2015 Mustang Options

[Box]

So, as some of you may or may not have seen the 2015 Mustang was revealed yesterday. It seems like a lot of people don't really care for it for some reason or another. I personally like it, there are a few niggles I have here and there. Overall I think visually it's an improvement from the current model, especially the side and rear profiles. The front everyone yells FUSION, but if you put it side by side to the current Mustang you'll see a lot of similarities with the one big difference being the headlights of course. After I gave it awhile I came to like it as well. It looks especially good in black, I think had the debut car been black it would've went over better. Even if you don't care for the looks too much, being 200-400 pounds lighter than the current model and featuring an independent rear suspension is kind of hard to argue with. The weight reduction is speculation I've read from site to site, but the IRS is confirmed. Also confirmed is the 3.7 V6, 5.0 V8, and the 2.3 I4 EcoBoost. I suppose the EcoBoost engine will be more for the Euro and Asian markets as it'll cost more and make less power than the V6, but should give mid 30's on the highway. The V6 and V8 will be getting a bump in power over the current model. I like where the Mustang has been going the last few years, and this seems like a big step forward. The Camaro isn't due for a remake until 2016, and the '14 refresh looks bleh. Which I was never a huge fan of how it looked anyhow, kind of clunky looking as is the Challenger. The Challenger weighs far too much, and the Camaro isn't too terribly far behind. The one thing terribly wrong with the Mustang is being addressed, so I look forward to its release. The one thing that let me down was the talk of it being a liftback, and it even looks like it would be, but it uses a plain old trunk... Same with the BRZ, huge miss there on both accounts. What I like about the Celica so much, despite being a small car there's plenty of cargo space. It looks like it might be hard not breaking my new car rule.

This post has been edited by Box: Dec 6, 2013 - 1:02 AM

[Box]

Space isn't the issue, it's the materials and workmanship. The interior of the Celica is nice all things considered though, then again it was an expensive car for what it was back in the day. The dash is vinyl wrapped as are the door panels and some of the other pieces. Then the rest of the paneling is plastic, but that's to be expected in all but the most expensive of cars. Even the cloth seats aren't cheap, high quality cloth with patterned inserts. With new cars everything is plastic and cheap, you're lucky to get the "soft touch" rubberized stuff instead of cheap hard plastic. The Camaro uses the rubberized material in most spots, but it just looks cheap. The new Mustang looks much better, with a lot of things being leather wrapped or brushed (REAL) aluminum. I'm sure that's also for the leather package only, but still it's available. The only thing changed with the Camaro is the seats, and then they don't look all that great. Of course the Mustang since the 90's has been a step ahead interior wise over the F-body twins. I know they're muscle cars, but there's no excuse to cheap out so much on interior. I'm glad to see Ford is correcting that with the new Mustang and now Chevrolet with the Stingray Corvette. I just hope Chevrolet takes that same attitude with the Corvette and applies it to the next Camaro.

As far as buying one, I just remembered I could get a C5 Corvette instead for much less. Black on black liftback with the 6-speed, mmm....

This post has been edited by Box: Dec 16, 2013 - 12:54 AM