God I’m soooooooooooooo tired of the over-rated, girly looking, I wish I was a real musclecar, overproduced mustang. If you were going to go retro with this car, how come they never thought of a Mach 1 version for THIS body style but put it on the 02’s and 03’s? Retards. At least it’s American (for all you import humpers out there, you know who you are)

I swear the Mustang has more “special editions” than any car I’ve ever seen. Ofcourse I guess b/c they are “tiajuana taxis” around here you need something to tell yours apart from the rest of them.

The glass roof does look nice… but I’m not digging the fake hood scoop at all… it’s way too small for that giant hood.

45th special edition more like! How many special editions do they wanna make?

I hear you guys, but I have a fundamental beef with Chrysler for producing the Challenger, which was considered the ‘girl’ version of the HemiCuda we so dearly loved. (yeah, I’m that old) The Cuda just had the look that said ‘fast’ while the Challengers had the look that said ‘318′. I had a Coronet RT with a 440 sixpack, and still grin when I think about the drives home from work and cruising at night. Always envied the guys with the Cudas.. The ‘69 Boss Mustang was equally beautiful. That’s the one to retro. Also the ‘69 Z28 Camaro.

Well HemiRoadRunner i agree with you. You would think Ford should make it look more musclecar, Maybe that is why they are doing so bad not thinking ahead or what the public wants right?

Well the Bullitt Mustaing is kind of nice. But the special wheels, special shifter, retrol color and grill treatment do not justify the price premium.

Will Ford live long enough to have 50th anniversary? This may be very valuable car, just like ‘53 Studebaker

How many years have we been talking about the death of “X” domestic car company?? The Mustang is looking old, but it’s about to have a redesigned model out. What do you want them to do? Drop the Mustang for almost 10 years like GM did with the Camaro/Firebird?? I’d rather have a choice of dozens of Mustangs than no Mustang at all…

having a choice of mustangs is ok, but don’t SATURATE the public with all kinds of special editions that make close to no sense what so ever, you should atleast have a base,GT, something above the GT and then a REAL special edition in limited numbers, but no- from the Shelby, Shelby GT500, Shelby GT500KR, Bullitt, CS-GT, Anniversary, and lets not forget those others, Roush- Foose- Saleen , granted SOME ’stangs are good but ease up on the choices…..

The Mustang IS a girl car, period. I see more 07-and-up Mustangs every day than I can count, for some reason they are as thick as flies around here, and every one of them — GTs and all — have some blonde bimbo or grey-haired old lady behind the wheel. When they start making Mustangs with factory colors in powder blue, lipstick red and apple green, Ford is pretty much admitting that they’ve got a chick car on their hands.

@ 02WRXPSM
One of the main reason the Mustang is still around is the fact that it can be sold to a women. The Mustang never touted itself as a “mans” car. They offer it with a v-6 and basic trim for a reason. If every Mustang was sold with a 500hp V-8 and only a manual transmission. The Mustang would have died decades ago.

The Mustang is what it is, an inexpensive sports car that can get you from a-b and have fun doing it. Not everyone wants to drive a SMALL Turbo 4cyl rally car.

Uh, dumbass, I have FOUR DOORS. Try to get out of the back seat of a Mustang, and then get back to me.

I apologize for calling you a dumbass, I hadn’t had my caffeine yet today — my bad. I did not offer my 02 WRX as an alternative to the Mustang; far from it — it is an acquired taste, and to be honest it would make me pretty sad to see Imprezas in place of all those Mustangs on the road, because there’s some value in being rare and unique. But to say the Mustang isn’t a “man’s car” is to risk getting beat down in the parking lot after a NASCAR race. I love how they keep the cute little fake hood scoop, even in the GT versions.

These photos were taken at the same house as the f-450 harley edition

Not a bad looking badge, and whoever said that the Mustang is a girl’s car needs to have his head examined.

Please, there are much “girlier” cars out there. And yes, a lot of Mustangs are driven by women, but that is the convertibles and V6 models. Crossover SUVs are much girlier and YES, there are actually more crossovers than special-edition Stangs

hopefully we can see the new 5.o or 6.2liter v8 in top dog and the wanted 3.7v6

Glass roof option is pretty cool.

Personally, I think you guys have it backwards… It’s a “mans” car that appeals to women.

intoducing the Mustang Gt, 500, special 45th, “special edition” 500, mach1, Gts, super charged, turbo, with a cherry on top.

That isn’t a Shelby GT. There will not be a 2009 Shelby GT. That is a V6 with the V6 Appearance Package. Go to http://forums.bradbarnett.net/gallery/browseimages.php?c=246 for photos of the 2008 version.

I think this body style got old very quickly. Congrats on 45 years though.

I love how stupid ****ing Ford incorporates an indent in the front bumper for a license plate. Looks like **** when you live in a state that doesn’t require a front plate… D-bags.

TMSBrad just pwned LLN.

Only 2 Detroit models have survived since the 60s without a name change or a missing production gap: the Mustang and the Vette (if you discount that goofy ‘83-’84 thing). Both cars still enjoy tremendous popularity because of that. Those of you who think the ‘Stang is a chick car need to grow a pair yourself. It’s just a popular car. Period. And no, not the one that involves a string at the end.

No way that’s a Shelby.

This car has the same front fascia as a standard V6 Mustang, just with a billet grille from what looks to be JC Whitney.

Seeing what Ford did with the 35th and 40th anniversary Mustangs, all cars will have the 45th anniversary badging, from V6 autos to the GT500.

Yawn.

LLN is getting closer. It’s not a “Performance Package”, only appearance. The whole paragraph starting with “The Performance Package model should see at least a few changes…” should be deleted.

The APPEARANCE Package does NOT get new racing stripes, it does NOT get a larger hood scoop, it does NOT get revised wheels, it does NOT get a revised front fascia, and the grille is exactly the same as last year’s.

Journalism is dead.

What’s with all domestics not painting mirror cups?

What the hell is pwned? Anyway, this is a chick car, accept it. It still has a nice body style but it certainly doesn’t live up to real muscle cars like the Super Bee, Chevelle, Torino Cobra etc. It’s just another mainstream car that’s too common to have anything special and unique about it. My 2 cents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwned

As noted with pretty much every other comment, the mustang has more variations than any other car I can think of. It should be it’s own sub brand, you’ve got ford, mercury, lincoln, and mustang. Unreal, and I swear of a years worth of MotorTrends, about 8 issues have some “new” mustang on the front. Give it a rest.

Why does it bother anyone that there are so many Mustang variants? No one’s forcing you to buy any of them or read any of the articles. You chose to click a link to read this story; it wasn’t forced on you. Your tax dollars aren’t being spent on them. Find something else to complain about.

The thought is if they had a desirable product from the getgo they wouldn’t need to make 400 variations of it. Unfortunately, it’s chassis is it’s weak link. Consider that a base vette outperforms a Mustang GT500 in every category.

Mustang isn’t desirable? They sure sell a lot of ‘em for them to be undesirable.

Dude, it isn’t that it’s an ugly car that I don’t like it, it’s just so common that there is no special mystique to the car anymore. They become just another everyday car and it’s no diferent than seeing a civic or camry on the road. They aren’t rare enough to be special and because of that they seem souless to me. There isn’t that “hey check that out, a mustang!” feeling because they’re everywhere and evryone can get one at the snap of their fingers, and 25 G’s.

I just love how they make the V6 Mustang look faster than it really is.

What, you have a problem with having a big fake hood scoop with black plastic where the actual vent should be, and no supercharger underneath that hood? Oh, and stripes?

lol 02WRXPSM, yes I do.

Interesting look, but I think I prefer to wait and see what the future shorter looking model looks like.

Mustang GT
Shelby Mustang GT
Mustang Bullit
Heritage Edition
Saleen Edition
Warrior Edition
Pink Edition
F*ck GM Edition
40th Edition
45th Edition
OMG this proves how great this car is. (Sarcasm intended Edition)

Why do people have a problem with special editions? Exclusivity in the auto industry is never a bad thing and it helps keep the profit margins up. I think it’s kind of appealing to know that the car you buy isn’t gonna look like every other one on the road.

I agree with Brendino, Ford is just tapping into the fact that everyone wants a car that stands out from the crowd, individuality and so forth.

Wait, in 5 years the special edition 4-cylinder version will be revealed. And 5 years after that a 3-cylinder with selective cylinder shut-off. Progress at its finest. Thanks Ford.

You really think GM won’t do the same thing to the Camaro to make money.

WOW!

@HemiRoadRunner This is the only real muscle car. Who’s the retard now? And, yes it is diferent from a civic or camry. Those are cars for poor college kids with bad taste or single moms who’ve decided to act like they’re already dead.

@RaineMan
The hood scoop looks great.

@02WRXPSM
It’s not a chick car,it’s a chick magnet. jayjc08 and johnnycanuck are right

@ teamfordpartsdotcom
You’re a smart man

@TMSBrad
They’re jealous because the mustang looks better than their civic si or srt-4 neon,and they’ve got no chance of scoring….

@Rafa LL
I’ll sign up for the F*ck GM Edition

@ Brendino and NoNameDenton1
I agree.

What kind of bizarre fantasy land do you people live in, that you think you’ll get laid because of a rumbly exhaust or a plastic hood scoop? That may have happened in a Foreigner song, but I got news for you, the only girls turned on by that come with a price tag and leave you with an STD. Just idiotic. Almost as stupid as claims that this (or the last two) generations of Mustangs have anything to do with performance. I can’t tell you how many Mustang-driving neanderthal morons I have DESTROYED in my near-to-stock WRX. I’ll spot you 200hp if you agree to a section of road that has two or three turns in it — bye! Just last week some tool in a Mustang tried to follow me through a freeway interchange and almost got it sideways; I came out about ten car lengths ahead and he stayed behind me and tried to play it off for the next six miles. My co-worker has one of the limited-edition BOSS Mustangs, essentially a GT with yellow paint and lowering springs. The springs are so stiff and the chin spoiler so low that it rattles when he drives and actually shatters the glass in the fog lights (he’s on his third pair.) I sat him in my co-driver seat and took him through an empty parking lot at 70mph around the cement-base light posts. He won’t let me near his Mustang, he knows it wouldn’t survive! As for the Mustang being an American car, I’d bet 20% of that car is sourced in the US and the rest is made and built overseas and in Mexico — it better be, it looks so cheaply put together. As common as Civics and half as durable.

02WRXPSM, put your stock WRX against the Shelby GT500 or the GT500KR, it would crush your car. If you want a challenge, wait for the next gen with the 5 liter V8 with about 400hp (stock).

@hateful83: What Corvette do you have? What’s the point of benchracing a car you don’t own? I drive a 600-hp Mustang. I’ll put it up against whatever you’ve got.

@HemiRoadRunner: Mustang is no different than Camry? I don’t see every auto magazine subscriber comparing cars they wish they owned to Camry. Look at how many different cars have been compared to Mustang on just this one topic!

@Rafa LL: The Warrior Edition and the Pink Edition are the same car.

@02WRXPSM: We don’t drive these cars for women. We drive them because we love them. Again, I’ll put my Mustang against your Scooby any day of the week, on any course.

Fine, I’ll pick wet gravel. Bring a tow truck, you’ll need it getting out of the ditch

Denton, I’ve been up against 400hp cars before, and won easily. Horsepower is about 1/4th of the equation. Handling, weight and traction matter. Sure, I might have trouble in a straight drag race, but dragging is racing for people with no attention span. I’m about 110 hp over stock, but I’m also 3190lbs, AWD and set up in the suspension department. I eat Boxters and Audis for lunch, and I spent about $26k total. If I spent as much as it cost to get a Shelby GT500, I’d be well over that HP mark and still have better traction, cornering and weight/power ratio. The Mustang is a nice car to ride around in, but acting like it is some kind of performance benchmark is foolhardy. I can think of dozens and dozens of other cars besides a WRX/STI that could also easily put one in its place, and outlast it for 100k miles as well.

I’ll be honest in saying that I really don’t care for Mustangs. I also work and go to school in Dearborn, a.k.a “Ford Country” so I see soo many Mustangs in one day it’s not even funny. However what I like about the Mustang is the level of performance you get for the price. You basically can’t get a 2+2 seater, RWD 300hp V8 sports car brand new for 25k from any other auto maker. However the Mustang desperately needs to be updated, the solid rear axle needs to go, and desperately needs an IRS, and that iron block 4.6L V8 needs to go and switching to an aluminum block would help lighten and balance the Mustang.

The only problem I really had and I posted with my 35th comment about using all the fake hood scoops, with the V6 Mustang. Sorry when a Cobalt SS is faster than a V6 Mustang, then you know the V6 isn’t fast.

As for all the editions of the Mustang as long as they are performance oriented then I have no problem with it. How many Shelby GT*** Mustangs do you see? Or Roush Mustangs? Or Saleen Mustangs? Steeda? Parnelli Mustangs? As far as looks go I really like the new Bullit Mustang, and if Ford was to bring back the 5.0 engine, it would be pretty sweet to see a Boss 302, or to offer a Mach 1 again in the future.

Unfortunately as I mentioned with the current Mustangs suspension and weight is where it lacks. And I agree with Hateful83’s comment about a base Corvette outperforming a Shelby GT500.

TMSBrad, What year is your Stang?

2006

02WRXPSM, you do realize that if you were up against a professional driver, you would lose, you see, you can have all the power you want in a car, but what is the point if the drive can not harness it through his driving.

nice, I was just wondering what body you had. I heard 600hp so I was wondering if you had an old Fox-body or something. A friend of mine has a 91 with a stroked out 396cid. It’s set up primarily for the drag strip but it’s street legal. Know another buddy that has a kenny bell s/c on his along with some bolt-ons on a 04 GT, and it’s pretty quick. Oh and another guy I knew just got an 03 Cobra with 550hp and is it quick. Do you race it on the strip primarily? or track? or just the street?

oh and one other good thing I’ll have to admit with the Mustang is how much aftermarket potential is out there for it.

Need4SSpeed, that reminds me of one of the reasons the Stang is so popular, it is easy to modify and there are so many companies out there that offer parts.

Who is the B!T(H on here telling me the mustang is the only muscle car? It’s NOT a muscle car, it’s a pony car dumb@$$. Mustangs SUCK, they have always been over-rated and targeted towards women and guys that can’t handle a REAL car. Yeah, they have a little power, but the one’s with the REAL power are so rare you’ll probably never see one other than in a magazine like your 429 Boss and 428 Cobra Jet, and those couldn’t even match the power of a Mopar 440 or 426 Hemi, or a Buick or Olds 455, or a Chevyrolet 427 or 454. So give it up with the sucky @$$ wannabe car known as the mustang. Oh, and 1000 special editions doesn’t make the car “exclusive” or “rare” anymore.

Need4SSpeed, she’s just a cruiser. She’s a convertible, not build for all-out performance.

HemiRoadRunner, people with much more experience with cars say the Stang is a muscle car, so stop acting like Impulsive.

Nobody acts like me … I only post FACTS … no monkey here compares to me.

You never post facts, you insult people and swear and act superior, those are not facts.

FACTS .. go back and read above … or get help to interpret the foreign language.

Sweet. Can’t complain with 600ponies under the hood for a cruiser.

Ok denton. People with much more experience? Uhh, ok, I guess you assume to know everything about me huh? Dude I have raced since I was 12. I drag race. I build a demo derby car every year. I have a 1970 Hemi Road Runner. I’ve had several other muscle cars, so how are you judging my experience? Your a guy that digs a chick car, get over it. You sound more like impulsive than you know. MUSTANGS ARE TARGETED TOWARDS WOMEN.

And the people with more “experience” that you’re referringt o are the guys that are nearly twice my age that say retarded $H!T like, ” I had a stock 68 camaro with a 350 I put headers and a holley carb on and made 500 horsepower” yeah, their real knowledgeable. They don’t know their history either that the mustang is a PONY CAR.

… or the retarded **** like you post … here’s more fact, ‘Hemiroid’ … “The Altima Coupe, as part of the fourth-generation Altima design, utilizes Nissan’s all-new, highly acclaimed “D” platform with increased body rigidity and a redesigned suspension. This new platform was developed with the objective of making Altima one of the best performing large front-wheel drive vehicles available globally.”

Suck it, bitch … deep and wide. I own you.