Ford has been teasing us silly in the past few days. First it was the slew of “accidental” spy photos taken of the carefully orchestrated variety of 2010 Mustangs and 2010 Ford Shelby GT-500 models paraded around Dearborn. We say carefully, because the camouflage was removed to make sure we could all see the Le Mans strips on the Shelby. After all, we want people to know what they aren’t supposed to be seeing right?
So today Ford drops some really nice detail photos of the 2010 Mustang that shows where some of the distinctive styling elements have evolved. The new car is of course a mild re-skin of the current 2005-2009 Mustang, but every square inch of the car is changed.
What we see in today’s examples are a higher attention to details like the jeweled headlights, the mild kick up at the side door and rear quarter, signs of a dramatically improved interior scape, and some fine sculpting of things like emblems and wheels. What it appears Ford has been doing to the Mustang in the past few years is raising the bar, answering some of the criticisms of cheap looking "plain Jane-isms".
The car will still be the S-197 Mustang we have all loved, but the teenager’s body is growing into an adult. The GT-500 models we saw this week have grown more muscular. The GT has grown a mustache, and V6 models don’t look so basic.