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I saw this nearly a year ago now, I actually know some of the people working on the headlights. But somebody jumped the gun by posting this. The press reveal was today but was under an embargo.

 

The grille is lower, wider and flatter which definitely makes a bigger impression in the flesh than it does on the screen. The entire front-end is much wider and lower so it looks more sporting and less hulking. I'm not a huge fan of it but I really like the new light fixtures and sharper details.

 

Like the F-150, there is some welcome powertrain news coming as well.

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I'm not sure why auto makers feel the need to (in most circumstances) bastardise the purist form of a design theme (that being the original design) in the name of "keeping it up to date". IMO, the current Mustang front end is stronger than this one, and I think I could count on 2 hands the number of MCEs that have been styled better than their forebears.

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Ford is usually pretty aggressive with MCEs on Mustangs especially since they have such long life-cycles. It's necessary to keep their customers coming back for the newest thing. This MCE involved new fenders and a hood which is actually fairly signifiant for them.

 

Personally I like the Fusion-inspirted redesign, it improves a design rather than changes it for change sake.

 

I also think it looks better in a less flat color, Yellow blows out the details and sculpting in the fascia. And there are other fascia variants to be revealed.

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In the grand scheme of things, it is a relatively tame refresh, I just do not like the unresolved grille lines. The upper grille used to integrate nicely with the lower fascia, now the lower fascia just...... exists.

 

I'm sure it will just take getting used to.

 

another 2018 v 2017 comparo:

 

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I never liked the frowny Mustang fascia so a bigger and sadder one doesn't really do it for me, but I think people will be surprised by how more 'exotic' the Mustang looks with some of the design choices they made. It's smoother, wider, flatter, sharper, closer to the ground. I would argue it looks more upscale, less conventional and more contemporary. The less 'lumpy' look won't be for everyone, but I'm curious to see what the GT 350 looks like.

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I never liked the frowny Mustang fascia so a bigger and sadder one doesn't really do it for me, but I think people will be surprised by how more 'exotic' the Mustang looks with some of the design choices they made. It's smoother, wider, flatter, sharper, closer to the ground. I would argue it looks more upscale, less conventional and more contemporary. The less 'lumpy' look won't be for everyone, but I'm curious to see what the GT 350 looks like.

My understanding is the 2018 GT350 will not receive the changes the other 2018 Mustang models will receive.

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