2014 Mustang is ready to get out of the stables
The Ford has a new pony in its stables, the world-renown Mustang having just been brought up to speed as it were, for 2014 in regards of technology, engineering and app-style connectivity.
The first official pictures and details have been released of the sixth-generation muscle car which is set to become a global car when it will be built in right-hand drive for the first time in its almost half a century of history.
Ford has released just four images initially with the full gallery becoming available later on the day of the reveled as part of a multi-continent unveiling.
The 2014 Mustang is an evolutionary design, maintaining the 4.8-metre length, but which mixes the old with the new.
Several styling elements, and components, have been carried over from the outgoing model but there will be less ‘retro’ emphasis than in the 2005 generation, the new Mustang taking some design cues from the 2011 Ford Evos concept.
The ‘Shark nose’ is still there but there’s no longer a stepped bumper and the grille is a more trapezoidal shape to follow the majority of Ford passenger cars being sold around the world.
The tri-bar tail-lights – first used on the original Mustang in 1964 – are kept as an exterior retro feature but they are taken to a further extreme.
The new Mustang comes with three engine options including a new 227kW 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, a 220kW 3.7-litre V6 and a 313kW ‘Coyote’ 5.0-litre V8.
The six-speed manual gearbox will be the standard with the six-speed auto being the optional and also available with paddle shift levers. The 10-speed auto is still in development and expected to show up in the Mustang sometime in 2016 as part of a mid-life update.
Besides the new platform and a stiffer and lighter body – thus lightening the car by about 100kg – this will be the first Mustang with a fully independent rear suspension as oppsoed to a less sophisticated live axle.
