New Mustang and F Truck

[monte.b]

Dont know if these have been posted before ,but this is straight from the horses mouth ,new Mustang and new F truck ,must say i like the mustang but the front of the F truck is a bit out there i reckon

[Raysie]

Can't believe we're actually going to be seeing these Mustangs on Aussie roads.

[HULK EF]

Originally Posted by Raysie

Can't believe we're actually going to be seeing these Mustangs on Aussie roads.

5 years ago I couldnt imagine NOT seeing new Falcons on Aussie roads.

Think the mustang looks a bit more euro n soft compared to the bulldog front of the last model mustang. Dont mind the f series.

[monte.b]

Im led to believe the F truck has an all aluminum body that will save heaps of weight

[MercurySilver]

Still reckon the older fastbacks look better.
Won't he long and them and camaros will be driving around.
Just think.....all commie type drivers in cams......


Aggggghhhhhh.
Truck looks ok but not sure on the grilles they are putting on stuff nowadays

[2011G6E]

The F-truck reminds me of the old saying about cars that have, to be kind, "a great personality"...

"The best part about driving one is that when you're inside, you can't see what the thing looks like..."

[40RDT]

The F truck looks kinda average, wouldnt mind one of those mustangs in black though

[Outbackjack]

I reckon that once ARB gets hold of one of these F trucks it will suddenly look so much better....

[Polyal]

Old news but both are perfect.

[XR Martin]

Dont think that grill does the F150 any favours

Looks better with this one

[imugli]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Dont think that grill does the F150 any favours

Looks better with this one

You can get that grille as an option, I believe.

[MercurySilver]

I actually think that looks worse.
Not keen on the split headlight thing either.

[Xauterus]

Too much chrome plastic going on there. It is like they couldn't stop themselves...

[comagutsa]

as long as the price of the F truck isnt over $100k , as you can buy a F350 in the US for just over $50k and a F150 for like $25k on road ..we get so stung

[xr8territory]

Originally Posted by comagutsa

as long as the price of the F truck isnt over $100k , as you can buy a F350 in the US for just over $50k and a F150 for like $25k on road ..we get so stung

You do know we are not getting the F series here in Australia.

[frd906]

Originally Posted by xr8territory

You do know we are not getting the F series here in Australia.

We are getting the f150 here, haven't you looked it up, they are selling them to us in rhd from factory

[naddis01]

Originally Posted by frd906

We are getting the f150 here, haven't you looked it up, they are selling them to us in rhd from factory

I don't know where you got that thought from. This is from CarAdvice...

Speaking with CarAdvice at the Detroit auto show, Ford Motor Company group vice president of global product development Raj Nair confirmed the new US-built truck was not destined for Australia, emphasising that the company’s internal research showed there was negligible demand for utes larger than the Ranger in Australia.

[munners]

Originally Posted by naddis01

I don't know where you got that thought from. This is from CarAdvice...

....and yet the F trucks held their value better than any other vehicle I know it was a while ago but still, I'd love an F150

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by comagutsa

as long as the price of the F truck isnt over $100k , as you can buy a F350 in the US for just over $50k and a F150 for like $25k on road ..we get so stung

Won't come here.
Australians are used to paying reasonable prices for quality large utes. Ones that are built properly too. A guy at work has a lower-range F250 (only one he could afford, for about $60,000 at the time) which is a few years old now, and it's pretty ordinary inside.
Now if they could sell them here for close to what they pay in the USA, people would overlook a few rough edges. Maybe. We heard radio adverts in Vegas for the Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 hemi twin cab for $26,000, less with special offers. I told a dealer guy we had a brief chat to that in Australia they sell for nearly a hundred grand or more new, and he honestly laughed...loudly. They're just a cheap knock-about truck over there, an optioned up prestige vehicle here.

I'm really interested in how they'll sell the Mustang. I would like it to be the full range, from base model right up to top of the line ones...but I have a nasty feeling that it'll only be a limited availability prestige vehicle, only top of the line ones brought in, for ludicrous prices. There is a certain percentage of people here of course who want it this way...they want the exclusivity, rather than it being, as the Mustang is in the USA, "just a car" that anyone can buy. We saw families at supermarkets over there unloading the kids out of base model Mustangs which were obviously just family cars.
And that's how it should be here...but I have a suspicion it won't happen. The smug and overbearing "look at me I have a Mustang and you can't afford one you pleb" mob will get their way and we won't see them in big numbers because they want the feeling of driving an "exclusive" car...unfortunately.

[comagutsa]

i can buy a new one now but im not paying $130k for a F350 here like they want

[kypez]

Mustang looks more coupe than fastback. I liked the previous generation better for that fact

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[Nikked]

Originally Posted by kypez

Mustang looks more coupe than fastback. I liked the previous generation better for that fact

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Huh?

The roof extends further into the boot then the previous, its as fast-back as anything!

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Nikked

Huh?

The roof extends further into the boot then the previous, its as fast-back as anything!

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The picture of the rear quarter in the OP looked more coupe. Hard to tell with these pictures till in person I think.

Still think the roof isn't as sharp from when it kinks to create the fastback

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[Jacko*]

I really like the style of this new mustang, the C pillar & rear side glass are very similar to that of the Aston martin DB9. looks like it has a lower roof & a more sloping front & rear screens than the previous model.

[Wretched]

Mustang looking good.
F150, hmmm not so much, front too over styled, I am sure it is a very capable vehicle though. Engineering effort has been stellar. In terms of looks, sorry Dodge Ram is a better looker for me, if only we could have the engineering from the F series in the body of the RAM.

[MAGPIE]

S550 is a lot more fastback than S197

[Nikked]

The rear is a dead ringer for a '69 stang...

[mik]

Mustang is ok, but it looks a soft compared to the previous model, almost reminds me of an 86 in places Edit: borderline poofy. ......... reserve judgment till seeing one in the flesh.

[Grunter]

I like it, but not to keen on the pea shooters out the back or the interior (knit picking). Makes the current Mustang look very dated imo.

Personally, I can't wait to get the top of the line model so I can look smug and laugh at those that cannot afford one! Hopefully not to many can pony up and get one!

[2011G6E]

If they do that it'll be yet another short-lived model with Ford marketing scratching thier heads wondering why they're not selling enough volume to justify bringing it in...volume sales is the way to keep prices reasonable and justify the expense of the RHD engineering...so everyone should have a chance to buy one, even a base model V6 without all the fruit as a normal family car with that amazing look.
I honestly think it's only in countries that haven't had the Mustang as an ordinary production model in the lineup that they're seen as "exclusive" and "special"...in the USA they're as common as belly buttons, every man and his dog has one. But in countries where they haven't been available new, as with the trucks, people somehow see them as "special vehicles" when in thier home market they're just another car.
The base model V6 starts at only $22,500 or so over there...if they could manage to bring them in somewhere in the early forties (never happen, but it's nice to dream), they'd sell more than they could manage.
The only "problem" is that the more expensive V8 ones would be sold in fairly low numbers (face it...sadly V8's just aren't that popular with the car buying public any more) because people would just want that body shape sitting in thier driveway, as a lot of Yanks seem to do.