An Italian car enthusiast snapped a single photo of what appears to be the Giugiaro Mustang — a concept car due at the LA Auto Show later this month. The image appears on a number of online chat forums, including MustangForums. The car was designed by Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign fame.
According to the photographer, the front of the car is reminiscent of the 2009 Chevy Camaro. The car apparently has a glass roof that integrates with the windshield. According to a recent Ward’s Auto report, the car will be powered by “the most powerful Mustang engine developed so far.” Full image after the jump…
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11/16, 10:01 AM
posted by:
megator
that’s so sweet. I love giugarios designs they are quite cool. Now if only we could see the front.
11/16, 10:06 AM
posted by:
Foster
Front like the camaro. Huh funny the front of the camaro reminds me of the 70-72 mustangs. So who is copying whom??
11/16, 10:06 AM
posted by:
Foster
1970 fast back anyone
11/16, 10:21 AM
posted by:
meanpants555
I love that rear quarter window. My biggest complaint about the latest Mustang is that window and how under scaled it looks to the rest of the glasshouse. I also like the way the back end has its surfaces broken up and appears bumperless.
This is a triumph; that Ferrari GG50 Giugiaro designed was a horrible.
11/16, 10:53 AM
posted by:
MyGodBeatsYourGod
The son’s work is a great as the father’s!!
Long live ItalDesign!!!
11/16, 10:54 AM
posted by:
MyGodBeatsYourGod
That’d be “as great as”…unlike my typing
11/16, 11:31 AM
posted by:
A4
yeah thats pretty sharp
ford really needs to make the updated mustang to look like the concept did a couple years back, it looked awesome
11/16, 12:11 PM
posted by:
Phileas Fogg
“the front of the car is reminiscent of the 2009 Chevy Camaro.”
You mean the car that blatently ripped off the 2005 concept designs for the Mustang? Oh… okay.
By the way, amazing looking car.
11/16, 12:28 PM
posted by:
snork
Really nice looking design…what surprises me though is the rear wheel well arch gap between the tire. Looks like an SUV size gap. Nothing a simple suspension adjustment couldn’t fix though.
11/16, 1:48 PM
posted by:
Foster
Agreed Phileas Fogg.
Remember when they started making the Camaro Concept there were videos of the mustang in the back of the shop they were taking styling Qs from the Mustang justlike they did in 66-67
11/16, 2:11 PM
posted by:
Zanary
More pics from more angles, dammit!
11/16, 2:57 PM
posted by:
Bush
Looks like a good candidate for the next generation Stang.
11/16, 4:17 PM
posted by:
acura_el2000
how could the idoits not snap a picture of the front????
11/16, 4:54 PM
posted by:
mbftw
Mustang+350z? I like it, and it could just tbe orange, but thats what it looks like to me.
11/16, 5:14 PM
posted by:
lanapat7
They are preparing for the Camaro..
Nice looking thing, although I doubt Ford will build it.
11/16, 5:19 PM
posted by:
GL1
Ford needs to build something like this with at least a 6.0 liter motor in it making at least 400hp BEFORE the Camaro and Challenger come out or they are going to loose most (if not all) of their Mustang sales to them..
11/16, 7:23 PM
posted by:
gumby
they aregoing to lose some mustang sales anyways, I don’t think an incredibly powerful mustang will help sales much, just take sales from the GT 500
11/16, 7:24 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
a 6.0 liter engine??? How about an all aluminum sub-4.5 liter V8 capable of producing at least 400hp?? That would sacrifice a lot of weight and add a lot of RPMs
11/16, 10:23 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
^^^
patience
11/16, 10:58 PM
posted by:
autonutt
Is Ford actually planning to have Giugiaro design the next Mustang? Isn’t that like having Frank Lloyd Wright redesign the White House? It would seem that an artist like Giugiaro wouldn’t want to have to adjust his work to incorporate retro elements from someone else’s 50-year-old design.
11/17, 12:41 AM
posted by:
56oval
Nice 4″ lift on the LIVE AXLE. Come on!
11/17, 7:08 AM
posted by:
Saud
Wow. Italians restyle american style car. Either it’s gonna look like a hot mustang or a screwy weird one. I’m goona go with the latter
11/17, 6:33 PM
posted by:
davidg1977
So does an insider have any view as if this is just a one-off customizer building a kit car or if this really has a shot at being the ‘09 Mustang?