possibly, for the UK.

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2...

There's hope for you yet; those lenses look quite good on the orange car.

[Centurion07]

Stig said:

Just saw them on MOCGB.

Not bothered about handbrake/cupholders not being changed over - but disappointing to see naff silver dash

They reckon it's just for testing on mustang6g.com and I hope that's the case otherwise that's another thing to add to the list of things going in the bin when I get mine! Hmph.

[steiom]

croyde said:

Pics of a RHD GT headed, possibly, for the UK.

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2...

Wow, good spot.

See they swapped the start/stop button over which is cool.

[slowhand99]

It's quite satisfying to note our US friends grumping that we have options they don't e.g. PP with auto. Slightly levels the playing field.

[slowhand99]

Stig said:

Just saw them on MOCGB.

Not bothered about handbrake/cupholders not being changed over - but disappointing to see naff silver dash

Hopefully a trick of the light. The Orange looks a bit washed out in that shot.

Definitely a UK number plate mount.

[DSLiverpool]

Sequential indicators on that spec

[croyde]

I think the pic that has a bit of washed out Orange was due to the camera being exposed for the dark interior

I'm sad to say that as I have been salivating for any morsel of info about the new Mustang, I was able to blow those pics up on my phone

The sticker says 2016 and I also notice that the giant mirrors are manual folding. That's gonna be a pain as they will have to be folded every time you leave the car as they are so fekin' big.

I bet the replacement bill is huge too.

The lower grill is the one fitted to the ACC equipped cars but no mention of it or a block heater on the sticker. Tried to blow up the steering wheel in the pic but it gets too distorted to see what is written on the switches there.

God! I'm getting obsessive

[DSLiverpool]

No,other colour comes close :-)

[Centurion07]

croyde said:

The sticker says 2016 and I also notice that the giant mirrors are manual folding. That's gonna be a pain as they will have to be folded every time you leave the car as they are so fekin' big.

It also says "PWR WIN, LOCKS, MIRRORS" so I'm not going to place to much credence on this being anything like an actual UK spec car.








Please God, PLEASE!

ETA: and a "universal garage door opener"......hmmmm

[foliedouce]

This thread brings a smile to my face, I thought I was obsessive, but I'm nothing on you guys!

[Stig]

Just because it's RHD doesn't mean it's destined for the UK

RHD markets include:

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
Eire-Ireland
England
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles
Scotland - no doubt they'll want LHD when they get independence
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda
US Virgin Islands
Zambia
Zimbabwe
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Wales

[Stig]

DSLiverpool said:

No,other colour comes close :-)

I prefer those wheels to the ones we're getting too!

[sumpoil]

Well, today is (possibly) the big day .... or maybe it isn't? .... who knows? Has anyone heard anything from their dealer (or Ford) with regard to finalising specs? ...... or with regard to anything at all, for that matter? ....

[unpc]

I'm told I have until tomorrow afternoon to make changes. I'm going to change the colour again.

[mattus]

Yup, I just rang my dealer (Allen Ford Northampton)as i'd heard nothing since chasing again last week with the 15th May deadline looming .
He said he was 'just about to call me with an update' ...and had spoken to the mustang team directly:
The Vista production system is now registering cars in the first batch ..these are the champion league comp cars and some dealer cars . All orders taken in Jan this year (mine was 23rd jan) are in the 2nd batch ...not being confirmed on Vista until August .....apparently .....
Therefore, and he's adamant after speaking to the "horses mouth", normal non competition winners have no spec to confirm ..and our deadlime is now moved to August ...with possible delivery Dec or Jan ....
However this seems to conflict with some other reports on here .....so would appreaciate any other dealer views ...on non competition winner cars

I think i'm going to relax for a few months now ....as i was looking forward to this week ..and now another let down . At least there'll be hopefully a V8 GT in my spec sometime confirmed this year, with a delivery this year or next year ....as my very patient wife would say "...don't sweat the small stuff ..."
Anyhow gives me time to save up for the Ford sport exhaust , Whipple SC , suspension set up and a whole host of other mods ....and in the meantime all the latest reviews and consensus on the new Mustang seem to endorse the decision to place our orders early ..it's gonna be a fun and desirable car ....and as many people have said ...A V8 icon for £35k ...is still an outstanding wake up call for the UK car industry ....and i'm still really looking forward to it ....at some time in the future ....

Meanwehile I think i'll chase Antony Ireson again .....(I lied about relaxing ...)

Have fun
Matt

Edited by mattus on Friday 15th May 11:33

[mattus]

..from looking at the Mustang 6G forum , it also appears that the 1st batch could also include some 2014 deposit payers, ie before the prices were released in Jan 2015 ....

so, just to be clear, have any Jan 2015 deposit (and after) had any confirmations of official production entry / build dates from Dealers or from Ford ?

seems to be one step clearer and then some more confusion ...

have fun
Matt

[sumpoil]

mattus said:

..... The Vista production system is now registering cars in the first batch ..these are the champion league comp cars and some dealer cars . All orders taken in Jan this year (mine was 23rd jan) are in the 2nd batch ...not being confirmed on Vista until August .....apparently .....
Therefore, and he's adamant after speaking to the "horses mouth", normal non competition winners have no spec to confirm ..and our deadlime is now moved to August ...with possible delivery Dec or Jan ....

.....

Meanwehile I think i'll chase Antony Ireson again .....(I lied about relaxing ...)

Edited by mattus on Friday 15th May 11:33

Well I've heard the sum total of fk all from Ford or dealer. I put my name down on the list around the end of Jan too so I should be pretty much in the same boat .... which will hopefully be docking in the UK sometime next Feb by the sound of it

Therefore if it's August before I need to confirm spec that's fine, but it would have been nice to receive some kind of official notification from Ford.

Matt, if you do happen to be chasing Antony Ireson I would very much appreciate it if could you possibly find out if there is any chance at all that the GT350/GT350R will be coming to the UK? If they do happen to announce that it is before the (apparent) August deadline I'd switch my order to a 350 immediately, even if it meant waiting another 12 months ..... and if he says no, then i'll do a 'Shawshank Redemption' number on him and write an email every day until he relents

[foliedouce]

I checked with my dealer because of the believed 15th May cut off to double check the colour of my car (I changed it from Ruby Red to Magnetic) and this is what I got back:-

I asked our administrator to speak to Ford about this and she has just come back to me. She has been told that we actually won’t be able to view any of the Mustang orders on Vista until they are in production. I know that seems like it is too late if anything is wrong but I have had e-mail confirmation that the colour has been successfully changed to Magnetic. You can see it below.

Also, as you know your order is number 124. I’m not sure how quickly they will be building them but my latest order was number 643 and they have committed to build that one this year. Looking at the maths I would suggest that yours will be built within the first month of production. It will then take 12 weeks to be shipped over from America so I would suggest that we will see it in November/December 2015.

I’m sorry I can’t give you any more information but I hope that this is enough to keep you going in the meantime.

Kind Regards

[mattus]

Thx, I've also had a update, via Ford Directly (Anthony Ireson)...by phone ...I was most shocked ..but pleased...
My order is 442 (seems my dealer took a while to get it to ford ?). Best estimate is this will be produced in a Sept production, delivered ..." christmas time". It will be MY2016 (with Sync 2).
The 3 striped DRL's, next to the headlighst are inactive due to UK (or European) legislation (...they are set too far back apparently) . The DRLs will be next to the fog lights in the lower bumper area.
Stripes will be available to order shortly.
Handbrake and cup holders remain on the 'wrong side'
Dealer will have an update soon. They are trying to coordinate a better coomunciation flow with th dealers.

Also suggested an announcement (in the near future) that the Shelby 350GT will be available (via warranted upgrades) from a UK dealer .....

I'm now happy again. ..

...in addition to that, my dealer rang to let me know a 'new Mustang ' (he didn't know what colour , model , spec ) would be a Allen Ford Warwick on 27/28th May ....

have fun
Matt

[Centurion07]

So, for the benefit of the class, can you, Folie & Mattus, remind us when you paid your deposits/placed your orders?

I saw over on mustang6g.com one of the CL guys had confirmation of his car & on the official bumpf it was designated MY2016, for what that's worth.

How can you be getting MY2016 but not sync3? I would've thought that was one of the major differences?