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Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:55 pm
by ozbilt
It will be smaller & lighter than the present model as well ........

http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/cars/fea ... er-quicker

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:20 pm
by boofhead
So how are all the mustang clubs going to react when there is a flood of modern mustangs joining in. Old timers and classic owners might be a bit worried.....

I do like the rendering of it - looks great. Hope the actual car looks that good.

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:27 am
by ozbilt
boofhead wrote:So how are all the mustang clubs going to react when there is a flood of modern mustangs joining in. Old timers and classic owners might be a bit worried.....
Already happened in the US. Car shows look like dealership lots. It has created another headache at shows. Late models dominate some events & judging "concourse" in those categories is basically seeing how clean they are. Sounds like the judging in Australia at present, looking at how clean something is with no idea if it is correct or not ....... :rant:

Car runs (such as Mustangs Across America) are now predominately late model cars & the biggest issue is they run too fast for the older cars. That was why had the sale gone through & Carol & I had bought MAA, then we were splitting the run into 2 groups, the older cars leaving earlier in the day to allow cruising at a slower speed.

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:45 am
by boofhead
Interesting. I know the clubs would like the income from the memberships but I would think a strategy developed now with the US experience as a guide would be wise....though who am I, just a boofhead, I am not a club member because I hate the politics.

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:45 am
by nassi
boofhead wrote:So how are all the mustang clubs going to react when there is a flood of modern mustangs joining in. Old timers and classic owners might be a bit worried.....

I do like the rendering of it - looks great. Hope the actual car looks that good.
Most of our club runs have been dominated by 2005 onwards cars for a couple of years. The late model owners generaly have an older car or cars as well but prefer the comfort of the newer car.
I reacted by not going as often but thats just me.

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:50 am
by ozbilt
boofhead wrote: I am not a club member because I hate the politics.
That is why I only belong to the Mustang Club of America. Although a "club" it is run & functions as a business. Same for SAAC

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:07 am
by StephenSLR
boofhead wrote:So how are all the mustang clubs going to react when there is a flood of modern mustangs joining in.
Most modern owners won't be joining clubs, many will be people that want a fancy car to get from A to B.

How many FPV owners are in the Ford clubs mingling with the GTHO owners?

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Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:10 am
by ozbilt
StephenSLR wrote:
boofhead wrote:So how are all the mustang clubs going to react when there is a flood of modern mustangs joining in.
Most modern owners won't be joining clubs, many will be people that want a fancy car to get from A to B.

How many FPV owners are in the Ford clubs mingling with the GTHO owners?

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They have their own club ......

http://www.fpvclub.com/

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:25 am
by StephenSLR
ozbilt wrote:They have their own club ......

http://www.fpvclub.com/
I should've known, lol.

At Mustang shows not that many of the newer models turn up.

The Monaro club does welcome the newer models so it probably wouldn't be any different.

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Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:11 pm
by MachAttack
Came across this spy shot today, I'm liking it so far:
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Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:09 pm
by malscar
I see Ford are re-inventing the old Torana hatch pop-tent

Re: Confirmed today, Mustang coming to Australia by 2017

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:15 am
by StephenSLR
malscar wrote:I see Ford are re-inventing the old Torana hatch pop-tent
lol, the Hatch Hutch, so this will be the Mustang Muumuu?

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