Filed under: LA Auto Show, Spy Photos, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Ford
2010 Ford Mustang striptease continues
Photo: V8Limited\The Mustang Source
Bit by bit, the 2010 Ford Mustang is taking shape. We've slowly gone from the full-burka cladding to little peeks through it -- a headlight here, a taillamp there -- to this, the best shot yet of the car's rear end. V8Limited, the pseudonym used by one of the forum posters at The Mustang Source, caught a camo-painted but otherwise undisguised 2010 Mustang GT convertible out on the road and managed to grab a good shot before the driver saw what was happening and took off.
Note the upkick in the bodywork when you follow windowsills. On the current cars, it's straight, but on the new Mustang, there's a slight rise at the end of the door panel that flows up into the rear deck, making for more muscular haunches. Mustang drivers will immediately notice another welcome change in the placement of the radio antenna. Instead of the tall vertical whip mounted on the front passenger side of the current-gen car, an angled, shorty antenna now lives on the right rear quarter. Reshaped taillamps make the '10 instantly identifiable from the rear. While they retain the traditional three-element look, they are five-sided instead of rectangular, and the bottoms now angle up towards the car's outer edges. Polished rolled exhaust tips poke through their cutouts in the rear bumper cover, which gets a matte-black finish along the bottom. Finally, those five-spoke wheels are a new design.
In his post at TMS, V8Limited says that up front, the hood extends farther over the grille and that the headlamps are shorter. He didn't get an opportunity to snap the front end, but if Ford has basically undisguised prototypes running around, it's only a matter of time before more shots hit the web ahead of the official debut in November. Thanks to all who sent tips!
UPDATE: A Jalopnik reader snagged a pair of GT coupes from the front. Head over there to see the new front end.
[Source: The Mustang Source]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
RL 9:32AM (9/09/2008)
Come on AutoBlog, you're better than that! There are pics of the front and side out online today of the non camo mustang, how come you can't find them!?
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Alex Nunez 9:37AM (9/09/2008)
This was written and scheduled last night, not today, RL. Calm down.
C.W. 9:45AM (9/09/2008)
RL
do you have a link to these photos?
C.W. 10:46AM (9/09/2008)
the Jaloponik site photos of the front are decent. The painted photoshop renderings on that site are excellent however giving a great depiction of the vehicle with no cheesy puff designs on it...
looks good.
gerryrigger 9:41AM (9/09/2008)
OMG it looks like its covered by giant fecal coliform bacteria!
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Red 9:43AM (9/09/2008)
Not quite sure I'm liking it right now. The car looks tall and narrow, whereas the Camaro (at least the concept) is lower and wider. Then again, this isn't a Camaro now is it? lol
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bob 9:50AM (9/09/2008)
Look at that 4x4 ride height, good grief.
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Alex 9:52AM (9/09/2008)
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Nah... Don't like it.
In my book, the Camaro looks infinitely cooler.
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Mike B. 10:17AM (9/09/2008)
Here you go guys; the fronts:
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=472413
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RL 10:19AM (9/09/2008)
I am not a big fan of giving out other links to other sites since I am on here, but it's a Jaloppy of a site.......
It's nothing big, just the front end shot, like 2 pics, but I prefer this site, which is why I'm always on here, I only check the others for minor updates.....
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Murray 11:00AM (9/09/2008)
Well considering this is just a refresh not a redesign I'm a little more ok about it. The rear still doesn't look right but the front looks very nice.
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Trent 11:01AM (9/09/2008)
window stickers?
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That One Person 11:21AM (9/09/2008)
Saw one of the GTs the other day while I was out working. Sadly, I didn't have a real camera on me and the camera on my phone blows.
Anyways, it looked good.
Oh and bob, if you haven't noticed, the Mustang always looks like it has a 4X4 ride height in pictures.
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Smitty 11:42AM (9/09/2008)
Is that a backup camera in the center of the spoiler??
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Sandeep 11:59AM (9/09/2008)
I really like the Giugiaro (sp?) Mustang styling cues. Especially the headlights
Reference:
http://www.mustangsandfinefords.com/giugiaro_front.jpg
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Sandy 1:16PM (9/09/2008)
To me, the funny part is that it's wearing a passenger side window sticker !
I only like it becase it comes in a convertible! The Camaro & Challenger do not. If Camaro & Challenger came in 'Verts, my choice, hands down woud be the Hurst Limited Edition Hemi Challenger, in White & Gold.
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Sandy 1:17PM (9/09/2008)
I only like it as it's a convertible and Camaro & Challenger do not offer a rag-top! If they did, my choice would be the forthcoming HURST Edition Hemi R/T Challenger Convertible in the White/Gold Edition.
I got a smile outta the fact the camo Mustang shown herein, carries a window sticker on it ! Just hit me as odd on a Camo car, with MFGR plates.
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MikeW 1:30PM (9/09/2008)
Why is it that Ford can't put fog lights were they belong, near the ground?
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That One Person 4:19PM (9/09/2008)
Is that where they really belong? Or is that where they belong because you say thats where they belong? Or because everyone is used to them there?
My buddy's 96 LHS has foglights integrated into the headlight housing and they work just as well as ones that are supposed to be in the correct location.
Derek M. 3:34PM (9/09/2008)
OMG!!! I cant believe this!!! THIS HAS MADE MY DAY!!! :D I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MY ENTIRE 17 YEARS!!
I entered on the 2010mustang site for a drawing, but man!! This new redesign delivers!!! Again, FORD never lets us down. And if you are not impressed with the new redesign....then you are a piece of hippocrit crap, and do not deserve to even say the name "Mustang".
Everyone is all excited for the Muscle Car Wars next year, with the return of the Chevy Camaro and the already-selling(but oh so slowly) Dodge Challenger. its gonna be like the 70's again.
The problem with Chevy and the Camaro is that Chevy released the hype of the Camaro 1 1/2 years ago with Transformers. People were all calling it "the transformer car" or "the future car", but they never knew anything about it, or that it was going to the new Camaro.
And they also released the camo-less photos while testing them, saying "We don't need CAMO!! There's no point for us to hide the new look anymore!" Well, they made that the BIG MISTAKE for the Camaro, cause when you look at it now...it just looks STALE. Ya'know? It has that ICKY STALE [GM] feel to it.
And with Dodge, their new remake of the Challenger is AWESOME. Great looking car, but the inside is the same as the Dodge Magnum, the Dodge Charger, the Dodge Avenger, the Chrysler 300, and most of the other Jeep interiors. The Challenger would be UNIQUE and a good challenge to the Mustang / Camaro if it weren't just a big metal body kit on top of a Dodge Charger platform. AND IT'S TOO DAMN FREAKIN QUIET!!! Who makes a MUSCLE CAR with the throttle/exhaust of a Chrysler Minivan???
So, back to the Mustang 2010. There are 3 reasons why it is going to be awesome, and possibly (a little bit) downhill:
1. The New Look (redesign could/will change the minds of those who looked away from the Mustang back when it debuted in 2005)
2. The power (FORD could possibly release the 5.0 or eventually the EcoBoost, which would bring a whole new way of v6 power)
3. The Looks (lol, its mostly about the looks. The new Redesign already makes the Camaro and Challanger look a little dry. And if FORD, again, adds EcoBoost...then we are looking at a whole new wave of GREEN)
And the possibilitys of downfall:
1. The price: If FORD puts the new Mustang in the high 30's or the V6's around the $24,000 area, then we got a problem.
2. The Power: The Camaro is gonna have V6: 300hp (more than standard GTs), and 424hp for SS. Dodge is what you pay for is what you get fo the hp (250hp, 375hp, 425hp, and they are not that fast actually)
3. The looks : Most will dig it, some won't.
So, FORD is playing the game by the rules....but they have a little bit of magic up their sleeve.
AND THAT MAGIC IS :THE 2010 MUSTANG GT
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