As mentioned in our recent 'The New Faces of CarScoop's 2015 Mustang' article, we have been working hard over the past few weeks to give you the most accurate look of the 2015 Mustang yet.
Hours upon hours have been consumed in getting the look as close to the real thing as possible via feedback and our own extensive investigation, and now, we can finally show you the next generation of pony car. Make no mistake; this isn't our view of the next Mustang, but how Ford's designers are actually imagining the car to look like.
The Mustang has been Ford's halo car since 1964, and the 2015MY 'Stang is expected to emerge from the stables in time for its 50th birthday. This nameplate is one of the longest running in Ford's automotive history - and that's something you do not want to mess up. Bearing this in mind, taking on the challenge of rendering the actual 2015 version was hugely exciting.
Working closely with our own sources as well as gathering all the extra information we could, including from a Ford forum thread that concerned a recent consumer clinic about the next Mustang (and which by the way, has since been shut down…), we created these renderings. The car in question has been designed in GT trim, so one can expect even wilder versions like the Boss 302, CS, and GT500 down the track.
The first striking thing upon viewing the car is how similar the front resembles the new Ford Fusion (Mondeo in Europe); it's not a complete clone but it is frighteningly close. The fog lights (with LED turn signals), grille and headlamps are similar; almost taking away that styling independence the Mustang had previously enjoyed. In fact, one person we spoke to had the view that if the grille emblem were to be removed, the car would lose its Mustang identity.
The styling of the classic side C-Channel takes on a more streamlined theme compared to Pony cars of old and is quite restrained; something that could be attributed to the global aspirations Ford is seeking with the new car - it will have to appeal to Europeans as much as it does with buyers on its home turf.
The glasshouse of the next generation model will be surprisingly conventional. The side quarter windows could be of any car as the unique floating items of the current model are gone. Fortunately, the roof helps redeem things with its twin bulges over the driver and passenger, giving it a more Jet-fighter appearance.
As one glances around to the rear of the coupe, you will notice that the classic Mustang tail remains, almost appearing at odds with the Fusion-like front. The taillights are enclosed in a glossy black panel, just like on the current car, except they protrude out more. Another detail required for European sales is the rear LED fog light, embedded between the quad exhausts on the lower diffuser; it almost stands out as an oddity.
Whilst there is nothing bad about conforming to European requirements, one does wonder if the strength of the Mustang design DNA has been watered down to please those on both sides of the Atlantic, resulting in what could be described as a "revolutionary compromise".
Aside from the exterior design, Carscoop learned that the new Mustang will feature an instrument cluster similar to the current car with a convex brushed-aluminum dash panel. Other highlights will include the MyFord Touch screen flanked by audio controls on both sides, plus an oddly placed red starter button.
As for the engine lineup, we are told that aside from the usual V8 range, the new Mustang will be offered with turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost and V6 units.
What do you, as a reader, think; has Ford gone too timid or has it struck the perfect balance between classic and modern? One thing is for sure, it won't be much longer before we officially find out…
By Josh Byrnes
All Photos Copyright: CarScoop / Josh Byrnes
81 Comments:
keep the back, loose the front
I think it is a handsome car design. seemingly a perfect balance and transition for the mustang. It definitely needs to be more modern than what is presently offered.
ford has stated numerous times that the new mustang would NOT look like a two door fusion...so clearly your drawings are wrong.
@Jason Andrew.... Please give your source(s)... It was said this new Mustang would be non retro (or less retro) and probably based on the Evos concept car...
I seen you do better. This is crap of the day. I expect more out of you.
I think this design might be in the right ballpark but some of the proportions seem off...particularly in the rear 3/4 shot.
I hope Ford's designers have a better sense of proportions than whoever draw/rendered those horrible chops.
Looks like a lot of work went into your rendition........
Nothing about the car pictured says Mustang to me at all. I'm a Mustang owner and lover and wouldn't touch the pictured car with a ten foot pole.
Somehow the rear doesn't look right into proportion. Like the drawing though!
kay, a few comments, the front end should resemble the Evos more closely, and by that, I mean it should be more aggressive. They should keep the Fusion look to the Fusion because the Fusion could spawn a coupe touring varient, a modern day Thunderbird. The rear end is confusing me, is that a flair/hump over the rear wheel arch or not? It also resembles a BMW 1-series from a certain angle.
That said, I think you have most of the design language down. I feel the car will visually have a wider track, and be slightly more muscular but simple (which you've done a pretty good job in communicating in this car) like the Evos.
I would love it if they added slight "complex" elements such as the Switchblade on the R8 or suspended elements such as the tail-lights on the upcoming BMW I8 spyder. Something new... this car design will carry the car for four years, from 2014 through 2018, and this is not what a car in 2018 will look like.
That said, this car reminds me a lot of the mustang from the 90's and even perhaps the early 2000's. It is pure Mustang DNA.
no sir , i dont like it
I'm not a fan of this look. While I can see the new Taurus in the front end am I the only one that sees more Dodge than anything else? I'm okay with the rear... Personally I don't think this design would even appeal to the European markets.... I'd much rather prefer the aesthetics of the Mustang turn out looking like another recent render that was shown on another well known car site. If this render turns out being the closest to the next gen Mustang I will spend my money elsewhere. That's just my 2 cents.
I agree. The back is pure magic. The rest....meh
However, insiders have said it will look like the Evos concept...
Can't wait - but not quite as good as your original sketch. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7SWCgsCghHY/UEiuhH-HDbI/AAAAAAAI7bw/r0xkScELkhA/s1600/2015-Ford-Mustang-GT-1Carscoop.jpg
The front end reminds me of the 2012,13 Dodge Charger.
Wonderful Mustang, everywhere seem balance from the hood to the rear. Definitely one of the stylish car in the world.
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If the next Mustang will look like this it will be more exotic car then traditional muscle car which means it will be no Mustang at all.
WHAT IS THAT THE NEW FORD MUST-CAMARO? It looks very camaroish
i seen!
this looks like a freaking japs car. keep the muscle car design
If it's going to look like this can I get it with a 5.9 V12?
I currently own a Mustang and its my 2nd and if the New Mustang looks something like this I'd get one!!!
Lovely!
It looks good. But please, do not follow the porportioning of the current Camaro - reducing the window area to body area and visibility out of the car, to the front or rear. Not being able to see out of a car is the worst. I owned a 1968 Ford GT fastback in college, and never bought a car with poor or non existing visibility to the rear again.
It's interesting to see people complain that something looks too European or Asian. In reality those parts of the world have figured out decent aerodynamics design and that understanding carries into the looks. Seems like we are finally catching on. America has changed, so why not it's muscle?
The Mustang isn't just a powerful horse, but a majestic one too.
sigh, please be wrong. I am so tired of these renders.. I want the car to be a design icon like it usually is. Forget the retro, we've done that, been copied.. now to move on lol.
i hope they don't make it , i dont think the design could compete with up coming nissan z or other imports
The front is garbage. The back is somewhat okay. If this is the next Mustang, then my current one will be my last. Bye bye Mustang, hello Corvette.
God I hope not.
Ugh, too heavy looking. Big, big disappointment if this really is it.
I like the look of Evo's in photos and in person when I saw it in Frankfurt at the IAA. I was hoping they just tweak the rear and make this car the new mustang. The car in these photos somehow does not look quite right.
The guy they mentioned that saw the car and posted about it said that it did NOT look like the new Fusion or the Evos, and that while a new design it was, it looks a bit like the s197, and that it had some kind of lover tail lights, my guess is, they have it wrong as well, no one's going to know what this car looks like until Ford lets it out, just like all the s197 renderings that were all wrong LOL
No, this has not been Ford's halo car since 1964, you are forgetting the ford gt. I think its still a little off. Come to my blog for some ACCURATE information mycoolcarnews.blogspot.com
Its ok. Id take a 2013 GT500 over this, even the GT500 model.
Oh, well. If this Mustang forecast is the truth, it's yet another case of a big corporation playing it safe. Just a week ago, there were drawings of a far more sleek Mustang, and this one had a full fastback. Looks like the 2015 model will stick to the present semi-fastback design. Yawn.
i think that this version looks far more sleek, almost like an Aston Martin :
http://www.stangnet.com/2012/10/19/2015-ford-mustang-rendered-and-detailed-again/
I like the tail lights better than the current Mustang. 65 was always better than the 73.
Yay! Way to copy the formula Chevy used for the Camaro by creating a modern rendition of a classic rather than a cheezy retro rendition like the current Stang. Go Ford!!
looks good but not just right. I will take just about anything if you can provide customers with a supercharged only option for $4 to 6,000 ( not installed at the dealer please ) . Many of us would like to check a box and have it installed at the factory. You could charge much more for the svt or shelby . They include a lot more in the way of tires, body add ons , etc. The supercharged 5.0 option would create issues for all of the competition. You can promote 420, 525 and 624 hp mustangs and chevy and dodge would not get the sales they need to keep competive. I think your superchargers are available in stock and when you keep the components that are taken off you can also see a small savings to offset the package price.
One Guy at work said grill look too much like a dodge
bleech... waay too fat. Proportions are all miserable. Roof line is good, but thats about it.
If anyone at Ford is even SLIGHTLY considering this, they need to be FIRED, as it is FLAT-OUT HORRIBLE looking. From the 3/4 rear view, it's slightly bearable, but from every other angle, it is BLAND and almost entirely without appeal. Simple guiding principle: curves are sexy on a sports car, and this design almost entirely lacks them... it looks barely curvier than a 2x4 from the side, with the top of the hood, door, and rear being roughly at a the same height (and too high at that!), and that equals UGLY!
Or the love child of a Mitsubishi Lancer-Ex and an Aston Martin...? :-)
Doesn't look as sleek as the Car and Driver version
Has Aston Martin written all over it
That was my first thought also. It definately needs more Mustang heritage in the front end so it doesn't look like a Dodge.
This is a travesty. Keep it old school "muscle" what mustang represents.
The front end doesn't look proportionate to the rear. the rear end screams Mustang but the grill looks exactly like any curent dodge model esp the Charger. It's pretty bland and doesnt look anything like the Car and Driver rendering which is a shame. this has been so tamed down and has very little muscle car appeal to me. Shame as I was really excited about what they would do. My 05 convertible was the last Mustang for me if this is it.
What Mustang design strenght? If it weren't for the designer to infuse some Aston Martin to the car, it would still be stuck on a retro theme(huge convex frontal) that is not conceivable to be continued nowadays with higher mpg requirements and most of the competition adopting a stylish aerodynamic approach.
As many have commented already, the chopped top gunslit window proportions of this rendering are awful aesthetically and practically as well. The current Mustang was facelifted with a return of the fenderline bumpup over the rear wheels, which is almost lost in this one. Only a halfhearted echo remains. Personally I really like the original Mustang fenderline, which was rounded out later. The original shape was clearly done by the same guys that did the '61 Lincoln Continental.
Besides the obvious Aston Martin reference of the current Ford grille seen on the Fusion/Mondeo, I always saw some original Mustang in it as well anyway.
I'm not going to buy one anyway, but I'd like to see some echo of the coolness of the original pre-fastback Mustang echoed in a current model. It wasn't in any way a hot rod boy racer kind of appeal, which came later and is echoed in all the current (Camaro, Mustang, Challenger) iterations. I guess that's what they think will sell.
Whatever it looks like, hopefully Ford will abandon the wierd fixation on having a live rear axle pickup truck type suspension. It not only is retarded, but robs interior and particularly trunk space, which Mustangs have very little of.
Well...this reader thinks Ford should stop trying to make the front end look an Aston! Stop trying to be something your definitely are not! If you keep on trying to make a Ford look like an Aston...well...then let's just say that the Belgium plant wont be the only one closing in 2014. ...and more over: You will be selling the Aston Martin brand as well. ohw and p.s.: I'd make an appointment with Obama to get new funding. Tell him you are trying very hard to make your cars look like a brand of cars which itself hasn't designed anything really new the past couple of decades. And if Obama is dumb enough to support that...well then Ford...then go ahead.
It's Aston... Bring it back to he original shape....
I think it looks like an Austin Martin and a Jaguar XJS had a lovechild!! YUCK!
One car, already 5 other cars remind you of it: its designers sure did a master job of copy-paste...
Car And Drivers interpretation is FAR better. This thing looks like a dodge charger!. terrible!!! now.. I LOVE the Aston look, because i know that aston look is actually a vintage mustang design minus the more aston-like grille. Never the less THIS PARTICULAR rendering I DONT LIKE. its too tall! whats with these guys trying to make the car Tall, dont they know Tall is BAD for a sports car. the center of gravity needs to be low. LOW SLEEK GOOD, TALL BOXY BAD!!!. again... CAR and DRIVERS RENDERING FARRRRR BETTTER!!!
Ohh back to the bland old days, hopefully not!
Car and Drivers rendering is Far FAR better than this dodge Charger look alike..
This design is beautiful! I like the proportions and the silhouette looks ideal for a 21st century Mustang meant for automobile markets around the globe. I have to confess that the grill looks a lot like a Dodge product. But I'm sure they'll correct that in the final design and if not there will be plenty of aftermarket suppliers that will help fix that problem. Not only that, this design will be refined and improved with each subsequent model year. And don't about the design improvements that come with a Shelby edition or a Boss or a Bullit or a Mach 1 edition. Make mine silver with black dual stripes across the hood, roof, and trunk Shelby style...
I really don’t like the idea of a “Global Product” !
Why every car has to look and “work” similarly (basicly: like a boring , practical German Car [it's shortcut]:)…
You
know, right now France produces the hottest-hatches in the
world(Renault Megane / Clio RS), but they used to have crazy[2CV] or
unique/beutifull[DS] Citroens …
Great Britan still has [via foreign
owners] Land Rovers, R-Royces, Jags, MINI’s and Lotuses, but are they
still unique British anymore ?!?
And now Americans ?!? : you think America –> you think V8-Muscle Car …
SO Mustang, Camaro etc… should stay pure, unique american …
What we see on these pictures is a “Global Prodact” . almost at full swing [yeah it still reminds Mustang, but just a little bit ..:)
Global Prodact is for everybody/everything and nobody/nothing at one time ...
[And where's American Personal Luxury Car class: Riviera, Monte Carlo, Continetal Mark , Eldorado [CTS Coupe ?!?] ] …
I’m
not an old prick who's got "back to the future attitude" .. I just belive You should do what You are best at …
and you will sell it because people know it’s unique and honest product …
(if
you wont sell so well, just use some marketing tricks:) .. but remember
“Marketing over substance/functon” [that's usually nowadays producers
strategy] is not a good way …
And Yes, it's bad that it reminds Aston .. because it should be a Mustang ...
lots of moaning and groaning and boo hoo's must admit can't rave myself but the new older look is really growing thin something has to be done to freshen/modern up the old Stang and as it is with everything out there we can't do much about it if we could guys would never wear their pants hanging off their asses
The back looks like a camaro, the font looks like a charger
Too timid and piecemeal. In a way, the grill reminds me more of a Dodge than a Ford (or Aston). The front end is way too similar to the existing Fusion (well beyond what is needed to get a "family" look for Ford), and from the A-pillars back, it looks to much like a l4th generation Mustang. Granted, I think it looks wonderful from the rear, but I don't find the overall design distinctive enough.
looks to European for an AMERICAN Muscle car
ford needs to keep making its 4 door sedans European bc its selling but leave the mustang alone, just keeping improving the performance
rear half= sex
front= no just get rid of it looks to 4 door sedan
no...this doesn't look better than your own rendering in the previous article.
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/2015-ford-mustang-gt-coupe-design-look.html
and this looks like banged up version mustang and aston martin...
I was at the new york worlds fair in 1965 and got the chance to see the new mustang up on the stand. red and white conv. My dad had a 1965 coupe and my mom had a 1975 coupe and i had a 1968 coupe, 1966 fastback and 2000 red conv. My son have mustangs and the grandkids want mustangs . but the new mustangs are leaving the basic thing about them. They were road racing cars first. the new cars are very bland. they sell hitex stuff on them to make them sell. I wish they got older people to put the bold in your face mustangs again.
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lots of chops floating around, while most arent horrible, they are all close IMO... maybe I'm just getting old, but I think maybe Ford could keep the mustang a mustang, and reskin a new model name on the same chassis for a 'european attractiveness' (bland).
what made the S197 such a hit was squaring it off a bit, putting some lines on it. look at the sharp lines of the first gen, or especially the 69, they all flowed intentionally and looked great...this subtle creases(especially hate the from nothing/to nothing quarter crease in current taurus/explorer/mustang) lack of any lines that differentiate it from other cars on the road has gotten old to me. take the files away from the styling department, put some creases back on there so its not another generic silhouette with a different smear to the light lenses. if you painted the headlights/taillights body color on 99% of the cars on the road, you wouldnt be able to tell what they were from 50 feet away.
that is disgusting, and in no way a Mustang. Its a sporty Fusion with Stang tail lights. The Mustang needs to stay UNIQUE, and not looking like everything else in the lineup. Unfortunately, I think if the new Mustang looks like this, it's going to keep the values on the 05-14 mustangs, especially the '11-'14 models with the 5.0 very high. Good for current owners, but not so good for people looking to get into a newer Mustang at a good price. Hello new Mustang 2....
I agree, it probably won't appeal to the Europeans. Why? Because Europeans who buy Mustangs buy them because they are Mustangs, and they are American. They like the bold, brash, loud, unrefined, brutish style that the Mustang represents. Same goes with all American muscle cars really over there, new or old. I could probably sell my 67 coupe over in say, Germany, for 30-40k USD without a problem. And thats a coupe! Not just because they are rare over there (though not the rarest, they did have the T5 after all). Its the most Iconic American car of all time, it needs to stay that way!
which looks exactly like a concept fusion.
front end looks even less like the evos concept, and a direct rip off of the Mitsubishi lancer/evo
the new mustang has an ok-looking rear section, but the front grill, hood and headlights
altogether look too much like an '08 Charger RT....UGLY! Get rid of that horizontal bar
that splits the grill in half. Let the mustang emblem float by itself in the center of that
dark honeycomb grill. The headlights are too thin and squinty, they need to be larger
top to bottom or round in shape. The line along the top of the rear deck lid should not
continue straight toward the front of the car. That line from the top of the deck lid should
curve down and die out above the front of the rear wheelwell...that would give a more
distinctive muscle look to the rear in my opinion.
To the valet- "Yes mines the ford BRICK." This is awlful If this really IS an accurate depiction-goodbye Mustang -hello Camaro.
People are complaining a lot, but if you look at the white test mule they spotted a couple months back, you will know it's getting the Evos concept (look) front end. It looks just like this front end. Heritage designs are lazy and can't be maintained. This looks like a Mustang, but by virtue of Mustang cues, not ripping off old Mustangs.
It's not accurate. It looks too much like Evos and though many like it, it's not going to happen. If you look at the test mules that have been spotted, this is way closer to what the car will actually look like, right down to the tall evos inspired hood.
Which looks too much like Evos to be accurate. If you look at the test mules, the next Mustang will have an Evos inspired grill and head lights, but with a tall hood. It looks just like this. It's already come out that the next Mustang will not be as dramatic as Evos.
Well...I don't think this is quite right if you are basing it on what the consumer clinic poster said. He said it had deep louvres in the back lights and that they were stacked. These aren't stacked.
This design is ok, but not for the mustang. They still need the side to rise up at the rear like the current model and the front headlights should be recessed a little. This reminds me more of the old fox bodies than the current retro or the original mustangs.
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I dont like it at all
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