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#448 of 2921 PINTO!!!!! by peter1c

Apr 06, 2004 (11:15 am)

I am a long time mustang fan, but is it just me or does this car kinda resemble an early 80's steched out pinto?????? I really think ford is making a big mistake with this one. What I like in cars is new gagets and electronic devices. Why can't Ford integrate some futuristic electronics into the mustang instead of a boring and plain design! And I have a 2003 mustang, I sat in the 2005, they still dont get the hint about stero ergonomics. You still have to stretch out of position for the radio. How bout some controls on the steering wheel! Anyway thats my thoughts on this car, overall the design and lack of features really bother me.

#449 of 2921 Peter by akirby

Apr 06, 2004 (1:31 pm)

Then don't buy one. It looks nothing like a pinto.
 
What about the color changing gauges? That's not gadgety enough for you?
 
Gadgets cost $$$. Mustangs are popular because they're affordable.

#450 of 2921 Not PINTO by kenm8

Apr 06, 2004 (1:32 pm)

Don't you all think that the shortened Mustang 2 of early-mid 70's was closer to a Pinto?
 
With the 05, it seems that Ford Company was trying to go back to the "classic" real Mustang fastback of eras 65-66, 67-68, 69-70. The show car that was prelude to the 05 was cleaner and truer to the classic. If McQueen were alive and not so old, he probably would have waited till 2004 to make Bullitt II with the 05 Mustang or 05 show car equivalent.

#451 of 2921 "The shortened Mustang 2"...WAS a Pinto! by andys120

Apr 06, 2004 (1:36 pm)

Same chassis, and drivetrain. (except V8 versions)

#452 of 2921 by john_324

Apr 06, 2004 (2:27 pm)

Re the audio controls, I don't think ANY American car ever quite gets it right. ; )
 
Still can't understand those change-a-color gauges...I mean maybe in a VW Beetle, but a Mustang?!
 
To me, the '05 styling is mostly '68 GT with a touch of Shelby in it. Ford could have done a lot worse... : )

#453 of 2921 Wow, the Controversy!!!! by nvbanker

Apr 06, 2004 (4:09 pm)

Personally, I love it. But I am amazed at the emotion this car evokes, good and bad, in the fans and non fans alike. That alone is a victory for the car. And FWIW, I love the different color guages!

#454 of 2921 Color Changing gauges by ksuwildcat001

Apr 06, 2004 (4:31 pm)

I guess I don't see why anyone has any issues with the color changing gauges. A user can set them to regular green and leave them that way if they really don't want to play with the new technology. It isn't like the owner is forced to change them to all sorts of different colors.
 
I love the way the new Mustang will look. I have no idea how anyone could compare it to a Pinto like Peter did. A Mustang II sure was, but not the 2005 Mustang.

#455 of 2921 Emotions and 05 Mustang by martin3

Apr 06, 2004 (7:12 pm)

It is nice to see LS folks (Mr. Banker and Mr. Kirby) on this board! As an LS owner also who looks for great American engineering, I must say that the LS has no emotions but it is a great driving machine, however the 05 Stang is an emotional beast with some outstanding engineering work by part of the same team that worked on the LS! Also I wanted 300Hp LS with 5-speed stick and now there is one coming in the form of Mustang. Can't wait to test drive one!

#456 of 2921 by nvbanker

Apr 06, 2004 (9:42 pm)

I keep hoping that somebody at Lincoln will notice that a lot of us are getting antsy about the end of the LS, and reverse course on that.....

#457 of 2921 by tomcat630

Apr 06, 2004 (11:00 pm)

I fell out of my chiar when someone said "it looks like a early 80's Pinto"
 
Only for six months in 1980 did Ford sell the Pinto, the Escort came along in the fall. So there was no 81-83 Pinto, "early 80s'"
 
I don't see any Pinto in it at all!

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