- Sep 3, 2004
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First off, what a great forum this is.
I've never liked any american car made after 1972. In fact I hate 'em. They're ugly period. The Camaro, Firebird, Mustang, etc...were demolished stylistically as were just about every other american offering. The corvette stayed a corvette but I never really liked the way those looked after '67 though I wouldn't call them ugly. Call me an art *** but the Bmw's of the 70's. 80's and early 90's were beautifully designed cars. Almost every car made in the 80's is abhorrant. With the introduction of the Miata in , I believe, 1990, the retro revolution was born. For the first time a car maker looked to the past to move into the future. Not surprisingly the miata went on the become the best selling roadster of all time. Now, I don't follow mustangs but I believe it was 1994 that the next gen mustang came out. I, personally wasn't crazy about it BUT a mustang finally could be linked in style to the original mustang. The mustang was a mustang again. in '96 BMW came out with the Z3. now almost every carmaker offers a roadster. Volkswagen introduced the new Beetle, Plymouth released the Prowler,Chrysler came out with the PT Cruiser,Ford re-introduced the Thunderbird. Whatever problems beset the Thunderbird wasn't it the best looking Thunderbird in about 35 years? (I believe that if the T-Bird had been priced at about 27k they would have had a hit on their hands). BMW revived the Mini Cooper in 2002. As a design fan I couldn't be happier for the retro revolution. Even The new Z nods to the past while remaining a very modern looking car.
Now while I don't particularly like the new Beetle or the PT Cruiser at least you could buy a car for under 20k that had some style and made some kind of statement other than "This is all I could afford".
What is all this leading up to? For the first time in my car driving life I'm SEVERELY considering buying an American car. The 2005 mustang. I think it's stunning. Inside and out. A 200 horsepower car for UNDER 20k?!? That looks like this?!? I've always asked in reference to under 20k cars "If they're gonna build the damn thing why do they have to look like Yugos?"
I have about $20,000 cash to buy a new car. I was looking at Mini Coopers and Z3's. Now I'm considering FIRST the new Mustang. To you whippersnappers that were just a dream in your mom and dad's eye when I was hopping the bus to go see The Clash and don't like the retro look of the mustang all I can say is go buy your evo's and wrx's and z's. stay clear away from the 05 mustang. The one downside to the new Mustang is that everyone and their mother is going to get one. My prediction is they will be as ubiquitous as yellow cabs in Manhattan. My prediction is that Ford will have one of the best of their 100 years. I cannot understate how good this will be for us. We will see the glorious re-birth of the Camaro, Firebird and who knows how many countless classics (To bad Pontiac tripped and broke it's neck with it's glorified Taurus, the new GTO).
I can't wait to see the new Mustang in person. I can't wait to test drive it. I can't wait change the colors in the display "SIDE NOTE: I actually came up with this very same idea about 10 years ago. END SIDE NOTE".
And hopefully I won't be able to wait to walk up to my Mustang everytime I have to go somewhere (and even when I don't). On TV last night someone from a major car company was being interviewed at an auto show. He said "people will tell you the things they look for most in car is reliability, quality, safety, gas consumption all the socially acceptable things. The thing that people really use when deciding what car they're going to buy is their eyes." I think there is a lot of truth in that statement. Look at the popularity of the mini cooper. A car beset by huge problems in it's first 2 years. cracking windshields, tire blowouts, engines shutting down, creaks and rattles up the goznga, oil leaks, etc etc etc...it's still hard to find Mini coopers selling for MSRP. For me my eyes keep pulling towards the Mustang.
Well, thanks for letting me get my two cents in and for such an informative and entertaining forum.
Sincerely,
Josh Gordon
Previous Owner of:
78 celica gt hatchback (my first car)
91 toyota pick up (my least favorite car)
99 z3 (awesomely fun)
67 firebird 400 convertable (my most beautiful car)
I've never liked any american car made after 1972. In fact I hate 'em. They're ugly period. The Camaro, Firebird, Mustang, etc...were demolished stylistically as were just about every other american offering. The corvette stayed a corvette but I never really liked the way those looked after '67 though I wouldn't call them ugly. Call me an art *** but the Bmw's of the 70's. 80's and early 90's were beautifully designed cars. Almost every car made in the 80's is abhorrant. With the introduction of the Miata in , I believe, 1990, the retro revolution was born. For the first time a car maker looked to the past to move into the future. Not surprisingly the miata went on the become the best selling roadster of all time. Now, I don't follow mustangs but I believe it was 1994 that the next gen mustang came out. I, personally wasn't crazy about it BUT a mustang finally could be linked in style to the original mustang. The mustang was a mustang again. in '96 BMW came out with the Z3. now almost every carmaker offers a roadster. Volkswagen introduced the new Beetle, Plymouth released the Prowler,Chrysler came out with the PT Cruiser,Ford re-introduced the Thunderbird. Whatever problems beset the Thunderbird wasn't it the best looking Thunderbird in about 35 years? (I believe that if the T-Bird had been priced at about 27k they would have had a hit on their hands). BMW revived the Mini Cooper in 2002. As a design fan I couldn't be happier for the retro revolution. Even The new Z nods to the past while remaining a very modern looking car.
Now while I don't particularly like the new Beetle or the PT Cruiser at least you could buy a car for under 20k that had some style and made some kind of statement other than "This is all I could afford".
What is all this leading up to? For the first time in my car driving life I'm SEVERELY considering buying an American car. The 2005 mustang. I think it's stunning. Inside and out. A 200 horsepower car for UNDER 20k?!? That looks like this?!? I've always asked in reference to under 20k cars "If they're gonna build the damn thing why do they have to look like Yugos?"
I have about $20,000 cash to buy a new car. I was looking at Mini Coopers and Z3's. Now I'm considering FIRST the new Mustang. To you whippersnappers that were just a dream in your mom and dad's eye when I was hopping the bus to go see The Clash and don't like the retro look of the mustang all I can say is go buy your evo's and wrx's and z's. stay clear away from the 05 mustang. The one downside to the new Mustang is that everyone and their mother is going to get one. My prediction is they will be as ubiquitous as yellow cabs in Manhattan. My prediction is that Ford will have one of the best of their 100 years. I cannot understate how good this will be for us. We will see the glorious re-birth of the Camaro, Firebird and who knows how many countless classics (To bad Pontiac tripped and broke it's neck with it's glorified Taurus, the new GTO).
I can't wait to see the new Mustang in person. I can't wait to test drive it. I can't wait change the colors in the display "SIDE NOTE: I actually came up with this very same idea about 10 years ago. END SIDE NOTE".
And hopefully I won't be able to wait to walk up to my Mustang everytime I have to go somewhere (and even when I don't). On TV last night someone from a major car company was being interviewed at an auto show. He said "people will tell you the things they look for most in car is reliability, quality, safety, gas consumption all the socially acceptable things. The thing that people really use when deciding what car they're going to buy is their eyes." I think there is a lot of truth in that statement. Look at the popularity of the mini cooper. A car beset by huge problems in it's first 2 years. cracking windshields, tire blowouts, engines shutting down, creaks and rattles up the goznga, oil leaks, etc etc etc...it's still hard to find Mini coopers selling for MSRP. For me my eyes keep pulling towards the Mustang.
Well, thanks for letting me get my two cents in and for such an informative and entertaining forum.
Sincerely,
Josh Gordon
Previous Owner of:
78 celica gt hatchback (my first car)
91 toyota pick up (my least favorite car)
99 z3 (awesomely fun)
67 firebird 400 convertable (my most beautiful car)