[shaffe]

Originally Posted by Thrillz

The exotics or unfinished concepts make sense but not common man cars thats just stupid imo. I like many use the auto show as a tool for current and future car needs. Its fantastic i can bring the wife and show her everything under one roof it saves me a ton of time. When i see a car i'm thinking of buying at the auto show all locked up or roped off i get really ticked off. Sure there are tire kickers but lots of buyers there as well.

Me too, I was at the auto show looking at trucks and all of the trucks on my current list, I couldnt sit in haha. Those being the Canyon/Colorado and the 15 F-150. I agree it is a pain, but a lot of those "basic" cars were all pre production models, most likely just built for auto shows, displays, etc etc. the ones you couldnt get into in the Chicago Auto SHow had a notice that read something like this on the windows.

"This is a preproduction vehicle for your safety it must remain locked at all times"

[Norm Peterson]

As long as it identifies the car as "pre-production" I can go along with the notion of access limited to what is made visible. The catch for the mfrs here is that if most everything but the exterior styling is kept out of sight it's going to be a strike (or maybe two) against them and I'll just pause and keep walking.

But once it goes into production even if that's before the dealers actually have whatever it is in stock, at that point it needs to be fully accessible for customer evaluation and comparison against/with the competition. The 2010 Philly auto show experience was a major influence in our purchase decision for my wife's new DD, where we were comparing mid-level 4-door cars with decent power and manual transmissions.


Norm

[KMPrenger]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this, so I'll post it here in this thread:

Order guide (excluding power, weight, and basically the stuff we have yet to find out)
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/show...tang-1747.html

Hot Rod magazine first ride:
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/show...irst-1771.html

Interesting mag quote:

The engine offerings will be a slightly improved version of the current 3.7L V6 as a the base, a 2.3L Ecoboost turbo four-cylinder as the mid-level option, and a modified version of the current 5.0L V8 at the top end (at least until a presumed deluge of higher-performance models are released after the initial model year). The Ecoboost four-cylinder’s power numbers were quoted as “more than 305 hp and more than 310 lb-ft,” and the power curve is said to be a tabletop. No one from Ford would crack a power claim for the 5.0L, but one engineer said, “oh, don’t worry—it’s way better than the current one.”

[khell86]

The 5.0 comments have me thinking we'll see something in the 450hp range. We'll see hopefully in the next week. The dragging out of the specs is growing old!

[TaylorRyanSS]

Liking the Mustang more and more... thinking of selling my Z next summer, getting a 2015 GT, and making it look like this

[shaffe]

That^ looks sinister

[1QwikZ28]

Originally Posted by TaylorRyanSS

Liking the Mustang more and more... thinking of selling my Z next summer, getting a 2015 GT, and making it look like this

Me likey!!!!!

[Q'smuscle]

Looks kinda import ! But hey, nothing wrong with imports!

[derklug]

It is growing on me, but might be a few years before I get rid of the Boss.