I agree with you the 90’s styling wasn’t notable and I think it pays to evolve the retro styling. Hopefully Ford reverses course on the screens control everything trend. Though they needed to incorporate a bigger screen into the s650, they didn’t need to be that drastic. 

A fair question, but it’s not as if every buyer of those vehicles or those considering buying them evaporated.  Though the market may be smaller, there’s still a market for this vehicle type. What is the answer if they aren’t buying Mustangs?   Dodge must think there is a market since they are basically rebooting their game. 

Thanks. I'm mostly just trying to think of the best ways for Ford to enhance the styling of the mustang, while also making it timeless. If they end up going the direction Explorerdude is hinting at, I'll be concerned.   I said it before, I understand 90s cars are popular right now, and Ford might be looking at that trying to cash in on it, but applying that style to a new mustang would be a mistake imo. 90s nostalgia is a fad that'll likely fade quickly, and then Ford's left with a questionable design that pays tribute to a less than stellar era of mustang design.   Ford shouldn't chase trends with the mustang, they've tried things like that with the touchscreen in the s650 and it blew up in their face.     

I hope I don't jinx myself, but weirdly we've had almost zero issues with most of our FoMoCo vehicles over the last 10 years.  The only one that gave me a lot of headaches was my '01 Lincoln LS V8, which started having a lot of issues after 100K.  But my '07 MKZ that I kept until 140K never had anything major fail on it, and our '17 Edge 2.0 now at about 130K had the turbo wastegate valve recently replaced but otherwise we've had no issues with it.  My Continental also has been great so far, but it only has 65K on it.  I probably spent more on the LS for mechanical repairs than I have on the last three vehicles combined.   We'll be replacing the Edge in the next year, but kinda nervous looking at newer Fords with all of the recalls going on lately.  I'm glad Ford is being proactive, but it is not a good look that these issues are getting shipped out and not being caught at the factory or during testing when they have supposedly been lased focused on quality the last couple years.

Agree! The only reason I haven't and will not buy a new Mustang is the obscene price tag. They do start in the low 30's , but every time I go to by a dealership, the same row of $60,000 plus cars sit there for years rotting on the lot.   Even if the engine or transmission fails on my car every year, it would still be cheaper to repair my car than make payments on a new one.

Are CAFE fines not repealed?  If so, and fuel economy is essentially left up to manufacturers (and buyers) on a voluntary basis, we can make a safe bet based on current fuel prices.  It does not only affect engines but also footprint rules that influence vehicle designs, transmissions, electrification, etc.  We will have to see how much manufacturers actually change given it could all be reversed in a few years.

I will say, with my MKZ, it was hard to find one fully loaded without the sliding/pano roof (have a simple moonroof instead), they just didn't age well and becomes a reliability nightmare years after.  A friends Pano Roof in her '16 Edge hasn't opened in 5 years...last time she did you could tell it wouldn't close back up so we just know now to open it.  Could be done not just for cheapening out, but maybe not enough people actually use it?

So what are they buying instead?  Why do you think they killed Camaro and Challenger?

It’s misleading not to include the vehicle count in the headline.  But Ford recalls 171 vehicles isn’t as click worthy.

In fairness to Ford, what if they are “cheapening out” or decontenting in order to avoid having to raise prices, or raise prices even more?  In a way I like the idea of evaluating all features and deciding if the added cost is worth it to buyers, who will undoubtedly end up paying for it one way or the other IMO.   I’ve only had one car that came with a moonroof, a Ford, and probably didn’t open it more than one or two times a year on average, so I may be slightly biased in that it did not add much value to me.