On the topic of things that are illegal in some states, but shouldn't be. Not having a front license plate. I firmly believe every car looks better once you remove the front plate, but it's "illegal" where I live. I'm thinking about rolling the dice.
It's illegal in my state not to have a front plate. I've gotten so many tickets in my !LE
I think it's fair to say the new lights make the escape look more like a mustang, rather than the other way around. I can practically guarantee ford's designers were sketching up ways to still have the tri-bar theme, but in a unique way. That's how they came up with this new headlight design. Then a designer working on the escape refresh saw it, and was like, that's actually pretty cool. I'm going to do something similar, but with two lights instead of three, and a drastically different housing shape to make sure both designs are unique enough. It's kinda like how people said ford used fusion design cues on the s550. But in reality, the s550 and fusion are both just different takes on ford's kinetic design language, which was previewed by the evos concept. A concept which, according to some of the designers, was loosely inspired by the '67-68 mustang's front end design.
great jobHere is the fruits of today's rear end conjecture. This angle is mostly NOT created with leak images, though. That vertical scoop is loosely based on a crease in the camo shots. the tail lights are based on a description of someone who might have seen the real ones.
I spent the better part of the day reworking the proportions on my 2015 Mustang model, which was never adjusted to reality. This better reflects the current one, which shares most of its proportions with the incoming model. I was a pretty sloppy modeler back then.
that’s my point. Giving the escape the same headlights that go on the Mach e, then the mustang dilutes the look beyond any meaning. When everything looks like a mustang, nothing does.
I noticed the horizonal curve line of the 1967-1968 taillights is a little lower than in your illustration. But yours look great.
Hmm okay. I hope it won't be that way tbhHere is the fruits of today's rear end conjecture. This angle is mostly NOT created with leak images, though. That vertical scoop is loosely based on a crease in the camo shots. the tail lights are based on a description of someone who might have seen the real ones.
I spent the better part of the day reworking the proportions on my 2015 Mustang model, which was never adjusted to reality. This better reflects the current one, which shares most of its proportions with the incoming model. I was a pretty sloppy modeler back then.
I have a feeling that they also have a striked through taillight like we have seen from the first Version of the Ford Edge. Someone could argue that they are just going to take the Mach E rear lights, and adjust them to the Mustang. If there won't be any leaks from the end, I guess we have to wait for mere 2 weeks.
I hope so. The rear is my least favorite part now. I've always felt like the current car looks like two cars pasted together. The feel of the front (especially the '15 to '17 look) does not match the feel of the rear, not at all to my sensibilities. Also, the way the rear track is wider and the general wideness of the rear part of the car. The hugely long black panel between the lights doesn't help.
"...trucker hips..." Those are called shoulders. When the new style Camaro came out with the independent suspension, they had shoulders. Mustang Association members yelled and screamed, they wanted them on the Mustang too, so Ford designers obliged.
