[NefCanuck]

Mike,Dec 1 2006, 06:22 PM Wrote:As for the side and back not looking like a mustang , i dont think anything could be further from the truth . Look at the old mustangs from the 60's, that has the exact same styling cues on the trunklid at the back verticle face, its all indented , this one is far more extreme , but still along the same lines, also the waist line of the car that follows the top of the wheel arches looks classically mustang , especially the folds in the metal as it makes more than a 90 degree bend . Thats beautiful stuff, no one makes that anymore cause the cost in moulding and pressing metal like that is far too expensive, its a nice remider of old american muscle car design.

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My father owned a '67 Stang sedan from new for over 17 years so I became fairly initimate with the design cues from that period of Mustang (The 67-68 MY are my personal favourites).

Where the trunk fails for me is that the edge of the trunk lid is cleaved off so sharply as to look like it could actually hurt someone if they ran their hand along it. The mid to late 60's 'Stang trunklid was a smooth curve over to the chromed edge of the lid.

The other issue for me is the three bar light treatment, again if it wasn't so extreme, it wouldn't bother me enough to comment on, but these pics show a design that's just "different" for the sake of being so.

NefCanuck