S650 Mustang Fanboi Thread

[2019velocityblue]

Wow stangmode is short lol

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[Bikeman315]

Wow stangmode is short lol

He’s not wearing heels!

 

[SROhlms]

It looks much better in these reveal videos than some of the pics seemed to show. The front end is more aggressive, but keeps trends from previous gens. Stock GT wheel offering is really nice and I like to see how much the GT different from the Ecoboost. I'm still iffy on the rear, but again, it all looks better on video than in the first pics.

 

[Bikeman315]

Dark Horse!

 

[93-Oct Mayne]

Dark Horse!

They confirmed Dark Horse comes with the Tremec but didn't mention the 10spd, I wonder if it's manual only. I also wonder if Dark Horse is the only version with the dual intake 5.0

That stance is godly

 

[5.4dreams]

So far I'm into it. The dark house looks really cool. If the brakes are what are on the car I'm all in.

 

[Bikeman315]

They confirmed Dark Horse comes with the Tremec but didn't mention the 10spd, I wonder if it's manual only. I also wonder if Dark Horse is the only version with the dual intake 5.0

That stance is godly

All cars get the 10 speed and dual intake.

 

[ZaneWayne]

Damn. All these old heads losing their minds haha.

 

[Ace]

Ok, just as a bit of a background. I stood up at 1:45am to watch the stream, gathered all informations and made my german youtube video about the car until it finally was uploaded and released around 6:00am. So after a short sleep afterwards I now have finally time to write a few sentences of my impressions.

First, I absolutely love the design. It's clearly more of an evolution of the s550, but the sharp edges and aggressive styling is amazing. The frontend seems to be not as low as on 2018, which always looked too low for me. The hood vents reminds me of the 2019 camaro, which is not really to best thing honestly.
Sideline is pretty similiar to S550, but I really like how they handled the new rear. More edges, higher diffusor, a different approach to the rear lights. They couldn't have done it better to me. Only downside to me is that they still can't paint the diffusor in gloss black, the plain plastic just looks way too cheap for the price you pay for a GT and is a pita to deal with afterwards.
We knew what the EB and GT looked like, a bit surprised that @chazcron maybe had some inside informations about the hood vents and rear light shapes nobody knew about, but I am so happy they were able to keep the Dark Horse a secret. This is without a doubt the most aggressive looking Mustang, even better than the GT500. They kind of took a bit of 1LE styling here with the matte hood vinyls. If I would order a S650 I would definitely go for the Dark Horse. Definitely my favorite modern Mustang design even before GT350 and Mach 1. With the big splitter and high wing spoiler it's perfect, besides just paint the friggin exterior plastic Ford...

I am not quite sold on the new interior. It pretty much lost all retro styling here, it looks fine but nothing that makes it unique or recognizable as an Mustang interior. The big screens remind me a bit how the current Golf and new Opel (Vauxhall) Astra implemented them. But my biggest gripe is that material quality doesn't look like a step up from S550. Still a lot of plastic, we will have to see how good the leather really feels. With higher models easily being $60k cars, I hoped for a bigger step for the interior.

I'm glad the car including Dark Horse is coming to Europe. But I am worried how much the car will actually perform compared to 2018 or Mach 1. The current EU models are good cars without a doubt, but it really need more punch to me honestly since they are a bit downgraded in terms of power and gearing. Ford didn't really said anything about performance numbers, so I got the feeling it will just be slight upgrade over S550 instead of a big new thing. I totally get some 2nd refresh comments, they missed to sell us that this is indeed a brand new generation.

So overall, to be completely honest: I just sold my 2018 Camaro 2SS because I ordered a C8 Stingray in May. If the Stingray wouldn't have been in budget, I would 100% have sold my Camaro for the Dark Horse model. But I won't cancel my C8 for it. Dark Horse most likely will be a 70k€ car here, so I am willing to spend 25k€ on top to get that much of a performance and especially quality gain with the C8.

I would love to have the S650 as a daily driver next to the C8. But that's way over my budget compared to a boring daily driver at the moment. Maybe near the end of the lifecycle of the Gen 7 I will be able to buy one, we will see.

TLDR: Absolutely Love the exterior, interior quality seems a bit outdated, will be interesting to see how it performs compared to S550 models.

 

[DutchPony]

Ok, just as a bit of a background. I stood up at 1:45am to watch the stream, gathered all informations and made my german youtube video about the car until it finally was uploaded and released around 6:00am. So after a short sleep afterwards I now have finally time to write a few sentences of my impressions.

First, I absolutely love the design. It's clearly more of an evolution of the s550, but the sharp edges and aggressive styling is amazing. The frontend seems to be not as low as on 2018, which always looked too low for me. The hood vents reminds me of the 2019 camaro, which is not really to best thing honestly.
Sideline is pretty similiar to S550, but I really like how they handled the new rear. More edges, higher diffusor, a different approach to the rear lights. They couldn't have done it better to me. Only downside to me is that they still can't paint the diffusor in gloss black, the plain plastic just looks way too cheap for the price you pay for a GT and is a pita to deal with afterwards.
We knew what the EB and GT looked like, a bit surprised that @chazcron maybe had some inside informations about the hood vents and rear light shapes nobody knew about, but I am so happy they were able to keep the Dark Horse a secret. This is without a doubt the most aggressive looking Mustang, even better than the GT500. They kind of took a bit of 1LE styling here with the matte hood vinyls. If I would order a S650 I would definitely go for the Dark Horse. Definitely my favorite modern Mustang design even before GT350 and Mach 1. With the big splitter and high wing spoiler it's perfect, besides just paint the friggin exterior plastic Ford...

I am not quite sold on the new interior. It pretty much lost all retro styling here, it looks fine but nothing that makes it unique or recognizable as an Mustang interior. The big screens remind me a bit how the current Golf and new Opel (Vauxhall) Astra implemented them. But my biggest gripe is that material quality doesn't look like a step up from S550. Still a lot of plastic, we will have to see how good the leather really feels. With higher models easily being $60k cars, I hoped for a bigger step for the interior.

I'm glad the car including Dark Horse is coming to Europe. But I am worried how much the car will actually perform compared to 2018 or Mach 1. The current EU models are good cars without a doubt, but it really need more punch to me honestly since they are a bit downgraded in terms of power and gearing. Ford didn't really said anything about performance numbers, so I got the feeling it will just be slight upgrade over S550 instead of a big new thing. I totally get some 2nd refresh comments, they missed to sell us that this is indeed a brand new generation.

So overall, to be completely honest: I just sold my 2018 Camaro 2SS because I ordered a C8 Stingray in May. If the Stingray wouldn't have been in budget, I would 100% have sold my Camaro for the Dark Horse model. But I won't cancel my C8 for it. Dark Horse most likely will be a 70k€ car here, so I am willing to spend 25k€ on top to get that much of a performance and especially quality gain with the C8.

I would love to have the S650 as a daily driver next to the C8. But that's way over my budget compared to a boring daily driver at the moment. Maybe near the end of the lifecycle of the Gen 7 I will be able to buy one, we will see.

TLDR: Absolutely Love the exterior, interior quality seems a bit outdated, will be interesting to see how it performs compared to S550 models.

Agreed, honestly I'm worried about the prices going up which might make this generation unaffordable in Europe. I believe the 2015 GT was sub 50k in Europe new? I have a bad feeling this new generation will costs us over 60k for GT which is IMO too much.

 

[Jem]

Not surprised by these reactions. I know the rear was going to raise a few eyebrows.

Like anything, all things new are almost always met with quite a bit of negative assessment. I'm sure that when the people that are not so impressed right now, will warm to the change, especially when you see them in front of you

Chaz, good work. Quality

 

[Jjr36011]

Gonna wait for the end of first or second year for the deals…. But in my mind its said and done. Grey with the performance pack to match the f150.
Bravo in every way that matters to me its evolved and totally going to make the 6th gens with available huge markdowns soon im sure.

 

[DutchPony]

Yeah, the renders were really spot on. The interior is honestly the biggest down side for me. I like the exterior except for the tribar headlights. Engine upgrades, especially the Dark Horse is really cool. Also hoping they addressed the Getrag issues.

Overall like it as a refresh but wishing for a more Mustang-esque interior.

 

[br_an]

He’s not wearing heels!

Exactly what I was thinking!

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I'm a fan for sure. The more I see of the S650 the more I like it. The interior is interesting, but I'm not sure how much I like the giant screen(s). I'm sure I could get used to it. The Dark Horse is very cool, of course. When they arrive I might seriously consider getting one. I typically don't like the 'Vert but the S650 Vert caught my eye. There's something about it

 

[Ace]

Agreed, honestly I'm worried about the prices going up which might make this generation unaffordable in Europe. I believe the 2015 GT was sub 50k in Europe new? I have a bad feeling this new generation will costs us over 60k for GT which is IMO too much.

Here in Germany the 2015 GT startet at 39k€, now the GT starts at 55k€. I doubt the new generation would launch cheaper than the outgoing model, so we are most likely talking about a 60k€ car with Dark horse being in a 70k€ range. Thanks to the heavy incentives on other brands you can look at a M240i or Cayman for the money, the S650 materials in the interior doesn't seem to compete at all here. But to be fair even an equipped 20Y anniversary Golf R costs 70k€. The C8 starts as 2LT Z51 here at 89k€

It's just crazy atm, everybody is looking for the last few enthusiasts cars. Since S650 is pretty much the last affordable V8 in europe, it will 100% sell out instantly

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