Nothing to do with feelings, just stepping up for '18 plus owners, because the 'irony' would suggest the 24 front end is better looking than the so called catfish front end ... it's not. As you said, different strokes. All good.
I am not a spoiler guy. I love the clean look of the s550 and the beautiful 'lip' it inherited from '69/'70. The s650, however, NEEDS a spoiler. It is a must for that rear body style.
I'm a fan of white, it was my second color choice to velocity blue; however, that rear is just begging for some gloss black between the light housings like the s550 has. Looks incomplete to me, IMO.
My first car was a slightly used yellow '76 Mustang ll coupe my Dad got for me on my first day of college. Not the greatest car but the girls liked it, and that was the important part.
You must write for living because this is very well said. Even though my eyes, via photos, do not see everything you say here, even though I do see some of what you say, I will reference this when I go see it live, whenever that is. But it will take every bit of this and much more to wrestle my...
ALSO a good take (mostly) .... except for the last part. I just can't see what you see in the s650 in regards to that. Too me, they don't match up and the overall front end is rather boring, unconsidered and incomplete. Eye of the beholder, I guess.
I think the so called catfish front is the best looking front end, but obviously that is up for debate. Nevertheless, I agree that the 650 front end is just a refresh of the 15-17 and an unconsidered bad one at that. They couldn't do a refresh of the 23, even if they wanted to, because it would...
I don't get the whole HP and speed thing. Why is that needed? To feel good about oneself? 188 HP in a small car is plenty for street use, unless you want to potentially lose your driving privilege altogether. I had an '06 Miata and it was a blast to drive. If the new Miata looks like that above...
I agree that it does look better that way. Originally, I thought that Ford designers 'were' drunk when they made the front end that way. I stand corrected ... they should have been.