fordmantpw Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The revised pony car will feature a few front fascia and a 10-speed automatic transmission when it arrives for the 2018 model year Read more: http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-mustang-to-be-refreshed-for-2018-89430.html#ixzz3jOYOP8PC Ten speed transmission sounds interesting. If they are putting a new fascia on because it is so disliked, they must be putting a 10 speed tranny in because the 6 speed is so disliked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 is that 10 speed a manual.....lol... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHorse Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 If they are putting a new fascia on because it is so disliked, they must be putting a 10 speed tranny in because the 6 speed is so disliked. Must be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHorse Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thanks. And FYI, if that is in fact 2018CY, it'll be pretty much right on schedule w/past fascia updates. Its says 2018 model year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 And FYI, if that is in fact 2018CY, it'll be pretty much right on schedule w/past fascia updates. Exactly. I listened to “Autoline After Hours” several months back when the interviewed Dave Pericak, the chief engineer of the 2015 Mustang. When asked what his next project would be now that the ‘015 car had just been released, he replied “already working on the mid-cycle update” (or words to that effect). Their job is never done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Its says 2018 model year. Right. Which is why I said "if". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 2018 model year is normal schedule for the mustang. The mustang refresh in 2010 lasted for three model years (2010-2012) followed by a refresh that lasted for only two model years. The Focus just received a refresh after three model years (2012-2014) on a new for N.A. platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Yeah, don't act as if this were an "emergency refresh" where they're scrambling to change the design a year in (like the Civic)....as others have said 2018 lines up with a normal refresh period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Right. Which is why I said "if". Thanks to BH and the critics, Ford is now well underway working on a planned MCE and face lift in two years time. If only Ford had listened to him and taken his advice, none of this would have happened... : Edited August 21, 2015 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHorse Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Thanks to BH and the critics, Ford is now well underway working on a planned MCE and face lift in two years time. If only Ford had listened to him and taken his advice, none of this would have happened... : Frankly I couldn't care less of Ford changes the car or not. I don't like the look so I'm not going to buy it and there the story ends as far as I'm concerned. But I understand you have to make some ridiculous point out of it because heck if someone wasn't trying to start an argument around here over nothing what would you be doing? Edited August 21, 2015 by BlackHorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Frankly I couldn't care less of Ford changes the car or not. I don't like the look so I'm not going to buy it and there the story ends as far as I'm concerned. But I understand you have to make some ridiculous point out of it because heck if someone wasn't trying to start an argument around here over nothing what would you be doing? Hey, let's not make this thread all about you and your opinions that are really a minority view.. Edited August 21, 2015 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHorse Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hey, let's not make this thread all about you and your opinions that are really a minority view.. Oh, that would be a refreshing change. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Well, how about this, Ford is working on the MCE because MY2015 to MY2018 is three years which is pretty much a planned mid cycle and not just because Ford listened to a bunch of critics on the internet who wouldn't buy a Mustang because to them it looked wrong? It is more likely that Ford has toned down the snout as in the leaked Fusion update and that Mustang MCE will be likewise because Ford was going in that direction, not because people refused to buy the current one.. Edited August 21, 2015 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 That much is certain. I remember the uproar over the SN95 when it came out. What? At how horribly done the '99 restyle was done? Oh lets leave the roof line the same from the 94-98 MY, but make everything else a straight line...IMO that was one of the worse styled Mustangs ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 IMO that was one of the worse styled Mustangs ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I didn't say THE worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Remember when passenger side mirrors were optional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I wasn't alive at the time, but my folks had a '72 Galaxie. Back then, if you wanted a *clock* you had to upgrade to the LTD. We just had a blank panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker16 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 For the record does Anyone Think ford is going to Do away with the DCT after buying out and expanding Getrag's DCT facility in Mexico? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) The couple in the photo obviously thinks that it's just perfect. Given their impeccable taste in 1970s clothes, we should accept their judgment. Edited August 21, 2015 by grbeck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 That guy looks like a combination of Robert Reed & Michael Richards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) We laugh at the Mustang II today but the thing sold like hotcakes when it was introduced in 1974. Ford sold about 135,000 units of the 1973 Mustang and about 386,000 units of the 1974 Mustang II model. Anybody who was around back then remembers the oil embargo. Gas prices rose from 30 cents/gallon to over a dollar/gallon in a few short weeks. Almost overnight, V8 muscle cars fell out of favor. The Mustang II was absolutely the right car for the times. Edited August 21, 2015 by mackinaw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 For the record does Anyone Think ford is going to Do away with the DCT after buying out and expanding Getrag's DCT facility in Mexico? Automotive News seems to think so. They say that the DCT will go away with the 2018 Focus/Fiesta redesign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 We laugh at the Mustang II today but the thing sold like hotcakes when it was introduced in 1974. Ford sold about 135,000 units of the 1973 Mustang and about 296,000 units of the 1974 Mustang II model. Anybody who was around back then remembers the oil embargo. Gas prices rose from 30 cents/gallon to over a dollar/gallon in a few short weeks. Almost overnight, V8 muscle cars fell out of favor. The Mustang II was absolutely the right car for the times. Still doesn't take away the fact it was "ugly", well hasn't held up well to the test of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 For the record does Anyone Think ford is going to Do away with the DCT after buying out and expanding Getrag's DCT facility in Mexico? Ford bought out the Batavia CVT transmission plant a couple of years before they shut it down. It's all a tax write off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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