You're right, it belongs in the fusion forum, lol!
I think it will take a few years to refine the look just like it did with the previous generation.
This will probably be a very very good mustang as they knew they had a hit with the Retro generation but had to change up and you can't exactly tweak that chassis to be modern much more than it is. My prediction is a home run for Ford and they will sell oodles of them. Shelby will no longer be attached to the Halo brands but SVT Cobra will come back with some ridiculous performers. This site will go on as will Ford and people will continue to be happy and sad at what they chose to do. The happy will far outweigh the sad. We shall see..
Yeah, a 4-door Boss has been available in Australia. I cringe at a four door Mustang, but to be honest I would love a four door RWD performance sedan from Ford (or Lincoln).Oddly someone at work asked me if I had "seen the 4 door boss" and I responded by laughing and saying "not possible". I googled it and saw actual renderings of it and still said "no, not possible". Now you guys mention the similarities of the fusion and mustang and I start twiching and getting sick, realizing how possible, yet unfortunate, it could all be...
Agree on many points.Yeah, a 4-door Boss has been available in Australia. I cringe at a four door Mustang, but to be honest I would love a four door RWD performance sedan from Ford (or Lincoln).
Had the (2015) Mustang came out first, followed by the (2013) Fusion, we'd all be praising the Fusion for looking like a Mustang. Then the Fusion would have been even cooler because it looks like a Mustang instead of the Mustang looking like a common (albeit beautiful) sedan. Order of introduction does make a difference on impression. (Hear that Mr. Jim Farley?)
A RWD Ford sedan could challenge the Charger and SS. The Lincoln could finally a go toe-to-toe with BMW! Launch the exclusive Lincoln first to give that brand a shot in the arm with the image of a Halo car. Follow up with the midstream Ford a year or two later as a way for blue collar wallets a purchase the platform for less money. No longer would the Lincoln be a gussied up Ford, but a Ford would be an attainable Lincoln.
While I've got Jim's ear and my soapbox: Drop the Mk_ garbage. I understand the strategy of making the brand more important than the model, but little name differentiation allows the models to all run together. When I talk to people about a Lincoln model, I say "Lincoln MkZ". They respond, "X, Y, Z, Which one is that again?" I respond, "You know, the one based on the Fusion." Poof! We're back to the image of a gussied up Ford again...
Sorry [/rant]
Sure would be nice to now if the '16 top dog can outperform either a '13 Boss or a '14 GT500 before the dealer network has no more.
No doubt, the nasty, evil cladding will have to wait its turn. The generic, "happy face" body gets first crack, as always.
Sure would be nice to now if the '16 top dog can outperform either a '13 Boss or a '14 GT500 before the dealer network has no more.