SavageGeese Dark Horse Mustang Review

[BlackFerret69]

Realistically though, isn’t it that all tablet computers kind of look the same except for size or shape? I mean, once a manufacturer decides to join the trend and place a tablet on the dash, in a way, all cars become somewhat diluted in identity and more homogeneous looking.

Agreed, that happens quite a bit with automotive design. Thinking late '70's square body land barges. But therein lies the issue with this dash. The interior design engineer went on and on about new and fresh and exciting in the Mustang.

How can it be those things if it is from a non US car (A rebadged Chinese market Mondeo in fact) that is none of those things?

Reguardless, we get to live with them for the foreseeable future. Let's hope the aftermarket comes up with some kind of brow or cowl to run up from the dash and across the top of the displays to help improve the overall look of them.

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[Upacurb]

I think the issue is integration into the dash as well... I'm definitely not anti tablet... I dig the fox body graphics... as a 48 year old guy that grew up on fox bodies and currently own a GT350R... I feel like I am the target market...

If they would have integrated into the dash more with a hood...or something... not made it feel like another generic dash that looks like countless other vehicles...

I want my Mustang to feel unique... special... the exterior is growing on me... I actually loved the back first time I saw it... front has taken me time


I have seen the Dark Horse in person along with a convertible GT in person...

I personally think if they kept the screens but integrated... I would be happy...


Ps.. the car looks better in person in my opinion... I too though Camaro when I saw the pictures but seeing in person completely changed my mind....

 

[Zig]

I think the issue is integration into the dash as well... I'm definitely not anti tablet... I dig the fox body graphics... as a 48 year old guy that grew up on fox bodies and currently own a GT350R... I feel like I am the target market...

If they would have integrated into the dash more with a hood...or something... not made it feel like another generic dash that looks like countless other vehicles...

I want my Mustang to feel unique... special... the exterior is growing on me... I actually loved the back first time I saw it... front has taken me time


I have seen the Dark Horse in person along with a convertible GT in person...

I personally think if they kept the screens but integrated... I would be happy...


Ps.. the car looks better in person in my opinion... I too though Camaro when I saw the pictures but seeing in person completely changed my mind....

Not being fully integrated into the dash pad would seem to make replacement easier? Instead of a big table blank spot is there a (pass through style) hole with wire /connection poking through a fully formed dash or is the dash formed around the screen?

 

[Upacurb]

Not being fully integrated into the dash pad would seem to make replacement easier? Instead of a big table blank spot is there a (pass through style) hole with wire /connection poking through a fully formed dash or is the dash formed around the screen?

I would say dash formed around the screen...i think Porsche nailed it...somethinglike this would be perfect...

 

[IPOGT]

I would say dash formed around the screen...i think Porsche nailed it...somethinglike this would be perfect...

That’s how it should be done. Perfectly integrated design retaining the character of the Porsche dash.

 

[Stangerous]

if you guys have any questions about what was said in this video i am here for it.

https://www.youtube.com/live/dEWVXvizB8I?feature=share. Gonna have to agree with Alex on this one.

 

[BlackFerret69]

That’s how it should be done. Perfectly integrated design retaining the character of the Porsche dash.

And in the Mustang it would still give it that Cowl look that Mustangs should have, even if it was just on the driver's side.

 

[Baldilocks]

I would say dash formed around the screen...i think Porsche nailed it...somethinglike this would be perfect...

Except, if you have ever been behind the wheel of the newest 911, the two outer gauges are blocked by the steering wheel. There is always something. ;)

 

[IPOGT]

Except, if you have ever been behind the wheel of the newest 911, the two outer gauges are blocked by the steering wheel. There is always something. ;)

That’s a problem I’d love to have.

 

[Freedom]

so the side windows are different and not carry overs? hmm

 

[Interstellar]

so the side windows are different and not carry overs? hmm

The bedtime was lowered so they needed larger glass

 

[Zig]

The bedtime was lowered so they needed larger glass

For some reason I imagine a newly installed larger floor-to-ceiling window so mommy and daddy can watch the little one, as bedtime has been lowered and it’s now nighty night time. Sorry couldn’t resist.

 

[zee_g7]

First minute says all you need to know. They gathered 30 millennials for input...a group that can't even afford this car nor want it.

FYI, older millennials are in their 40s. Generally they're in their 30s. It's a stretch to say they can't "afford it".

I am not a millennial and I love the interior, as do many others.

 

[young at heart]

I agree with that statement. I am on the tail end of the Boomers. And though most Boomers can easily afford a $70k+ car, as a group we only have maybe a couple more product cycles before we are out of the marketplace.

So yeah, go ahead and get the later generations opinions but Ford shouldn't make as Josh Grenier said "Clearcut decision to step away from heritage" (19:27), and he is "Proud of Ford for making the decision to walking away from Heritage" (19:37).

The reason he even has a job working on the Mustang is because of that very heritage he enthusatically discarded.

But, hey! At least we didn't wind up with a Ford bodied front wheel drive Mazda like they were going to do in the late '80's.!

Yes, I think the Savage Geese interviews with the Ford guys were particularly telling, as was their entire review. At least the Ford folks had the huevos to actually come out and say that which is evident from a glance at the S650: we boomers are no longer part of the Mustang target market. At all!

Reinforces my decision to grab two 2023 Mach 1s in the last coupla months.

Now, if they were to bust out with a Dark Hoss “Heritage Edition“ then maybe I could be tempted. But naaah, thinking about the $25-30K ADM it would carry puts me right off.

 

[agreywolfe]

Ford moving away from the boomers makes perfect sense imo, theyre in their 60s and 70s, have mostly retired and already have their "forever cars" Ford might as well be throwing money into a fire if they were to focus on them.

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