2010 Mustang sans camo...finally!

Thing is, they could have used a better picture to show Sync (which actually is pretty exciting). Those just look like the radio tuner and half the settings on cruise control.
 
Hence the teaser aspect - there's no confirmation that SYNC will be included on the new unit, just like none of the other photos give away pertinent styling details.
 
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These exclusive shots, coming by way of Jalopnik reader Rob, are the first to show the new 2010 Ford Mustang without the S&M leather cladding we've come to know and despise. Yes, finally the new Mustang has disrobed to show us some pretty leopard-skin body paint and oh yes, the look we're now seeing is exactly what we expected after we showed you those exclusive sketches a few months ago. But now we've decided to even strip away the body paint to show you an exclusive rendering of the 2010 Ford Mustang GT.

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Mere hours after we showed our renderings of the 2010 Shelby GT500 the photographers from KGP had a surprise for us: photos of a very lightly disguised 2010 GT500 convertible. This topless and likely line-topping version of the 2010 Ford Mustang will likely debut sometime after the base Mustang and offer a fiercer look and more power. As with the renderings from earlier, this GT500 seems to sport new hood ducts to help the mighty Mustang breathe deeply. The GT500 was conveniently captured within a fog that managed to obscure the spot where the engineers were snapped.

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Not thrilled with the new taillights...I liked the more rectangular shape...

The "hips" we were promised on this car are a bit under-pronounced, I think. The front end looks cartoon-y somehow. I'm not thrilled.
 
The taillights are okay. I don't mind them. But the GT500 needs more distinction, and that spoiler is borderline fugly.
Ford would be very smart to give the GT500 the Shelby style taillights of the Mustang GT Concept Car:

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I didn't want to bump a year old (kind of :lol:) thread.
 
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I didn't want to bump a year old (kind of :lol:) thread.
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Surely its better than having a duplicate thread though? And besides, that thread is only on the 2nd page in this section of the forum, and was last posted in on the 1st of September, 9 days before you created this topic.

So you wouldn't really be bumping it :p :mrgreen:
 
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Honda's torsion beam axles actually have a joint at each end so there's no jacking from the opposite wheel.

Solid rear axles CAN'T have that.
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I've been disappointed with most of Honda's suspensions since they gave up on double wishbone designs for their small cars...<_<
 
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Honda's torsion beam axles actually have a joint at each end so there's no jacking from the opposite wheel.

Solid rear axles CAN'T have that.
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Is that similar to a di-dion setup? (sp?)
 
Not really. The De Dion rig has worse jacking issues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Dion_tube

And I wasn't *quite* accurate - a torsion beam rig does have jacking, but not a whole lot. Certainly less than an SRA.

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Also, it is only the Euro Civic that gets the torsion beam suspension (because the Euros whined that they wanted more interior space in the Civic instead of just buying the Accord and being done with it). The US and JDM cars get a double wishbone rear suspension.

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I've been disappointed with most of Honda's suspensions since they gave up on double wishbone designs for their small cars...<_<
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Honda cars only exist to provide funding for their racing and powersports (motorcycle) divisions. :D

In any case, while my truck has a stick axle (and the ride tells, every time I drive down Mockingbird even with the 5 link rear end), my Series III has this:

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It's fun to watch the thing going down Mockingbird from a following car - the body stays dead level, but the rear wheels are moving about like mad underneath. Meanwhile, a SRA Mustang is bouncing all over the place and jacking is clearly evident.
 
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Nice to see the touch from the '70 with the two slots by the headlights, as well as the side marker lights. They nerfed the tail lights though, and that just bugs me- the rectangular tri-bar tail lights are a signature part of the mustang, now they've gone and made them mushy. And that rear end is just too high up, it needs to be lower on the car.

And all of you whining about a live axle, go back to your little economy 4 bangers.
 
I don't have a four-banger car, and I think they should have brought the Terminator Cobra IRS over.

In the real world, live axles suck for anything but a truck.
 
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I don't have a four-banger car, and I think they should have brought the Terminator Cobra IRS over.

In the real world, live axles suck for anything but a truck.
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How similar is the D2C chassis to the DEW98? Is it possible to swap out the IRS from a LS/S-Type?

Still I've never had any issues with my car (and I drive up some pretty shity national park roads in order to get to hiking trails). I'm young enough to take the punishment.
 
D2C's rear end doesn't match up at all with the DEW98 rear end, alas. A number of people have been looking at it, and it just doesn't mate up. Everything after the floorpan on a D2C is completely different from a DEW98 or even the DEW-Lite that it was originally supposed to use. D2C's rear end looks more like the C1 cars'.

Maximum Motorsports and Control Freak have both designed IRS units for the S197/D2C, but they cost about $10K.
 
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Our spy photographers have nabbed the 2010 Ford Mustang in its lightest disguise yet. From the pictures, we can clearly make out the Mustang?s new, tighter snout, and we can also (sort of) get an idea of standard an optional equipment from the ?Monroney? sticker oddly pasted in the window of one of the test mules.

Look beyond the festive camouflage and you?ll see an obviously production-ready Mustang GT coupe and V6 convertible. Exterior changes might be a little more

Following the 2010 Ford Mustang?s semi-official debut at Kohler International Challenge vintage race at Road America in Wisconsin earlier this year, Ford released a series of five teaser shots of the new pony car. Although the teaser shots don?t give too much away, they do give us a glimpse of what the 2010 will look like, and clearly reveal more than the new Mustang logo released a few weeks before.

Ford?s decision to show off ? albeit partially ? its newest pony car at a racing event mimic Chevy?s announcement it will have the reborn Camaro at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in September.

As recently reported, Ford designers have attempted to make the new ?Stang appear smaller, despite being the same size as the existing model. The move was made to combat the preconceived image of a fuel-gulping muscle car. Once the disguise comes off, we?ll be able to assess the effectiveness of this technique.

We?re expecting the redesigned 2010 model to hit the market in the early part of 2009, following the Mustang?s November debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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The Shelby GT500 is a relatively new addition to the Mustang family, launched a little over two years ago. But with a redesigned Mustang around the corner, Ford engineers are naturally preparing a new GT500 based on the facelifted bodystyle. Earlier this week we brought you the first images of the GT500 convertible, but it looks as though Ford engineers have switched their attention back to the coupe.

Our photographers spotted the Shelby GT500 coupe undergoing testing this afternoon, with far less camouflage than the last time it was sighted. We?ve got crystal-sharp images showing the grille with mesh detailing under the camouflage. And ? in previous shots ? with the tape tightly down on the center of the steering wheel ? one can even make out the ?Cobra? emblem! Lots of interior details are coming through loud and clear ? just don?t expect the laptop to be an option!

The unique Shelby grille and hood scoops are clearly visible, as are the headlamps and other previously hidden styling features.

Performance details of the updated model remain a mystery. Whether Ford is shooting for a higher horsepower rating in these fuel-conscious times is unknown. Certainly, the current Shelby?s 500 horsepower rating is nothing to sneeze at!

As recently noted, Ford decided to make the new Mustang?s exterior look smaller, even though overall dimensions are the same. ?By cleverness in design, we?ve been able to make it look like the wheels are further out, further forward and further rearward,? design chief Peter Horbury said. How this will translate into the GT500 series isn?t hard to imagine ? we?re expecting a sleeker, tighter, and more nimble look.

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An improvement in my opinion. A tighter design.
 
Spectre said:
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They're not bad. You couldn't even tell my old Monte Carlo had a suspension, it ate bumps and expansion joints on the freeway smoothly. The only gripe I had in my Camaro was that the factory panhard rod just plain sucked. Other than that it cornered nicely and rode ... better than I expected, at least.

My Fairmont though, riding on it's early Fox chassis, is just pathetic. The SRA in it is as noticeable as in any truck I've driven. But I think that's more a result of it being the first Fox chassis car; the front suspension geometry is far from ideal and the stamped steel rear control arms are useless. Seems the only way to fix it starts with me spending a bunch of money at Griggs Racing.

But don't get me wrong. Ford should equip the Mustang with IRS, if only in the name of competition. I doubt very much that it would raise costs or weight much. It will ride better for all the V6 owners and I think that most enthusiasts will enjoy it (unless it's got a tendency to hop.)
 
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I wouldn't mind the stick axle in the base cars, because well, they're cheap. That's to be expected... but Ford used to offer an IRS in the top versions, and they should still offer one, even if it's an extra cost option, or only on a Shelby variant or even if it's just available through the Ford Racing catalog.

Lack of it is going to affect sales shortly, because the new Camaro is IRS, the new Challenger is IRS, and the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is IRS.
 
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An improvement.
 
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